Interim Senior Governance Officer
Job description
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Job Title: Interim Senior Governance Officer
Location: Dudley
Day Rate: Competitive
Role Summary
This role will work closely with the Director and Monitoring Officer to support the delivery of key governance projects and priorities across the organisation. The postholder will take delegated responsibility for areas within the Monitoring Officer's remit, with a strong focus on strengthening governance arrangements through effective process mapping and embedding robust decision-making frameworks at both Member and Officer level.
The role will play a critical part in implementing and embedding key governance frameworks, including the Member and Officer Protocol and the Constitution, while supporting the organisation's ambition to enhance and embed effective scrutiny. Operating at a level equivalent to a Monitoring Officer or Deputy Monitoring Officer, the successful candidate will bring significant expertise in governance and decision-making, providing high-level advice and ensuring compliance with statutory and best practice standards.
Connect2Dudleyis a trading style of Dudley & Kent Commercial Services LTD - A joint venture between Dudley Metropolitan Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dudley is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your Monitoring Officer or Deputy Monitoring Officer experience prominently at the top of your CV — the advert explicitly states the role operates at this level and will shortlist on this basis.
📊 Quantify your governance impact: e.g. 'Redesigned decision-making framework across 6 directorates, reducing constitutional breaches by 40% in 12 months'.
🎯 Reference specific governance documents you have authored or embedded — the advert names the Member and Officer Protocol and the Constitution as key deliverables; mirror this language precisely.
🌐 Demonstrate your experience working directly with elected Members and senior Officers, as the advert stresses governance at both Member and Officer level as a core requirement.
🤝 Include a brief example of leading scrutiny enhancement projects in a local authority context, as strengthening scrutiny arrangements is explicitly cited as a priority for this interim post.
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- •Led end-to-end review and re-embedding of a metropolitan council's Constitution across 8 directorates, reducing recorded decision-making breaches by 35% within 10 months.
- •Delivered a new Member and Officer Protocol for a 72-member council, facilitating 4 cross-party workshops and achieving full Cabinet sign-off within 6 weeks of appointment.
- •Mapped and redesigned scrutiny committee governance processes for a joint venture local authority, cutting agenda preparation time by 25% and improving compliance with statutory scrutiny obligations.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Dudley Metropolitan Council's drive to strengthen its constitutional frameworks and embed robust decision-making at both Member and Officer level is precisely the challenge I have built my career around — which is why the Interim Senior Governance Officer post at Connect2Dudley immediately stood out. I bring hands-on experience operating at Monitoring Officer level, with a proven track record in embedding Member and Officer Protocols and overhauling scrutiny arrangements within complex local authority environments.
My background in local government governance spans constitutional review, process mapping across multiple directorates, and providing statutory compliance advice directly to senior Officers and elected Members. I have led the redesign of decision-making frameworks for a metropolitan council of comparable scale, reducing constitutional breaches and significantly improving audit outcomes within a 12-month interim engagement.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How have you previously reviewed and updated a local authority Constitution to reflect legislative changes?
- ›Describe your approach to process mapping governance workflows — what tools and methodologies do you use?
- ›What statutory obligations underpin the Monitoring Officer role, and how have you ensured compliance with them in a previous post?
- ›How would you design and embed a Member and Officer Protocol in an organisation where governance arrangements need strengthening?
- ›What frameworks do you use to evaluate the effectiveness of scrutiny arrangements in a metropolitan council setting?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you provided high-level governance advice that influenced a significant organisational decision.
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a gap in a decision-making framework and took the lead in resolving it.
- ›Give an example of when you had to manage competing priorities across multiple governance projects simultaneously.
- ›Tell me about a time you worked with elected Members who were resistant to a governance change — how did you handle it?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to operate with significant autonomy on a delegated governance matter and the outcome you achieved.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you provided high-level governance advice that influenced a significant organisational decision.
Describe a situation where you identified a gap in a decision-making framework and took the lead in resolving it.