This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to the way the Council works by delivering the core accountability and transparency governance functions of the organisation. The Policy and Scrutiny Function delivers an annual workplan that ensures that the Audit and Performance and Policy and Scrutiny Committees contribute to the delivery of a City for All through collaborative policy development while holding the Cabinet, Council and local partners to account on decisions and issues that affect Westminster and its residents. This role will work with the Lead Scrutiny Advisor to plan and deliver the scrutiny and performance functions of the Council. You will play a critical role to ensure that Council decisions and service delivery are held to account and are transparent to our residents and communities. Central to this will be the advice and support you provide to non-executive Members and Committees to help them play a key part of driving forward the strategic direction of the Council.

You will be at the heart of driving up standards of transparency in decision making and accountability for performance as well as creating an environment within which insight and information is shared and used to enable better, more effective oversight and scrutiny. You will ensure Committee Chairs and Councillors are well briefed on their portfolios and able to effectively scrutinise decisions and the executive of the Council as well as ensuring empowering Committee Chairs to do their job through high quality internal engagement and forward planning to ensure scrutiny has the maximum possible impact.