Opportunities

Ware Town Council in Hertfordshire is recruiting for a full-time RFO/Finance and Administration Manager. This interesting and rewarding position will lead the Finance and Administration function and team, contributing as part of the senior leadership team across the whole portfolio of activities of Ware Town Council. The main areas of day-to-day responsibility include Governance & Risk Management, Budgeting, Bank Accounts, Investments, Accounts Month End, Accounts Year End, VAT, External Funding, Grants, Procurement, Tenders and Section 106, Insurance, Commercial Activity Meetings, Human Resources and Payroll and Administration Team Management (including the Cemetery and Allotments).

There are three tiers of local government that cover Ware, each with different responsibilities. Ware Town Council is the first and most local tier, with an important role to play in managing local services and facilities, promoting the town, representing its interests and supporting the work of different groups in the community. Ware Town Council has a precept of £2.1M and other income of £800K pa and is currently embarking on several exciting projects including the £1.5M development of Ware Priory Lido.

Click here to download an application pack including a job description and person specification.

An application form can be found on the council’s website here.

Ware Town Council is committed to Equality of Opportunity and actively welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Please note that we only accept applications using our application form; this is tailored to each role and aims to ensure we get all the information from you that we need to be able to shortlist for interview. Please ensure that the form contains all the information that you want to get across.

Completed forms should be emailed to Terry Philpott, Chief Executive and Town Clerk [email protected] by 5pm on 13 March 2025.

If you would like an informal discussion or more information about the role and our organisation, please contact Terry Philpott on 07891 165701.