Democratic Services Assistant

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About Watford Borough Council
Watford is an urban borough in South West Hertfordshire; The borough has excellent transport links with mainline rail connections to London. Watford is the centre of a sub region serving around 500,000 people living within a 20 minute travelling time catchment. As part of the London commuter belt Watford is strongly influenced by London which brings the benefits of a buoyant economy.

At a glance
• £1.4bn local investment happening – mix of public and private funding
• 5 major development and regeneration projects happening
• 3500 registered businesses
• Higher than average working age population
• Skilled workforce
• Affordable local housing market
• Home to many major international head offices

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 22 per week
Salary: £30,585 - £32,582 per annum (pro rata)

The Role:-
This role offers an interesting opportunity to work in a high profile area supporting the council's decision-making and governance arrangements within the council. You will work as part of a team at the heart of the democratic process, with contact across the organisation. You will also be supporting councillors by ensuring applications to their locality funds have been submitted correctly and arranging payments for those applications which have been approved.

What we are looking for:-
The successful applicant will have excellent administration skills to support the Democratic Services Team in providing an effective and highly efficient committee administration service, member support and Chairman support. You will have excellent verbal and written skills, including numeracy. You will have a good understanding of Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel.

Closing Date: 7 June 2026

For an informal discussion please contact Sandra Hancock, Democratic Services Lead on 01923 278377.

A basic Disclosure check will be carried out for this post.

At Watford Borough Council we consider equality issues alongside other factors when making decisions as an employer of choice. We are committed to ensuring that we have effective policies, strategies, procedures, and processes and that we encourage behaviour which promotes equality, encourages diversity, and contributes to an inclusive organisational culture.