Council Staff Team
The Council is required by the Local Government Act 1972 to ‘appoint such officers as it considers necessary for the proper discharge of its functions’.
The 1972 Act entrusts a number of responsibilities and duties to the Proper Officer of the Council (another title of the Clerk).
Local councils also, by law, have to ensure that one of its officers has overall responsibility for the administration of its financial affairs.
This role is the Responsible Financial Officer (RFO)
At Grange Town Council, this is the Clerk.
The Town Council currently has three members of office staff.
These are the Town Clerk, Victoria Hall Manager and Finance Administrator.
The Clerk line-manages the Victoria Hall Manager and the Finance Administrator.
The Town Clerk and the Victoria Hall Manager are both contracted to work 30 hours a week.
The Finance Administrator is contracted to work 18 hours a week.
The Victoria Hall Manager line-manages the Hall Cleaner (9 hours a week) and the casual Front-of-House Team.
The Staffing Committee line-manages the Town Clerk and is appointed each May at the Annual Meeting of the Town Council.
Committee Members for the 2021-22 Council Year are:
Cllrs. Tricia Thomas (Chairman), Ann Walmsley (Deputy), Roger Handley and Claire Logan.
For the Terms of Reference for the Committee, download the link below.
The 1972 Act entrusts a number of responsibilities and duties to the Proper Officer of the Council (another title of the Clerk).
Local councils also, by law, have to ensure that one of its officers has overall responsibility for the administration of its financial affairs.
This role is the Responsible Financial Officer (RFO)
At Grange Town Council, this is the Clerk.
The Town Council currently has three members of office staff.
These are the Town Clerk, Victoria Hall Manager and Finance Administrator.
The Clerk line-manages the Victoria Hall Manager and the Finance Administrator.
The Town Clerk and the Victoria Hall Manager are both contracted to work 30 hours a week.
The Finance Administrator is contracted to work 18 hours a week.
The Victoria Hall Manager line-manages the Hall Cleaner (9 hours a week) and the casual Front-of-House Team.
The Staffing Committee line-manages the Town Clerk and is appointed each May at the Annual Meeting of the Town Council.
Committee Members for the 2021-22 Council Year are:
Cllrs. Tricia Thomas (Chairman), Ann Walmsley (Deputy), Roger Handley and Claire Logan.
For the Terms of Reference for the Committee, download the link below.
| Staffing Committee Terms of Reference.pdf |
