Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer - Great Boughton Council

The Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer to Great Boughton Parish Council is the Proper Officer of the
Council and as such is under a statutory duty to carry out all the functions, and to serve or issue all the
notifications required by law of a local authority’s Proper Officer.

The Clerk will be responsible for ensuring that the instructions of the Council in connection with its functions
as a Local Authority are carried out. The Clerk is expected to advise the Council on, and assist in the formation
of, overall policies to be followed in respect of the Authority’s activities and to produce all the information
required for making effective decisions and to implement constructively all decisions.

The Clerk is the Responsible Financial Officer and accountable for all financial records of the Council and the
proper administration of its finances. The Clerk is accountable to the Council for the effective management of
all its resources, sites and premises and will report to them as and when required.

The Clerk will understand the issues facing Parish Councils and the environment within which the Parish
Council operates, and will commit themselves and the Council to an ethos of public service