Electoral Services Manager - Basildon Borough Council

Job description

Electoral Services Manager - Basildon Borogh Concil

Basildon, Essex

£4 PAYE / £5. mbrella

Fll-Time, Temporary

36.5 Hors per Week; 3 Month Contract

Closing Date: Monday 19th October 6

Essex Conty Concil (ECC) are delighted to be spporting Basildon Concil to recrit an Electoral Services Manager.

De to the natre of this role, the sccessfl candidate will be reqired to be onsite a minimm of 3 days per week.

The Role

The post holder will lead and manage the concil's electoral services team ensring that stattory reqirements are adhered to and managing the team in ndertaking dties relating to the compilation, maintenance and spply of the register of electors for the Basildon Borogh in accordance with the range of relevant legislation and gidance and other related and dties and reviews inclding commnity governance reviews and polling places reviews.

The postholder will be the technical expert for all matters relating to elections and electoral registration

The post holder will be responsible for the preparation and ndertaking of the annal electoral canvass, spporting the Retrning Officer in the organisation and efficient and effective delivery of all elections held in the Basildon Borogh.

The Opportnity

The post holder will be the concil's expert and have an in-depth nderstanding of legislation and isses relating to electoral registration and management of elections together with a comprehensive in-depth knowledge and nderstanding of the legislative framework that governs the electoral process and significant experience in these areas and shall be responsible for ensring that the concil complies with existing and new legislation.

Accontabilities

Leadership and management of the electoral services team ensring that recritment, training, development, appraisal, performance, workload allocation, spervision, qality assrance, risk and other management activities are carried ot effectively and in accordance with concil policy to ensre effective service delivery.

Responsible for the compilation, maintenance and spply of the register of electors for the Basildon Borogh and all other related electoral matters in accordance with the range of relevant legislation and gidance ensring that all legislative reqirements and deadlines are adhered to.

Maintain an awareness and nderstanding of legislative changes in connection with electoral registration and elections and develop and implement working practices and arrangements to ensre that the concil complies.

Responsibility for ensring that the annal electoral canvass is effectively ndertaken throgh effective project planning and implementation and making all necessary arrangements, inclding appointment of canvassers, appointing print contractors and ensring that the canvass is delivered in accordance with the bdget and timescales and with high satisfaction levels.

Responsible for maintaining the register of absent voters and the ndertaking of the annal postal vote refresh in accordance with stattory reqirements and timescales.

To lead the condct and implementation of all electoral, polling and commnity governance reviews in the borogh.

Lead in the organisation and delivery of all elections and referenda held in the borogh.

Responsible for preparation and sbmission of retrns to the Electoral Commission inclding Performance Standards and information, as reqested

To make arrangements for the employment of temporary staff for canvasses, referendms and elections, and provide appropriate training and gidance.

Interpret, develop and implement new working practices arising from legislative changes to ensre compliance and effectiveness

To deal with all complaints related to the service and effectively manage difficlt sitations and stakeholders.

The Experience Yo Will Bring

Experience and knowledge of effective development and maintenance of an Electoral Management System, and control of data held therein.

Experience of dealing with enqiries from the pblic and giving advice both over the telephone and on a face to face basis

In-depth nderstanding and knowledge of electoral services and elections management with at least 5 years' experience of working in an electoral services environment

An nderstanding of the political system in the K and working within a political environment

In-depth knowledge and nderstanding of wide ranging electoral legislation and the ability to interpret legislation and gidance and develop relevant working practices

Experience of effective leadership and management of teams and individals

Why choose Basildon Concil?

Basildon Borogh Concil is one of the largest local athorities in the East of England region and serves a poplation of approximately 17, people. The town of Basildon is regarded as a key economic hb with the main areas of employment being engineering, research and development, distribtion and financial services. Basildon is also the second biggest economy in the Thames Gateway, otside of Canary Wharf.

Working for Basildon Borogh Concil means making a practical and positive difference to the lives of people living and working in the Borogh and provides a flfilling career.

Each of or employees - whatever job role they are ndertaking - can feel motivated by having a niqe opportnity to se their skills to make Basildon a better place to live. Whether it is conserving or contryside, by regenerating or Borogh, by hosing or residents or by collecting the refse on time.

Note: ECC are advertising this role on behalf of Basildon Concil.

Basildon Borogh Concil is committed to safegarding and promoting the welfare of children and adlts, and expects all employees, contractors and volnteers to share its commitment to prevent abse, harm or exploitation.

The Concil applies a robst recritment vetting process. If yo are sccessfl yo will need to ndergo a Pre-employment Vetting Procedre.

What yo shold do next

If yo are interested in finding ot more abot this role, we wold love to hear from yo. Please apply via Working for Essex website.

If yo have qeries on this role or wold like to see the fll job description, please email [email protected]