Governance Officer
2 weeks ago
**_Do you enjoy and thrive on challenges and enjoy helping and supporting people?_**
**_ Are you an administrative whiz?_**
**_ If so, here's your opportunity_**
**About our District** - Our mission is to make our communities better and this role will play a key part in achieving this. We are located in a tranquil area of New Zealand offering some of the best access to the great outdoors. We also boast attractive housing prices for your town, village or rural lifestyle and we are within commuting distance to larger centres.
**About our Organisation** - We are an energetic and progressive, values-based organisation, which is dedicated to providing quality services and facilities for our communities. We place a strong emphasis on our organisational culture, which in turn, creates strong engagement across our team. We employ people with a 'Can Do' attitude who want to work for a collaborative organisation with a strong sense of family that is proud to serve its communities.
At STDC, we offer access to a sick leave bank, flexible working opportunities and retention incentive benefit upon four years of employment. Our team culture encourages innovation, we care about your professional development, and you will be working with a motivated team of professionals.
**About the Role** - The purpose of this job is to provide high quality governance services to elected members and meeting management services to the organisation as well as administer community funding and consultation.
**Do you have what it takes? -**This is a busy role and if you want plenty of variety, this role has it from meeting the Council's statutory governance obligations and providing advice to the Chief Executive, Group Managers and other staff in accordance with the Local Government Act 2002, the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, Standing Orders and the Code of Conduct and providing elected members with administrative and technical support, including electronic devices. It will prepare funding reports for community boards, committees or decision-making bodies, administer Council managed funds, including maintaining funding databases, administer consultation processes for the organisation and process elected members expense claims in a timely and accurate manner and provide support with the administration of the triennial elections and any by-elections.
**About You** - While it is preferred that you have the skills outlined below which are necessary for this role, it is not essential, and we are happy to train the right person for this role.
You are a team player with an understanding of meeting protocols, Standing Orders, governance requirements in local government legislation, experience in agenda compilation and minute taking and experience in the co-ordination and support of local authority governance functions including working closely with elected members. Thorough knowledge and experience with the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint) and previous experience in administration and office work is also a requirement of this role as is a clean valid NZ Driver's License.
In addition, you will be politically savvy, have meticulous attention to detail, excellent writing skills, great customer service ethics and strong interpersonal skills. Knowledge of Tikanga Māori would be advantageous.
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