Opportunities

Starting salary: between £62,377- £76,277 (National Pay Scale LC4 SCP 50 to 57)
Hours: Full time – 37 hours per week plus evening meetings
Location: Based in Crowborough, East Sussex
Closing date: 9 April 2025 (12noon)

Are you looking for a job which makes a difference? Where you can play a key role in delivering services and events which matter to a local community? Do you have experience of managing a team and working to deliver a wide variety of projects? If so, you could be the person we’re looking for…

Crowborough is the largest and highest inland town in East Sussex, set within the High Weald Area of outstanding Natural Beauty and bordering Ashdown Forest. It is situated just south of Tunbridge Wells on the A26, about halfway between London and the south coast, and can also be reached by train on the Uckfield line from London Bridge.

Crowborough Town Council is seeking to appoint a new Town Clerk following the planned retirement of the current postholder. The Town Clerk is the proper officer of the council and as such is under statutory duty to carry out council functions. The Town Clerk advises members of the council, ensuring the timely serving of committee papers, delivers council projects, leads council staff, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Town Council’s services and facilities. This role is at the heart of the council’s decision-making process and makes a tangible difference to the town’s development.

The post requires candidates to have personal resilience, excellent organisational skills, self-motivation and the ability to multi-task.

The starting salary for this post is between £62,377 and £76,277.

37 hours per week, with additional evening meetings (to be taken as TOIL).

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and 3 additional statutory days.

Excellent pension scheme.

A Candidate Pack and Application Form is available on the town council’s website (CVs not accepted)

For more information, or to arrange a chat with the current Town Clerk, please either email [email protected] or call 01892 652907.

Closing date: 9 April 2025 (12noon).

Interviews will be held on 23 and 24 April 2025