Job Vacancy

Town Clerk for Knighton Town Council/Responsible Finance Officer
Job description: Town Clerk/ Responsible Finance Officer (RFO)
Hours: 20 – 26 hours per week including some evening meetings.
Salary: £20,600(£10.71/hr) – £28,860(£15.00/hr) pro rata based on 37 hrs/week and depending on experience and relevant qualifications.
Due to retirement a vacancy has arisen as Clerk to the dedicated team of 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. The post holder would be expected to work mainly from the Civic Centre, Knighton (Monday – Friday) with availability to attend evening Council meetings, usually once or twice a month on a Wednesday.

The job description can be found here.

For more information, please contact Knightontowncouncil@outlook.com

Please submit a full CV and covering letter to Knightontowncouncil@outlook.com no later than 31st March 2023.
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marital status.