North Hertfordshire District Council

Located less that 40 miles north from central London,North Hertfordshire is a predominantly rural district and contains interesting market towns and numerous picturesque villages and hamlets. We have three market towns, Hitchin, Baldock and Royston together with the first garden city of Letchworth.

It is an attractive area in which to live and work and has a wide variety of attractions on the doorstep with good communications to the larger centres of Cambridge, Peterborough and, of course, London.

The district was formed in 1974 combining the former Urban Districts of Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock and Royston with Hitchin Rural District. It occupies the low chalk hills of the north-eastern Chilterns, extending north into the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire plain around Ashwell and Hinxworth, and south to the valley of the River Lea around Codicote.

The area south and west of Hitchin is dominated by small hamlets linked by a network of winding lanes with high hedgerows, while to the east of Baldock, the landscape is open, with few hedges and larger, more nucleated villages.

Each of the towns has a distinctive character: Hitchin, Baldock and Royston are medieval market towns, each retaining numerous historic buildings, while Letchworth Garden City is world famous as the first Garden City.

The Council’s priorities are town centres, green issues and sustainable development, refl ecting the fact that we are an area of growth, but one which also seeks to preserve the history and culture of our towns. We have recently restructured our senior management team and part of that has been to combine our policy / partnerships and community development teams. The Policy Team manages relations with our Strategic Partnerships and has recently developed the Partnership’s Sustainable Communities Strategy which informs the District’s long term vision.

So, if you enjoy the challenges of being “in at the start” and seeing ideas evolve into delivery, then these could be posts to suit you.

We also have two challenging posts in our Community Safety Team. We have an excellent record in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour and work closely with the police and other agencies to minimise social problems. Would you like to help us keep up the good work?