Essex County Council
Executive Liaison Support Supervisor – Basildon Borough Council
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About The Role
Executive Liaison Support Supervisor – Basildon Borough Council
Basildon, Essex
£23.04 PAYE / £29.50 Umbrella
Full-Time, Temporary – 36.25 hours per week
3 Months Contract
Closing Date: Monday 17th August 2026
Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Basildon Council to recruit Executive Liaison Support Supervisor on a full-time, temporary basis.
Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week.
Please note that this post will require a standard Disclosure and Barring Certificate*
The Opportunity
This post holder will be based within the Legal and Democracy Support Team, supervising the teams providing specialist high quality administrative and clerical support to Executive Liaison Officers, this will include support for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Leader of the Council.
Accountabilities
- Act as a go-to resource for expertise in specialist support services to the Council’s executive and provide to support for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor of the Council;
- Ensure that all duties of the support and specialist support officers are undertaken to a high standard, managing the allocation of resources within the Support Team ensuring that this is allocated according to priorities which may change from time to time, organising busy periods and diary management to ensure that the team is covered to take ad-hoc requests in addition to the standard workload.
- Work closely with the other Supervisors within the service and the elections specialist to ensure appropriate support is planned for and provided throughout the year ensuring council priorities and objectives are met and statutory responsibilities complied with whilst remaining agile to ensure the support function is able to respond to any changes and peak periods.
- To maintain a general awareness of local government functions and governance arrangements to ensure informed support and guidance can be provided.
- To attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders including as a representative of the Council as required. Liaising with internal and external services, stakeholders, partners and customers in support of the aims and objectives of the Council
- Handle escalated concerns, high-level complaints, FOIs, EIRs, SARs with professionalism and urgency, ensuring timely resolution
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The Experience You Will Bring
- Demonstrable experience of providing high quality administrative support at a snr level.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present a range of complex and detailed financial and other issues to a diverse audience.
- Advanced IT skills, in particular excel, including the ability to design, construct and interpret complex spreadsheets, business plans and financial models.
- Excellent organisational skills, with experience in keeping timely, complete and accurate records, resource planning and prioritisation of a heavy and diverse workload
- Experience of working within local government or similar organisation
Why choose Basildon Council?
Basildon Borough Council is one of the largest local authorities in the East of England region and serves a population of approximately 172,000 people. The town of Basildon is regarded as a key economic hub with the main areas of employment being engineering, research and development, distribution and financial services. Basildon is also the second biggest economy in the Thames Gateway, outside of Canary Wharf.
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Working for Basildon Borough Council means making a practical and positive difference to the lives of people living and working in the Borough and provides a fulfilling career.
Each of our employees - whatever job role they are undertaking - can feel motivated by having a unique opportunity to use their skills to make Basildon a better place to live. Whether it is conserving our countryside, by regenerating our Borough, by housing our residents or by collecting the refuse on time.
Note: ECC are advertising this role on behalf of Basildon Council.
Basildon Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults, and expects all employees, contractors and volunteers to share its commitment to prevent abuse, harm or exploitation.
The Council applies a robust recruitment vetting process. If you are successful you will need to undergo a Pre-employment Vetting Procedure.
What You Should Do Next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via Working for Essex website.
If you have queries on this role or would like to see a copy of the full Job Description, please email Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk
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