Town Centre Officer

Town Centre Officer

Permanent Contract, 37 hours Per week

£37,280 - £40,777 per annum

This post provides a great opportunity to join the Economic Development team within Malvern Hills District Council.

We are looking for someone who will make a real difference to our town centres and will help us to implement our Town Centre plans and town centre initiatives. These initiatives are key in supporting our local businesses and this role will be working to encourage people to visit and spend their money locally to help the town centres and traders survive and ultimately thrive.

As the principal town centre contact for the Council you will be at the forefront of developing and supporting the towns within the district and you will be working with businesses and key stakeholders from Great Malvern, Barnards Green, Malvern Link inc. Link Top, Tenbury Wells and Upton upon Severn.

About you

The successful candidate will have:

• At least 2 years principal local government or equivalent experience in a relevant function e.g. Town centre management, economic development, etc.
• Proven experience of relevant partnership working and delivering joint projects.
• Demonstrable leadership skills and experience of managing relationships with stakeholders with diverse and potentially conflicting interests.
• Track record of contributing strategically to organisations’ performance.
• Involvement with Elected Members at a local level.
• Organising or running public events.

For more on the requirements of the role, please refer to the attached Job description.

What we can offer

Our staff are at the heart of what we do and are key to ensuring we deliver Our Council Plan (attached) to make a positive difference to our communities, our economy and our environment. We are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find. So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:

• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
• Committed training programme and development opportunities
• Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
• Discounted Gym and swim membership
• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.

We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with some agile working as part of the role.

Please note: Malvern Hills District Council does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

To discuss the post or for further information, please call Victoria Carman on 01684 862483

Closing date: Sunday 29 March 2026

Interview date: Tuesday 14 April 2026

Please note if we experience a high intake of applications, we may close the role and interview for the position sooner than advertised.