Maintaining awareness of changes in legislation, policy and practice in respect of the scrutiny function.

• Assisting the overview and scrutiny committees in Stockton-on-Tees with a range of support activities, to include work programming, advice, research, project planning and report writing.
• Liaising with appropriate Officers within the Authority to ensure the provision of relevant information to the Overview and Scrutiny Committees. 
• Liaising with external organisations in terms of their information provision to the Overview and Scrutiny Committees, (to include briefing witnesses and other providers of evidence).
• Assisting Members with appropriate consultation exercises.
• Assisting Members with the drafting of Scrutiny reports.
• Contributing to training for Members and Officers.
• Consultation with interested parties on reports and proposals and arranging publication of Scrutiny reports.
• Benchmarking/assessing Best Practice from elsewhere.
• Working closely with Democratic Services Officers to ensure overall support to the scrutiny function.
• Assisting the Head of Democratic Services in monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the scrutiny function.
• To take reasonable care of your own health and safety and co-operate with management so far as is necessary to ensure compliance with the Authority’s health and safety rules and with legislative requirements.
• To assist with the training and development of employees and to undertake such personal training as may be deemed necessary to meet the duties and responsibilities of the post.
• To undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grading and nature of the post.
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  NB   This post may require some out of hours working for which time off in lieu will be arranged.

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