Arne Parish Council is looking to appoint a Parish Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer (RFO) with immediate effect. The appointment is for an average of 11.5 hours a week and the salary will be as per the national recommended salary scale commensurate with experience for part time Clerks SCP LC 7-12 (depending on experience).

The Parish Clerk is responsible for organising all meetings of the Council, publishing agendas and minutes, dealing with all correspondence, maintaining the Parish Council website, liaising with other organisations, and overseeing projects, including overseeing the running of the allotments. In addition, as RFO, the Clerk will be responsible for all aspects of financial administration of the Council.

The Clerk works from home and must be computer literate. A laptop will be provided. The successful applicant ideally should be CiLCA qualified or be prepared to undertake training to obtain the qualification. Attendance at the evening meetings of the Council is a requirement of this position. Normal meetings take place on the third Thursday of every month, commencing 7pm at Stoborough Village Hall.

For further details, a copy of the job description please contact the Council at arneparishcouncil@gmail.com. For an informal chat about the role, please contact the current clerk on the above email or by calling 07855 396073.

The closing date for applications is 5pm, on 15^th October 2021. To apply please send your current CV and covering letter outlining why you would be a suitable candidate for the position to the above email address.

Smaller authority name: _____Arne Parish Council

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

1. Date of announcement_______8th June 2021

2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd.  The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.

Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2021, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

     ________Amanda Crocker; Clerk & RFO_________________

______arneparishcouncil@gmail.com

commencing on __Monday 14 June 2021 

and ending on ___Friday 23 July 2021

3. Local government electors and their representatives also have:

• The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
  • The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015.  The appointed auditor is:

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)

15 Westferry Circus

Canary Wharf

London E14 4HD

(sba@pkf-l.com)

5. This announcement is made by  ___Amanda Crocker RFO

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