Senior Democratic Services Officer

Job : S/12/26

Job type: Permanent

Location: Cloonavin

Salary: PO2 (SCP 31-34) £41,771 -£45,091 per annum

Quantity of Posts Available: One

Closing date: Monday 09 Mar 2026 16:00

• To support in the management, supervision and delivery of a high-quality Democratic Services function that provides efficient, accurate and professional administrative and governance support to the Council, its Committees and Elected Members.
• To ensure that all statutory, constitutional and corporate governance requirements are met in accordance with legislation, Standing Orders and Council policy.
• To supervise the work of the Democratic Services Officer team, providing direction, training and support to maintain consistency, accuracy and high performance across the service.

Only application forms containing all the information which has been sought will be considered. The shortlisting panel will base shortlisting decisions on the information contained within the Essential Criteria narrative sections of the application form, however Desirable Criteria may be used. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide sufficient relevant information including dates in this section of the form for each criteria.

A reserve list may be established in order to fill future permanent and temporary posts that may arise for another similar vacancy within the following 18 months. Should a similar post become available within this time period, the post may be offered to those candidates on the reserve list, in order of merit, without the requirement for a further interview. The post may be offered on a full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary or fixed‑term basis.

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