We are currently recruiting for Senior Democratic Service Officers based in Greater Manchester.
Pay rate: £253.97 – £273.50 per day PAYE
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week) – Hybrid working may be available
Contract duration: Temporary ongoing
Purpose: Our Client is seeking experienced Senior Democratic Services Officers (Grade 4A) to provide interim capacity across its Governance functions during a period of significant improvement and service redesign. These roles will support statutory and non‑statutory committees, scrutiny, decision‑making, and member development, while contributing to the wider Governance 360 improvement programme.
Duties:
- Support the delivery of formal and informal meetings, including Scrutiny Panels, Executive decision making cycles, and wider committee activity.
- Lead on forward planning, agenda management, report assurance, publication of papers and decision making workflows.
- Provide governance and procedural advice to senior officers and elected members, ensuring high standards of transparency, compliance and good decision making.
- Contribute to key aspects of the Governance 360 programme, including improvements to processes, constitutional arrangements, corporate governance practices, member support and democratic workflows.
- Support scrutiny activity, including work programming, evidence gathering, research, drafting of reports, and tracking recommendations.
- Produce high quality minutes, reports and governance documentation.
- Use ModGov effectively to support end to end governance processes.
- Provide flexible capacity across Committee Services and Member Services where needed (e.g. briefings, civic functions, member learning and development).
- Work collaboratively across the wider Governance team to support cultural and procedural improvement.
Essential Criteria:
- Strong experience in democratic services, ideally at a senior level.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills, with political awareness.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and work at pace in a complex environment.
- Confidence working with senior officers, elected members and external partners.
- High quality minute taking, report writing and document production.
- Experience with ModGov or similar committee management systems.
- A proactive, flexible and professional approach.
Apply online or contact Terri O’Keefe on 07879 585551. You can also email terri@peelsolutions.co.uk for more information on this role.