Lauren Barham

Southend-on-Sea City Council

We are a mid-sized unitary authority in South East Essex with around 1,800 FTE roles, serving a population of 182,500 residents. We were very proud to be awarded LGC Council of the Year 2012 and have received a number of other awards including Stonewall Top 100 Employer, RoSPA level 5 and Silver IiP. An important conversation has been happening right across Southend-on-Sea since the summer of 2018. Called ‘Southend 2050', it's been an opportunity to explore what kind of place we all want Southend-on-Sea to become and to understand what we all need to do to create it. The year 2050 can seem like a long way off when you're working hard to meet the challenges of today. But being clearer about our long term aspirations can help us think about what we can achieve in the here and now. We exist to create 'A better Southend'​, our aims are for that to be 'Safe'​, 'Clean'​, 'Healthy'​, 'Prosperous'​ and lead by an 'Excellent'​ Organisation. We are very proud of the differences we make and would welcome you considering joining one of our nationally recognised, award winning teams of talented and hard working individuals.