Maldon District Council is currently advertising an £87,000 role with a “generous relocation allowance” of up to £6,000.

The council is looking to recruit a permanent full-time director of resources of “top table material” to step into the shoes of interim director Julie Alderson, who is costing £630 a day.

The salary would be up to £87,396, including 30 days holiday, eight bank holidays per year, free parking, confidential 24-hour information and counselling service, salary sacrifice car lease scheme, assistance with child care, special and family leave provisions, plus free health and well being events and promotions.

To qualify for the £6,000 relocation cash, the candidate would have to be moving to Maldon from outside a 25-mile radius.

The director is expected to oversee a portfolio of corporate services and hold the statutory position of the Section 151 Officer.