It is expected the main adviser duties would be to— • Work alongside SPICe and the clerking team to advise on the committee’s approach to scrutiny of the financial sustainability of local government finances; • Provide advice about how the ways in which councils manage reserves impacts their financial sustainability and the delivery of services and outcomes; • Alongside SPICe, provide advice about calls for evidence, possible witnesses, draft lines of questioning and the analysis of evidence; • Attend committee meetings to provide background briefings ahead of relevant evidence sessions or consideration of draft reports and/or correspondence; • Assist in the drafting of any reports or correspondence published in relation to the Committee’s scrutiny of local government finances; • Contribute to SPICe Briefings or blog posts on related issues.