Governance Support Officer
CompanyLeicester City Council
Location
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/16/2026
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Description
Reference: REQ7139
Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 2 years Join us to support the Council's governance processes and advise elected Members, Directors and other Council officers on the constitution. We are a team of 5 Governance Support Officers and 4 Senior Governance Support Officers who work across all governance aspects of the council, supporting scrutiny, regulatory, Council and Executive meetings. Most of the work involves liaising with Directors and Members, preparing agendas, giving constitutional advice, taking minutes of meetings, advising and supporting Chairs and some research and report writing. This is a full-time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week (for 2 years). You must be able to do evening meetings as and when required, this can fluctuate dependent on the calendar of council meetings. You'll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs. Under our new ways of working policy you must work from a non-home base location for a minimum of 2 days per week. What you'll be doing Managing a caseload of governance related activities, you'll write high quality minutes, reports, presentations, and other communications. You'll create documents and plans which guide governance and scrutiny activity and carry out checks to ensure delivery is in line with rules and procedures. Creating and updating accurate records, you'll understand and interrogate data as appropriate to support governance and scrutiny activity. You'll provide detailed information, advice, and guidance to staff, Council leaders, politicians, partners, and residents as well as liaise with the public, either remotely or face-to-face, providing support the effective use of technology in their interaction and interface with the governance mechanisms of the Council. You'll attend meetings/appeals/formal hearings and represent the service in formal meetings, presentations, and discussions. What you'll need You'll have experience working in a role which supports organisational governance or other similar role which involves understanding and applying legislation and/or organisational governance policies, procedures, and practices. With strong customer service skills, you'll be able to effectively provide a service to others, maintain successful relationships, and persuade/negotiate actions to secure desired outcomes. Using proficient IT sk
Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 2 years Join us to support the Council's governance processes and advise elected Members, Directors and other Council officers on the constitution. We are a team of 5 Governance Support Officers and 4 Senior Governance Support Officers who work across all governance aspects of the council, supporting scrutiny, regulatory, Council and Executive meetings. Most of the work involves liaising with Directors and Members, preparing agendas, giving constitutional advice, taking minutes of meetings, advising and supporting Chairs and some research and report writing. This is a full-time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week (for 2 years). You must be able to do evening meetings as and when required, this can fluctuate dependent on the calendar of council meetings. You'll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs. Under our new ways of working policy you must work from a non-home base location for a minimum of 2 days per week. What you'll be doing Managing a caseload of governance related activities, you'll write high quality minutes, reports, presentations, and other communications. You'll create documents and plans which guide governance and scrutiny activity and carry out checks to ensure delivery is in line with rules and procedures. Creating and updating accurate records, you'll understand and interrogate data as appropriate to support governance and scrutiny activity. You'll provide detailed information, advice, and guidance to staff, Council leaders, politicians, partners, and residents as well as liaise with the public, either remotely or face-to-face, providing support the effective use of technology in their interaction and interface with the governance mechanisms of the Council. You'll attend meetings/appeals/formal hearings and represent the service in formal meetings, presentations, and discussions. What you'll need You'll have experience working in a role which supports organisational governance or other similar role which involves understanding and applying legislation and/or organisational governance policies, procedures, and practices. With strong customer service skills, you'll be able to effectively provide a service to others, maintain successful relationships, and persuade/negotiate actions to secure desired outcomes. Using proficient IT sk
ills, you'll be able to use standard IT systems with competence. You'll have a good level of political awareness and knowledge of current challenges/issues/ developments affecting the area of work. Working autonomously, you'll be able to plan and organise workloads to meet agreed timescales, and self-resolve most routine problems. What we can offer you As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator. Join us We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment' page. For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Kalvaran Sandhu, Head of Governance Services, Kalvaran.sandhu@leicester.gov.uk Interview/Assessment will take place on Monday 11th May 2026.
Region: Central
Location: Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary: *GBP*32,061 - *GBP*34,434 Per Year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*46,953
Contractual hours: 37
Basis:
Region: Central
Location: Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary: *GBP*32,061 - *GBP*34,434 Per Year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*46,953
Contractual hours: 37
Basis:
Full time,
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 2 years
Join us to support the Council’s governance processes and advise elected Members, Directors and other Council officers on the constitution. We are a team of 5 Governance Support Officers and 4 Senior Governance Support Officers who work across all governance aspects of the council, supporting scrutiny, regulatory, Council and Executive meetings. Most of the work involves liaising with Directors and Members, preparing agendas, giving constitutional advice, taking minutes of meetings, advising and supporting Chairs and some research and report writing.
This is a full-time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week (for 2 years). You must be able to do evening meetings as and when required, this can fluctuate dependent on the calendar of council meetings. You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs. Under our new ways of working policy you must work from a non-home base location for a minimum of 2 days per week.
What You’ll Be Doing
Managing a caseload of governance related activities, you’ll write high quality minutes, reports, presentations, and other communications. You’ll create documents and plans which guide governance and scrutiny activity and carry out checks to ensure delivery is in line with rules and procedures. Creating and updating accurate records, you’ll understand and interrogate data as appropriate to support governance and scrutiny activity. You’ll provide detailed information, advice, and guidance to staff, Council leaders, politicians, partners, and residents as well as liaise with the public, either remotely or face-to-face, providing support the effective use of technology in their interaction and interface with the governance mechanisms of the Council. You’ll attend meetings/appeals/formal hearings and represent the service in formal meetings, presentations, and discussions.
What You’ll Need
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 2 years
Join us to support the Council’s governance processes and advise elected Members, Directors and other Council officers on the constitution. We are a team of 5 Governance Support Officers and 4 Senior Governance Support Officers who work across all governance aspects of the council, supporting scrutiny, regulatory, Council and Executive meetings. Most of the work involves liaising with Directors and Members, preparing agendas, giving constitutional advice, taking minutes of meetings, advising and supporting Chairs and some research and report writing.
This is a full-time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week (for 2 years). You must be able to do evening meetings as and when required, this can fluctuate dependent on the calendar of council meetings. You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs. Under our new ways of working policy you must work from a non-home base location for a minimum of 2 days per week.
What You’ll Be Doing
Managing a caseload of governance related activities, you’ll write high quality minutes, reports, presentations, and other communications. You’ll create documents and plans which guide governance and scrutiny activity and carry out checks to ensure delivery is in line with rules and procedures. Creating and updating accurate records, you’ll understand and interrogate data as appropriate to support governance and scrutiny activity. You’ll provide detailed information, advice, and guidance to staff, Council leaders, politicians, partners, and residents as well as liaise with the public, either remotely or face-to-face, providing support the effective use of technology in their interaction and interface with the governance mechanisms of the Council. You’ll attend meetings/appeals/formal hearings and represent the service in formal meetings, presentations, and discussions.
What You’ll Need
You’ll have experience working in a role which supports organisational governance or other similar role which involves understanding and applying legislation and/or organisational governance policies, procedures, and practices. With strong customer service skills, you’ll be able to effectively provide a service to others, maintain successful relationships, and persuade/negotiate actions to secure desired outcomes. Using proficient IT skills, you’ll be able to use standard IT systems with competence. You’ll have a good level of political awareness and knowledge of current challenges/issues/ developments affecting the area of work. Working autonomously, you’ll be able to plan and organise workloads to meet agreed timescales, and self-resolve most routine problems.
What We Can Offer You
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Kalvaran Sandhu, Head of Governance Services, Kalvaran.sandhu@leicester.gov.uk
Interview/Assessment will take place on Monday 11th May 2026.
What We Can Offer You
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose fromseveralflexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Kalvaran Sandhu, Head of Governance Services, Kalvaran.sandhu@leicester.gov.uk
Interview/Assessment will take place on Monday 11th May 2026.