Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £40,777 (Level one) rising to £44,075 (Level four)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council .
About the Role
The Internal Governance Lead Officer is an integral part of the Council's Governance Team, taking responsibility for ensuring that the Council's internal governance arrangements are fit for purpose and operate effectively and efficiently to contribute to robust overall governance of the organisation. This will include being responsible for the management, clerking and monitoring delivery of actions arising from a range of meetings; ensuring meetings are well-informed including working closely with colleagues who support formal decision making processes to ensure internal governance dovetails efficiently with formal decision making, scrutiny and audit processes; providing advice on internal governance matters; ensuring councillors and colleagues understand and are able to fulfill their respective roles effectively within the governance framework; and taking proactive action to ensure that internal governance arrangements remain fit for purpose and in line with best practice.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
1. The ability to build and maintain knowledge of internal governance processes and procedures, and how they relate to the law, the Council's Constitution and formal governance arrangements
2. Evidence of excellent verbal communication skills, including the ability to be assertive but professional when providing advice and in negotiation
3. Evidence of excellent written communication skills in a range of audience appropriate formats and the ability to redraft work prepared by others
4. Evidence of working effectively to tight deadlines, prioritising and organising their own workload within the context of frequent interruptions and changes of task
5. Evidence of building and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues, councillors and partners, including those at the most senior levels, within a political environment
This post is politically restricted.
You can find the job description for this post .
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Jane Garrard, Head of Governance, by telephone on 0115 8764315 or to contact me by email, please click .
Closing Date: 22nd March 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: tbc
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