Staff Officer

Description:

The Staff Officer is a frontline management position within the local authority and is assigned responsibility for managing the performance of a section/department handling an area of the local authority’s activities. The administrative structure ranges from the entry grade of Clerical Officer, through to Assistant Staff Officer, Staff Officer, Senior Staff Officer, and Administrative Officer. A Staff Officer will generally work under the direction and management of a Senior Staff Officer / Administrative Officer or analogous grade.

A Staff Officer’s operational duties may include the day to day running of a section, the supervision and management of staff within the section, the planning, allocation and prioritisation of work and the reporting of progress of work at staff management meetings. Other duties may include representing their Department or the Council on various committees and contributing through the business planning process. The Staff Officer will be expected to use initiative and work to a high standard and will be required to operate the Council’s existing and future IT systems as part of their work.