Graduate Democratic Services Officer
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL6 6BH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75718843 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade E SCP 11 £27,269 - SCP 16 £29,572
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One
Assessment Date: To be arrange
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible individual to join our Democratic Services Team.
In this role, you will assist in the delivery of an efficient and effective Democratic Service function, and support the Directorate and Council in the delivery of key projects. The Democratic Services Team has responsibility for a range of formal and diverse meetings including School Admission and Exclusion Appeals. There will also be a requirement to support the organisation and delivery of elections.
The team works flexibly, meaning that there will be some working in the office, as well as working from home depending on the needs of the service.
About You
As a Democratic Services Officer you will be able to demonstrate your ability to monitor and manage your own workload, developing productive and effective administrative support as part of a team.
You will need to be highly organised, have excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to prioritise tasks in order to deliver an effective service.
Excellent IT/Systems skills are essential and you will need to be a good problem solver.
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification for the post, which outlines the key objectives.
Why work for us?
In return, we offer a competitive salary, flexible working, opportunity to work from home, spending time in the office as and when required, a minimum of 26 days leave, 36 hours working week, membership of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, which is a Local Government Pension Scheme and much more.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This is a politically restricted post.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Carolyn Eaton on 0161 342 3050 or Carolyn.eaton@tameside.gov.uk
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