Monitoring Officer
Posted 1 week ago by 1764665464
£102,702 Per year
Inside
Hybrid
Essex
Summary: The role of Monitoring Officer involves providing legal, governance, and compliance leadership for a local authority near London. This position is hybrid and offered on a fixed-term contract for one year, with a daily rate of £750 or a pro-rata salary between £87,279 and £102,702. The successful candidate will advise senior leaders and ensure the authority operates within its statutory obligations while developing its legal and governance functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead for legal, governance, and compliance leadership across the organisation.
- Provide expert legal and governance advice to the Interim Chief Executive, senior leaders, and the Mayor.
- Ensure the Combined Authority operates within its framework and statutory obligations.
- Oversee governance frameworks, assurance processes, decision-making structures, and data protection compliance.
- Review and develop the organisation’s constitution and decision-making structures.
- Support the organisation’s development with strong governance foundations.
- Build partnerships and raise the authority's profile at regional and national levels.
- Discharge the statutory role of monitoring officer.
- Develop the organisation’s legal and governance functions.
- Lead all legal, governance, constitutional, and compliance functions.
- Provide authoritative advice on legal and governance issues affecting all portfolios.
- Support policy development with legally robust guidance.
- Anticipate and mitigate legal and governance risk.
Key Skills:
- Solicitor, barrister, or legal executive qualification.
- Strong background in local government law.
Salary (Rate): £102702 per annum
City: Essex
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
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 Leadership
Governance & 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 year.
