Employer
Kingston Council
Location(s)
Kingston
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Hours
Full Time
Grade
F/G
Hours Per Week
36
Salary Range
£32,931 - £40,755
Salary Basis
Per annum
Leave Entitlement
27 days
Application Deadline
30/04/2025, 23:55
Anticipated Interview Date(s)

COMPLIANCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Stay up-to-date with changes in electoral legislation to ensure the effective delivery of services.
• Maintain impartiality while providing specialist knowledge to members of the public, councillors, candidates, and agents (for senior-level appointments).

FOR HIGHER-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS:

• Provide expert, impartial advice to stakeholders, including candidates and agents.
• Contribute significantly to the strategic planning and organisation of electoral activities and campaigns.
  About Us
  Electoral Services is a challenging and ever-changing environment, and we are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and highly organized individual to join our small and friendly team. This team is responsible for the production of the Register of Electors and the conduct of elections, referendums, and statutory ballots within the Royal Borough of Kingston.
  The Council is focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for its communities. To do this the Council needs employees who thrive in an agile and networked organisation and who can support continuous improvement within a constructive organisational culture.

Reporting directly to the Deputy Electoral Services Manager, the role involves:

• Some supervision of temporary staff during the canvass/voter registration period, elections, and other statutory events.
• Providing guidance to office temporary staff and apprentices.
• Supporting the team’s statutory responsibilities, including maintaining the Register of Electors and delivering elections and referendums.

Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
• Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
• Flexible and agile working arrangements
• Comprehensive learning and development programme
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Zip car scheme
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
• Subsidised gym membership

Application Process
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.
The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process. Our hiring managers review applications based on the knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in your application, and how well these match the job profile. Our HR Shared Service with Sutton Council was recently recognised nationally for having the ‘Best Inclusion and Diversity Programme’ at the PPMA Excellence in People Management Awards 2023, something that we’re incredibly proud of.
Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. Some characteristics may not be obvious, but our panels are diverse wherever possible. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.
Additional Information
We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role.
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.
We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.
The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Important Information - Political Restrictions
This post has been deemed as politically restricted / sensitive and therefore applicants will be required to declare any interests that may be deemed political as part of their application.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

• Provide support in the administration of electoral registration and the delivery of elections/referendums.
• Assist the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in their capacity as the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) and Returning Officer (RO).

Reporting directly to the Deputy Electoral Services Manager, the role involves:

• Some supervision of temporary staff during the canvass/voter registration period, elections, and other statutory events.
• Providing guidance to office temporary staff and apprentices.
• Supporting the team’s statutory responsibilities, including maintaining the Register of Electors and delivering elections and referendums