A: Yes, your parish council is the clerks employer as the clerk is both the legal proper officer and is an office holder from an HMRC perspective. Without a job description how will your clerk know what is expected of them? How will an annual performance appraisal be done to ensure that they are on the correct pay scale? What would happen if a dispute arose between the clerk and the parish council as the clerks employer?

More importantly how would you feel if you didn't have a job description for your own work?