Essex County Council
Principal Technical Lead – Maldon District Council
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About The Role
Principal Technical Lead - Maldon District Council
Maldon District Council
Temporary, Full Time
£35.00 ph umbrella
Location: Maldon
Closing Date: 24th August 2026
Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Maldon District Council to recruit a Principle Technical Lead on a three-month temporary basis. Please note that this role requires 2 days a week site attendance.
Maldon District Council is looking for an experienced and proactive Principle Technical Lead to play a key role in supporting the effective delivery of Development Management services.
This is an important leadership role within the Place, Planning & Growth service, supporting the day-to-day management of Technical Support and Validation functions. The role focuses on ensuring compliant, efficient and customer-focused processes, strong team performance, and continuous service improvement.
The role:
Reporting into the Technical Support Team Leader, you will:
- Support the day-to-day management, workflow and prioritisation of Technical Support and Validation Officers
- Act as a point of escalation for complex or sensitive customer and internal enquiries
- Help drive service improvement, consistency and resilience across Development Management processes
- Support staff development, performance management and training
- Contribute to improved systems, digital services and customer self-service
- Work collaboratively across teams and services to support statutory and corporate objectives
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This role suits someone who combines strong technical understanding with people leadership, process improvement and a genuine commitment to public service.
The experience you will bring:
- Strong experience in Development Management and/or Building Control environments
- Confidence managing workflows, priorities and competing demands
- The ability to support and develop others through coaching, guidance and clear communication
- Experience contributing to business or process improvement initiatives
- A customer-focused approach, with the confidence to handle complex or contentious enquiries
- Good working knowledge of planning support systems and digital tools
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work positively with colleagues, members, partners and stakeholders
The ideal candidate will need to attend the office at least twice a week, ideally Tuesday and Wednesday or Wednesday and Thursday.
To read more about us please visit: https://www.maldon.gov.uk/site/
Maldon District Council is an equal opportunities employer and therefore all staff are expected to comply with our equality policies and help create a work environment in which everyone is treated with dignity, respect, courtesy and fairness. You are also expected to fully comply with health and safety policies and procedures in force to help maintain and develop a safe working environment. In pursuing a practice of continuous improvement and seeking to obtain best value in all aspects of the service, staff will be expected to assist in other such duties as may be allocated for the benefit of the organisation and their own personal development. Staff will be expected to assist if the council has to deal with the results of a civil emergency.
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What You Should Do Next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.
Please note that Maldon District Council has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and where a worker elects to provide their services through an intermediary (such as a personal services company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.
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