Join our team here at Malvern Town Council.
Independent Minute Taker – Staffing Committee
A minute taker is required to take high quality notes at Town Council Staffing Committee meetings and to create minutes for these meetings using the notes and the audio recording as necessary.
Main duties of the job:
- To accurately document discussions, decisions, and resolutions in a timely manner.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate, impartial records of all proceedings.
- Comply and maintain strictconfidentiality, at all times, regarding any sensitive topics discussed.
- Work alongside the Town Clerk to produce accurate, comprehensive but succinct minutes which record the recommendations made by Committee and to distribute these in a timely manner.
- Experience in a similar role is preferable.
Staffing Committee Meetings are held quarterly in the Community Hub at Victoria Park, Malvern from 6pm. Hours required per meeting will be approximately 5 hours and the hourly rate will be £16.90.
For an application form please contact Julia Winkworth, PA to the Town Clerk: jwinkworth@malvern-tc.org.uk
The closing date for applications is
Monday 2 March 2026
Parish Lengthsman
Malvern Parish Council is looking for a hard working Lengthsman to complement an existing lengthsman already in place. The successful candidate will need to be self-employed, have their own Contractor Public Liability Insurance and to hold the approved LANTRA training qualification.
Works will include:
Drainage:
- Clear gully grates.
- Clear verge grips.
- Clear headwalls, outfalls.
- Advise landowners and frontages when their ditches need cleaning.
- In especially difficult circumstances clear ditches – only with prior agreement of the Manager.
Vegetation Clearance:
- Remove vegetation obstructing signs.
- Remove vegetation at junction visibility splays.
- Removal of basal tree growth from highway trees.
- Pulling / cutting of noxious weeds following site specific approval from the Manager.
- Side out footways to normal width and spread arisings on verge where possible.
- Negotiate with frontagers for them to cut back overhanging vegetation.
Miscellaneous:
- Rotation and charging of mobile Vehicular Activated Signs (VAS) following site specific approval and authorisation from the Manager.
- Clean dirty signs and/or retighten brackets, reposition signs which have been knocked out of place where no excavation is required (except illuminated signs).
- Painting of heritage cast iron direction signs.
- Snow clearance and gritting / salting by hand.
- Removal of illegal fly posting.
- Maintenance and repainting of highways approved visibility fencing.
- Cleaning of subways.
Other work with the specific approval of the Operations Manager.
Contract hours will be 10 – 15 per month.
If you are interested in the role, please contact the Town Clerk, Linda Blake via email – townclerk@malvern-tc.org.uk
The deadline for applications is Monday 2 March 2026.