Independent Persons - Vacancies - Adur & Worthing Councils

Could you help Adur and Worthing Councillors maintain their high standards of conduct?

Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council are looking for up to three Independent Persons to provide advice to the monitoring officer on the members code of conduct and how it applies.

Applicants need to have a desire to support the Monitoring Officer in complying with the councils' code of conduct, maintaining the current high standards of conduct and ethics, and the qualities of selflessness, integrity, objectivity and honesty.

You need to be:

a resident of the area covered by Adur District and Worthing Borough
tactful and diplomatic
committed to the importance of high ethical standards
respectful of confidentiality
understanding of public and private roles

You need to have:

a belief in high standards of councillor conduct
a familiarity with or interest in how local government works

You will not be:

a member, co-opted member or officer of Adur District Council or Worthing Borough Council;
a member, co-opted member or officer of Lancing Parish Council or Sompting Parish Council;
a relative or close friend of one of the above;
a person who has within the past 5 years, been a member, co-opted member or officer of Adur District Council or Worthing Borough Council;
a person, who within the past 5 years, has been a member, co-opted member or officer of Sompting Parish Council or Lancing Parish Council;
an office holder in a political party

There will also be additional occasions when you will need to give impartial independent advice, or be contacted, at short notice and/or in private.

You will take up your four-year position from the meetings of the councils in February 2025.

This is a voluntary position for which expenses will be reimbursed and a goodwill payment of £100 per formal meeting in regard to a standards matter will be offered.

Full training and support will be given.

You can view the agenda and minutes of previous meetings of the:

Interested? How to apply: