The Service & Team:
The Elections Team are based in the Customer and Corporate Services Directorate, within the Finance and Assurance Service and within the Governance, Elections and Democratic Services Teams.
The Role:
Cornwall Council are looking for a forward thinking, enthusiastic, self-motivated and skilled Senior Electoral Officer within our Elections team. You will be contributing to the lives of Cornwall residents by ensuring our community’s participation in the democratic process. You will be working in the heart of a team that administers the organisation of all elections and referendums within Cornwall along with the registration of voters, the annual canvass and compilation of the electoral register. For the organisation of elections, you will be mainly concerned with one of our six constituencies.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
Working Pattern:
The working pattern is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a hybrid basis working either at our Truro Offices or at home. During busy periods such as major elections you may be required to work some evenings and weekends (overtime or flexi time will be paid/accrued for this)
What you’ll need to succeed:
Ideally, you will have achieved a professional qualification at Association of Electoral Administrator Certificate level, have a good understanding of current legislation and best practice within the election world and be able to perform to a high standard and with a high attention to detail.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you’ll get in return:
Full training for this role will be given.
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services
Additional Information:
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact [email protected]
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.