Sarah Parker will leave her role as the council’s first director of people – children at the end of the month.
Parker took on the position in late January before Dorset County Council split into two new local authorities.
In March, Dorset Council replaced the former county council, the Purbeck, East Dorset, West Dorset and North Dorset district councils, and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, while Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole councils joined together to form the second new authority.
A statement released by Dorset Council said Parker had quit “in order to carry out other work outside of Dorset”. A spokesman later confirmed that Parker had "decided not to relocate permanently to Dorset and this is why she has resigned".
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