Planning Projects and Environment Team Leader
Planning

Growth and Housing

Wigan Life Centre South

College Avenue

Wigan

WN1 1NJ

 

Salary: Grade 12, £43,757 - £47,161 per annum

 

37 hours per week

 

Your role:

 

This is an exciting role at the heart of the council’s agenda for growth and health and wellbeing.  You will lead a small team responsible for conservation, urban and landscape design, green infrastructure and trees as well as helping to the accelerate the delivery of housing and town centre development through good design and project support.

 

You will ensure that the team contributes fully to policy and development management, including developing guidance, and initiates work to safeguard and improve the borough’s environment.  You will work with colleagues across the council, borough, Greater Manchester and beyond, providing effective leadership and line management, mentoring and developing the team and delivering a high level of performance.

 

About you:

 

You will have a degree and be a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute or a closely related profession, with extensive post qualification experience.  You will be highly knowledgeable of the regulatory, policy, resource and political framework within which planning operates.  You will be able to translate this into opportunities for Wigan and play a key part in the delivery of the Deal for the Future and Growth in Wigan Borough.

 

You will be a self-starter, highly motivated and enthusiastic about the role that planning can play in shaping quality places whilst facilitating growth and have experience of achieving good outcomes through managing and supervising others.

 

About us:

 

Wigan is a great place to work and, as a local authority, we truly value and recognise our staff as our greatest asset.

 

We are investing in our planning service in order to help deliver growth that truly benefits the people of Wigan Borough, creating and maintaining places that people want to live, work, spend time and invest in.

 

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Nick Clarke on 01942 489222.

 

To view the details relating to this position, please click the link below:

Job Specification.pdf

 

Interview date: Thursday 26 July 2018

 

Find out more about working for Wigan
 
To find out more about the growth of our Planning Services and the exciting development projects we will be involved in please click the following link; https://greater.jobs/content/0/wigan-is-growing---exciting-roles-available-in-our-planning-service.


Location
Wigan Life Centre South
Vacancy Description
 

Growth and Housing

Wigan Life Centre South

College Avenue

Wigan

WN1 1NJ

 

Salary: Grade 12, £43,757 - £47,161 per annum

 

37 hours per week

 

Your role:

 

This is an exciting role at the heart of the council’s agenda for growth and health and wellbeing.  You will lead a small team responsible for conservation, urban and landscape design, green infrastructure and trees as well as helping to the accelerate the delivery of housing and town centre development through good design and project support.

 

You will ensure that the team contributes fully to policy and development management, including developing guidance, and initiates work to safeguard and improve the borough’s environment.  You will work with colleagues across the council, borough, Greater Manchester and beyond, providing effective leadership and line management, mentoring and developing the team and delivering a high level of performance.

 

About you:

 

You will have a degree and be a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute or a closely related profession, with extensive post qualification experience.  You will be highly knowledgeable of the regulatory, policy, resource and political framework within which planning operates.  You will be able to translate this into opportunities for Wigan and play a key part in the delivery of the Deal for the Future and Growth in Wigan Borough.

 

You will be a self-starter, highly motivated and enthusiastic about the role that planning can play in shaping quality places whilst facilitating growth and have experience of achieving good outcomes through managing and supervising others.

 

About us:

 

Wigan is a great place to work and, as a local authority, we truly value and recognise our staff as our greatest asset.

 

We are investing in our planning service in order to help deliver growth that truly benefits the people of Wigan Borough, creating and maintaining places that people want to live, work, spend time and invest in.

 

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Nick Clarke on 01942 489222.

 

To view the details relating to this position, please click the link below:

Job Specification.pdf

 

Interview date: Thursday 26 July 2018

 

Find out more about working for Wigan
 
To find out more about the growth of our Planning Services and the exciting development projects we will be involved in please click the following link; https://greater.jobs/content/0/wigan-is-growing---exciting-roles-available-in-our-planning-service.