Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

The Governance Services Team plays a key role in supporting the Council’s governance and decision-making processes. Part of the Council’s Law and Governance Service, the team helps to make sure that formal decision-making is open and transparent and provides clear accountability for the use of resources in order to deliver the Council’s priorities.

The team works with Councillors, officers, partner organisations, communities and local people to ensure that decision-makers have all the information they need and that meetings run smoothly and in line with local government legislation and the Council’s Constitution. These include meetings of full Council, which sets the authority’s budget and policy framework, Planning Committee which makes decisions on applications from large scale developments to smaller projects and the Audit and Scrutiny committees which review the Council’s work and holds decision-makers to account.

The Team also runs the School Appeals service for the Council and some academy schools ensuring that admission appeals and exclusion reviews are undertaken within the relevant legislative framework.

What is the job role?

Do you have an interest in good governance, decision-making and administration?

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to work in a busy team, to provide high quality legal and administrative support for Council meetings and promote democracy in Coventry.

This role will suit someone who has an awareness of local government political management arrangements, together with the ability to work under pressure in a challenging, but very interesting environment. 

Who are we looking for?

We are looking to recruit to a grade 4 or 5 position; salary on appointment will be dependent on your demonstrable experience.

The skills you will bring to the role will include:

• The ability to work flexibility as part of a busy team, working to strict legal deadlines and managing conflicting demands
• An awareness of a local authority’s management and political management structure and the role of Councillors
• An ability to analyse and evaluate information and to produce high quality, accurate and well-structured written work.

If you are able to work effectively and confidently with a variety of people, including Councillors, senior officers, and members of the public, and have experience in dealing with confidential information and working in a busy administration background - this role is not to be missed.

We can offer you an opportunity to develop those skills further in an interesting and challenging environment.

Please note this post is a politically restricted post in accordance with Section 2(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 please review the job description for further information. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lara Knight 024 7697 2642 – lara.knight@coventry.gov.uk or Suzanne Bennet 024 7697 2299 – suzanne.bennett@coventry.gov.uk

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'.

Interviews will be held during week commencing 27th February 2023

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council