Team Manager - Development Management

Team Manager - Development Management (Planning)

Hourly Rate: £54ph

Contract Duration: Until August 2026

Location: Forde House / Head Office, TQ12

Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Minimum 50% office attendance
local is preferable but they need to attend a minimum of 2 days per week (sometimes more) so could be away and travel down

Purpose of the Role

To provide effective management and lead a team(s) of officers within the Development management service including responsibility for staff performance management. To act as case officer for corporately important major projects to drive the Development Management function within the Council. To deputise for the Head of Development Management and cover for the Planning Support Manager as required.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

* Team management including workload allocation and managing performance to ensure individual and teams work effectively and local and service performance indicators are met.

* Responsible to ensure all advice, recommendations and decisions (both as an individual and of team) comply with all relevant regulations and legislation, and appropriately consider representations from individuals and groups.

* Take an active role as part of the Development Management service management team including participating/contributing to long term strategic decisions and policy making.

* Responding to media enquiries in accordance with advice and support from the Comms team and as agreed with Head of Service.

* Acting as Safeguarding ambassador

* Provide definitive expert development management advice on complex technical planning, design, development viability, environmental, conservation and other planning-related matters.

Qualifications

Post Graduate Level Town Planning Qualification.

Corporate Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Experience

Extensive and broad experience of the development management function including in a Local Planning Authority (min. 3 years post post-graduate).

Project management of complex multi-agency teams over large scale long term projects.

Knowledge

Thorough knowledge, and skills in the application, of relevant legislation.

Understanding and application of both large scale urban design and detailed building design matters

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