Town Clerk

Due to the retirement, after 34 years, of our present Town Clerk, Malcolm White, the Council wish to recruit a replacement. The Council consists of 15 Members and employs a total of 17 staff as well as additional casual staff and volunteers, with an annual expenditure of c. £950,000.

The Town Council run a charter market, a large cemetery, an award-winning Tourist Information Centre, a large formal Victorian garden, allotments, the town’s CCTV system, the Town Hall, a Community Centre and large areas of playing fields and public open spaces.

The Council needs to recruit an exceptional individual who is both a leader and a strategist with particular experience of Local Government finance and budgetary control and who also has the ability to maintain friendly and constructive relations with other agencies. Above all, however, the successful candidate will have a genuine interest in and care for a community-minded and public spirited town.

The appointment is full time.

An application details may be obtained from the links below or by e-mailing diana@saffronwalden.gov.uk or writing to The Town Clerk, Saffron Walden Town Council, 11 Emson Close, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1HL.

The closing date for applications is 27 August 2010.

Documents (all documents are in MS Word format)

Person specification

Job description

Application form