Events Calendar

Procurement

Zoom

For anyone involved in procuring goods and services, preparing tenders or entering into contracts on behalf of local councils.

This session is an introduction to the basics of procurement for local councils – inviting quotes, producing specifications and tender documentation, achieving competition and value for money, managing contracts

New Clerk's Finance

Zoom

This introductory session is for inexperienced clerks in their first few months and is designed to give them an overview of a council's year, along with a basic understanding of the RFO's role.

If you have 9 month's experience or more, this session is unlikely to cover anything you don't already know. Please leave this session for very new clerks and book yourself onto the more detailed sessions on budgeting, Internal Control, Year-end and VAT instead.

On Your Marks Clerks

Zoom

We know there will be local council elections on 4^th May 2023. Elections don’t come round that often, so it helps to have a reminder of what to do. Even if your council has never had an election there is potential for that to change, which might be a scary prospect. But don’t run for the hills just yet, here’s your chance to get to grips with what to do.

In this 2-hour session we will:

• Identify the election procedure
• Ensure key dates are diarised
• Establish who needs to be on speed-dial
• Take stock of the election paperwork
• Get ready for the post-election frenzy
• Prepare the essential documents your new council will need.
• Ask questions and share concerns and experiences.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE AGREEMENT OF YOUR COUNCIL TO PAY THE COURSE FEE

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