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JOB VACANCY![]()
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Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer![]()
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Bishopstone Parish Council seeks a new Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer as the current Clerk is retiring after six years’ cheerful and efficient service to our community.![]()
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The Council wishes to appoint an energetic and self-motivated individual to manage its business and carry out all aspects of its financial administration. The ideal candidate will have good organisational, numeracy and computer skills, be a good communicator and have the ability to work independently.![]()
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The role is part-time, approximately 35 hours a month including holidays, and is mostly home based. There is some flexibility in the management of the hours but attendance at monthly Parish Council meetings is essential. Meetings are usually on the first Monday of each month, except when there are bank holidays, when they are postponed to the following week. Meetings take place alternately at the village halls in Bishopstone and Hinton Parva.![]()
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The Clerk is responsible for organising all meetings: agendas must be published a week before each meeting, and draft minutes produced the day after. Email should be checked daily. The Clerk provides support and procedural advice to Councillors, and helps Parishioners with queries and problems. The Clerk also produces a monthly newsletter with input from a variety of sources. The Clerk is the main contact for Swindon Borough Council and our Borough Councillor. There are meetings for Clerks which it is advantageous, but not compulsory, to attend; these take place in nearby villages or in Swindon.![]()
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The role of Responsible Financial Officer involves maintaining a set of accounts, organising the annual audit in a timely manner, and dealing with all income and expenditure.![]()
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Bishopstone Parish Council does not have any premises, so the Clerk will need to work from home and provide their own internet connection and some document storage. A laptop computer will be provided.![]()
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To apply, please email clerk@bishopstoneandhintonparva.org with a cv and covering letter.
Thank you!![]()
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Huge appreciation to all who turned out this morning to pick litter from our village verges. You have made a massive difference.
Remember, remember - not what you’re thinking! Remember 1st March is village spring clean day! ![]()
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Meet 10am at village halls in Hinton Parva and Bishopstone for pickers, hi-vis and bags - then make a really positive difference by cleaning up the mess less community-minded people have dumped here!![]()
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Bags of debris can be left in designated areas at the village halls for collection by SBC on Monday.![]()
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Larger items including any fly tipping you might find should be reported at www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20023/environmental_problems/28/fly-tipping![]()
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Thank you for helping to keep our community clean and beautiful!
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PUBLIC NOTICE![]()
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SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL![]()
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SECTION 14 - THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984![]()
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE![]()
ICKNIELD WAY, BISHOPSTONE![]()
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This Restriction is being introduced for TREE CUTTING WORKS and will impose a prohibition of driving on Icknield Way between the junctions of Mount Pleasant (High Street end) and New Town Lane.![]()
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Traffic to be diverted via New Town Lane, The Forty, High Street and vice versa.![]()
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The Restriction comes into force on the 22 January 2026 for 5 days but it is expected works will take 1 day only.![]()
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Strategic Transport![]()
15 January 2026![]()
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NetworkCoordination@swindon.gov.uk quoting reference STR001274![]()
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For more details of road works and road closure around the Borough please visit one.network