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Co-opted Independent Member of Audit Governance and Standards Committee

Employer
Maidstone Borough Council
Location
Maidstone, Kent
Salary
£1,600 per annum
Closing date
24 Nov 2024
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Job Details

Allowance: £1,600 per annum

About the role

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking an independent co-opted member of our Audit Governance and Standards Committee. This a vital role in ensuring that we maintain the Council’s high standards of governance and financial probity.

The Committee of which you will become a member has the task of monitoring governance, including the code of conduct, and overseeing the financial and risk management framework. Having an independent member, working alongside elected councillors, will give the Committee a broader perspective and help it to be effective in its role. The Committee meets five times a year.

You are likely to have experience of financial or audit management, and to be familiar with governance issues, whether in the public or private sectors.

About Maidstone Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council is the largest borough council district in Kent, with a population of 185,000. The Council’s gross revenue expenditure is around £100 million, and it has an ambitious capital programme, worth around £400 million over the next ten years. The Council has a strong financial track record, and it holds a healthy but not excessive level of reserves.

About you

The successful candidate for the position of Independent Member of the Committee will have a background and appropriate experience of financial / audit management and governance issues. They will have a good understanding of governance, risk management and control and will be able to  act with integrity, objectivity and discretion. They will have an ability and willingness to analyse complex information, question, probe and seek clarification so to come to an independent and unbiased view.

You should not:
- Have been a member or employee of the Council at any time during the last 5 years.
- Be a relative or close friend of a member or officer of the Council.
- Be engaged in any party-political activity.
- Have any significant business dealings with the Council.

Selection process

A panel comprising the Committee Chair, Vice-Chair, Director of Finance, Resources and Business Improvement and Head of Mid-Kent Audit will carry out interviews for the role and select a candidate for approval by the Committee and recommendation to the Council for co-option.

How to apply

If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Mark Green, Director of Finance, Resources and Business Improvement on 01622 602297.

Please send CV and supporting statement to hrsupportteam@midkent.gov.uk or click the Apply button. 

Closing date: 24 November 2024.

Company

The four Mid Kent authorities have worked  together to establish a range of shared services covering the districts of Ashford, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Swale and a population of 524,000 people. The audit service was one of the first partnerships that was established and has worked effectively across all four boroughs for over three years. The service is highly regarded by senior management and Members.

Over 200 people already work in shared services in Mid Kent and further shared services in Environmental Health and Planning Support are to go live in 2014. 

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