Northants CALC

West Haddon Parish Council has an immediate vacancy for Clerk to the Council. West Haddon is 9 miles north east of Daventry and has an electorate of 1,300. The post is for 16 hours per week working from home, with salary SCP 26 – 29 (£11.55 – £12.81 per hour).

Click here to download the vacancy notice.

Welcome to the latest edition of eUpdate from Northants CALC. If it’s money and fame that you’re after then this edition is for you. It is packed full of funding advice and news of grant opportunities, plus there’s information on Northants CALC’s new Council of the Year Award so that you can gain recognition for your projects and activities. There’s an update on Clerk’s salaries, an introduction to Northamptonshire’s two newest parish councils, an article about the River Nene, great news about the Sustainable Communities Act and much, much more. Plus all the usual features including all the latest event and training course details.

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Dingley Parish Council has a vacancy for a parish clerk and responsible finance officer.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons.

Dingley is a rural parish situated two miles to the east of Market Harborough.  The council has 5 members and an electorate of 156.

Please click here to download the full vacancy notice.

Eydon Parish Council has a vacancy for a parish clerk and responsible finance officer.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons, although training will be offered and enthusiasm to learn will be seen as an alternative to formal qualifications.

Please click here to download the full vacancy notice.

Fun, fields and fresh air – it’s all there at Have a Field Days! They can be held on any outdoor recreational space, whether that’s a park, a sports field, a nature reserve, or a coastal walk that is protected by Fields in Trust…you can make your Day whatever suits the site and the community.

Register your event now and you’ll get a free goodie box crammed full of items like bunting, games and
medals to make your day great. We’ll also help you plan and organise your day with a free toolkit of tips and ideas and posters and invites.

Launched last year 94% of Have a Field Day organisers felt it helped them build new relationships, so get organising!

How can I be part of it?

Organise an event
- find your local FIT field by putting your postcode into www.fieldsintrust.org and start planning! Use the HAFD toolkit downloadable from  www.fieldsintrust.org/fieldday and make the day whatever you want it to be. Dog shows, obstacle races, three legged races, sports tasters, coconut shys, woodland walks, bird spotting…Have a Field Days are all about enjoying yourself outdoors and celebrating your protected green space.

Register the event
online with us and get your free goodie box worth over £100 and crammed full of
helpful items like bunting, medals and games.

Hardingstone Parish Council, Northampton
LC2 SCP 26-29 (£22,221 – £24656) Pro rata
50 hours per month (basic) on a 720 hours annual contract

If you have a genuine interest in helping our forward thinking and energetic Council to develop and deliver timely, quality and innovative services to the local community and maintain its Quality Status, this post is ideal.

Hardingstone village has approximately 2000 residents and a precept of £67,500. The Council is made up of 11 Councillors and owns various assets including the Recreation Ground (recently refurbished at a cost of £145,000) and the Parish Room, which is open to the public two days per week. With a proposed extension to the village of a further 1000 houses, both the job and the work of the council is set to grow.

Suitably qualified (with CiLCA), highly motivated, enthusiastic and community focussed, you will bring sound leadership, management, administrative, communication, IT, financial and organisational skills, be flexible in approach and able to meet deadlines.

Please contact Cllr G Crowe, Chair of the Personnel Group for a recruitment pack g.crowe@tesco.net.

Closing Date for Applications:- 26th April 2013

Welcome to the latest edition of eUpdate from Northants CALC. This issue explains why it is not a good idea for councils to help their clerks (don’t worry, read the article!), analyses how parish councils in Northamptonshire reacted to the precepting/council tax issue, and looks at how communities can step in to save their local pub. There are signposts to a wealth of information, tips and resources plus all the usual features including training events, national conferences and more.

Download your copy of eUpdate here.

As part of the sector consultation about the future of the Quality Parish and Town Council Scheme the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is asking for views about the Scheme through an online survey.

Please click on the following link, or cut and paste it into your browser address bar, to complete the survey:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/QPSREVIEW2013

The survey should take you approximately 20 – 25 minutes to complete and will be open for responses until 1st April 2013.

The survey is in a format that is compatible with most screen-readers. If you have any problems completing the survey or would like to receive the survey in a different format please contact the administration team at NALC on 020 7637 1865 or nalc@nalc.gov.uk.

Many thanks in advance for taking the time to respond.

The Councillor Panel is now launched.

Please click here for the Terms of Reference.

The Upper Eden Neighbourhood Plan is the first Neighbourhood Plan in the country to pass referendum.

The Upper Eden plan was approved by 90% of the voters, with 1,310 votes in favour and 138 votes against.

The Upper Eden Community Plan Group represents 17 Parish Councils in the Upper Eden area. The plan includes policies on encouraging limited new development to help local people meet their own housing needs, as well as policies on housing on farms, housing for older people and broadband connections.

For more about the Upper Eden Neighbourhood Plan please go to:

http://uecp.org.uk/upper-eden-neighbourhood-development-plan/