Use the following self-assessment tool to see how you rate yourself against the key personal qualities and skills that are central to the role of councillor. If approached in an open manner this exercise can provide a good overview of your strengths as well as those areas where you can improve. It is important to be aware however that not every prospective or serving councillor will rate highly on all of these qualities.

Self-assessment tool ( 316 KB)

Instructions

To complete the self-assessment tool, open the PDF, print it and then complete it on paper. Alternatively you can save the PDF document to your computer and open it and fill it in using the editable fields. The selections you make on screen are not recorded in any way.