Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer

Role: Town Clerk/ Responsible Finance Officer (RFO)

Part-time: 26 hours per week including some evening meetings.

Salary: £25,012 pro rata based on full time equivalent of 37 hours per week (£13.00 per hour) , pension and holiday entitlement.

A vacancy has arisen as Clerk to the councillors and staff at Knighton Town Council. Applications are invited from proactive, experienced people with proven and demonstrable organisational and financial skills to partner our elected members.

The successful applicant will be the Clerk and RFO of the Council and have a statutory duty to carry out all the functions required by law. You will be responsible for ensuring the Council receives the advice and information it requires to ensure good governance by your experience and/or research with available resources.

You will need to be enthusiastic, flexible and community-focussed with excellent administrative, interpersonal, accounting and IT skills in order to work successfully with employees (3) , Councillors, external organisations, stakeholders and the community. Excellent verbal and written skills are essential. You will hold, or be willing to work towards holding, relevant local government qualifications.,

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)


Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (preferred)


• Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)


Language:

• English (preferred)


Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)