CURRENT JOB VACANCIES:

• Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer (RFO). More details.
• Part-time Grounds Keeper. More details

PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS:

Elections are held every four years.  The next election is the 4th of May 2023.

You can download the Statement of Persons Nominated for the election which will be held on 4 May 2023

•  Notices of Election

District Council –NoE – Vale District

Parish Councils – NoE – Vale Parishes

• To vote in a Polling Station, you must bring photo ID or apply for a free voter ID Document.
• Vale of the White Horse District Council advice for candidates.  Briefing for candidates and agents 2023.  Clerk letter 2023
• Election Timetable 4 May 2023
• NALC also has advice, guidance, and videos.
• Candidate’s guide to pre-election period Pre-Election Training
• Elections and electoral registration
• More information on the Electoral Commission website

The Parish Council meets eleven times a year, (monthly apart from August); the Planning Committee meets about every four weeks and most other Committees four times a year, with two committees meeting on an ad hoc basis.

To qualify as a Councillor, a person must be either: –

• A Commonwealth citizen, or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or a citizen of another Member State of the European Community
• Be 18 years or over,
• Not disqualified by any statute,
• An elector of the Parish, or
• During the whole of the last 12 months has either occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the parish, or
• Has a principal or only place of work in the Parish, or lives within 4.8 kilometres (three miles) of the Parish boundary

More information:

• Parish Councillor Job Description
• Guidance for Prospective Candidates
  
• “Purdah” and its meaning in local election

STAFFING:

North Hinksey Parish Council employs the following people:

• Parish Clerk (37 hours per week)
• Groundskeeper (an average of, 6 hours per week)
• Occasional Groundskeeper (as and when required to cover holiday and sickness)

The Parish Clerk is responsible for the day-to-day management of the part time operatives and with the Chairmen of the respective service committees for monitoring work undertaken by the council’s contractors.