Newbury Town Council Officer Vacancies 

The town of Newbury has a population of around 35,000 people and is growing. Set in open countryside all around, the town offers all sorts of opportunities for those who enjoy the outside life. The town centre, around its large market square, retains a rare medieval Cloth Hall, the 16th-century St Nicolas Church, along with 17^th and 18^th century listed buildings. Newbury is the home to one of England’s major racecourses, the headquarters of Vodafone. Newbury lies on the edge of the Berkshire Downs, a part of the North Wessex Downs Area of outstanding natural beauty.

Newbury Town Council was officially vested on 1st April 1997. Newbury Town Council is one of the larger market Town Councils in the area by population and represents the first tier of local government in the town which is closest to its electors.

Newbury Town Council undertakes an array of services for the residents of the town, as well as funding local groups via grants and so on. It is very much at the heart of providing all the various public services and events expected of a mid-size Town Council by the residents of the town.

“Making Newbury a Town we can all be proud of” is the Council’s mission statement. They strive to achieve this through the Action Plan in its Strategy, the 4 main aims of which are:

• Help make Newbury a unique, welcoming, safe, and well cared for Town,
• Foster a real sense of community,
• Take actions to address the climate emergency and
• Focus support for youth, the elderly, minorities and the vulnerable.

Newbury Town Council are looking for new staff to take the Council forward with its Action Plan.