Could you help oversee standards and ethics at North East Lincolnshire Council?

NORTH East Lincolnshire Council is seeking an individual to help oversee the ethics and conduct of its elected, co-opted and independent members.

The vacancy is on the council’s Standards Committee, which aims to promote high standards of conduct in the council, including town and parish councillors, and to consider complaints relating to breach of conduct.

This position will suit anyone with a keen interest in standards in public life, who wishes to serve the local community and uphold local democracy. Ideally, they will be able to demonstrate high standards of personal integrity, and be objective, independent and impartial.

Applicants, however, cannot have been a member or officer in the council for the past five years, nor can they have a relative or close friend in such a position.

An application form and supporting information may be obtained by e-mailing standardscommittee@nelincs.gov.uk or by written request to the Director of Law and Democratic Services at the Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HU. The closing date for the receipt of applications is the 10th July 2008.

A sub-committee of the Standards Committee will consider all applications and agree a short-list of applicants who will be invited for interview.