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Monitoring Officer
Job Posted: 9 hours ago
Salary: £ 87,279 - 102,702 / Annum
Job Type: Contract
Location: Essex
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Work for a Local authority near London as an Interim Monitoring Officer.
Hybrid - FTC 1 year - £750 per day (umbrella, Inside IR35) Or £87,279 to £102,702 pro rata.
Purpose of the Role.
Be the lead for legal, governance, and compliance leadership across the organisation.
Provide expert legal and governance advice to the Interim Chief Executive, senior leader and the Mayor once elected. Advise the Mayor, Interim Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer, and senior leaders on legal and governance matters.
Ensure the Combined Authority operates within its framework and statutory obligations.
Oversee governance frameworks, assurance processes, decision-making structures, and data protection compliance (as Data Protection Officer).
Keep the organisation's constitution and decision-making structures under review ensuring that they are fit for purpose and develop with the organisation
Support the organisation's rapid development with strong governance foundations and ensure that the scrutiny function and the scrutiny officer operates in a lawful and effective way.
Build partnerships and raise the profile of the authority at a regional and national level, working across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors to drive inward investment, secure funding from government, and ensure value for money in all financial commitments.
Discharge the statutory role of monitoring officer.
Develop the organisation's legal and governance functions.
Strategic Communications LeadershipGovernance & Legal Leadership
Lead all legal, governance, constitutional, and compliance functions.
Act as the Authority's most senior legal adviser.
Develop and maintain the governance model, constitution, and regulatory frameworks.
Oversee procurement policy, legal risk, and regulatory compliance.Strategic Advisory
Provide authoritative advice on legal and governance issues affecting all portfolios (e.g., growth, transport, climate, skills, housing).
Support policy development with legally robust guidance.
Anticipate and mitigate legal and governance risk.
What we look for
Solicitor, barrister, or legal executive.
String background in local government law.
What we offer
Salary: £750 per day (umbrella, Inside IR35) or £87,279 to £102,702 pro rata.
5 days week - 37.5 hours.
FTC 1 yearBefore You Apply
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