Recruitment and Selection Service

Do you need a new clerk, deputy clerk, finance officer or other member of staff?

At LCC, an SLCC Enterprise, we have helped many councils with the recruitment and selection of key officers and are available to help your council and ease the process for you.

Get in touch to discuss your requirements.

LCC Recruitment & Selection Service

Good recruitment is vital, especially when qualified experienced clerks and officers are in demand. Recruiting the right person ensures that the council has the relevant skills and abilities for its current and future needs. Local Council Consultancy (LCC) can help you navigate this process through its recruitment service, delivered by our experts in recruitment processes and the local council sector.
Our service has been designed to provide you with flexibility and choice. To ensure a robust recruitment process, one, a combination or all the services detailed below are available to you:

Job Evaluation

It is recommended that this is carried out prior to any recruitment to ensure that role is correctly defined and rewarded. The service involves a review of the Job Description and an evaluation of the proposed pay grade for the role. A report will be submitted for agreement prior to the recruitment process commencing.

Recruitment Support

This package can provide all or some of the following support:

  • The production of a comprehensive recruitment pack* to include:
    • Introduction
    • Role of the post
    • Background to Council (to include information about the creation of the council, power and functions, proposed council structure, staffing information etc)
    • Job advertisement
    • Job description
    • Person specification
    • Key terms and conditions of employment
    • Application and selection process
    • Application form
  • Drafting an advertisement and arranging for the adverts to be placed via SLCC job
    Page, NALC website, Indeed and the local press.
  • Developing and agreeing a scoring matrix to assess applications.
  • Responding to all enquiries from the advertisement and sending out application packs.
  • Collating and assessing all applications received using the agreed scoring matrix.
  • Developing a short-list of candidates to pass to the council for the selection stage.
  • Notifying applicants if they have been unsuccessful or if they are through to the next stage.
    *Information for inclusion to be supplied by the council.

Selection Service

Once you have short-listed the candidates, the selection process commences. The LCC Selection service offers the following:

  • Briefing the agreed interview panel on the selection process and ensuring arrangements are in place.
  • Inviting applicants to interview and liaising with candidates.
  • Setting-up and managing any pre-interview process (if applicable). NB: This is optional however our experience has shown that a pre-interview evening event is a useful stage in the process enabling members and candidates to mix and get to know each other prior to the formal interviews taking place.
  • Attendance at the interviews remotely or at council offices.
  • Collating the interview outcomes, liaising with the successful candidate and advising unsuccessful applicants of the outcome.
  • Managing the handover to the Town/Parish Council.

 

To find out more, contact us and we can provide you with a quotation.

‘We were kept fully informed through the process. First Class service & delivery, will definitely use LCC again & highly recommend other councils to use this service.’

Philip Peacock PSLCC, Huntingdon Town Council

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If you need professional, temporary cover to help whilst you recruit, we can help. For more information about our service head to our Locum & Interim Services page.