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Digital Services Manager – Rochford District Council

Rochford Essex & Brentwood, Essex

Part-Time, Temporary - 3 days per week

3 Months Contract

£27.24 PAYE / £34.94 Umbrella

Closing Date: Wednesday 15^th April 2026

Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Rochford District Council in recruiting a Digital Services Manager on an initial 3-month temporary contract.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to work on-site a minimum if 1 day per week.

Working Locations: Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AY & Launchpad, Airport Business Park, Cherry Orchard Way, Rochford, SS4 1YH

Working Pattern: 3 days per week, 08:30-17:00pm

Role Purpose:

An interim resource for management and delivery of digital services across Brentwood and Rochford Councils. Skills in managing teams, managing digital products and services, building relationships across the businesses and creating continuous improvement of live services.

Brentwood Borough Council and Rochford District Council have formed a strategic partnership sharing knowledge, experience, and projects for the benefit of both councils.

Seeking a Digital Service Manager to join our Digital, Data and Technology team.

As Digital Service Manager, you will lead the digital service teams (Product Development & Application Support and Geospatial) ensuring reliable digital services.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Own the live operation of digital services
• Act as escalation points, oversee incident, problem and service requests
• Work with Services to reduce failure demand
• Use resident and Officer feedback to improve digital experiences
• Ensure service meet information governance, data protection and Security requirements
• Use project management skills to deliver improvement projects
• Provide supplier and financial management
• You will have skills around the Microsoft stack, and development experience

What to 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. If you have any queries relating to this post please email Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk