Value proposition

Southend-on-Sea City Council is a Unitary Local Authority located in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.

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.

We exist to create 'a better Southend'​: our aims are for our city to be 'Safe'​, 'Clean'​, 'Healthy'​, 'Prosperous'​ and led 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.