Principal Planning Officer
Planning

SALFORD CIVIC CENTRE
CHORLEY ROAD
SWINTON, M27 5AW

Principal Planning Officer
Grade: 4C, £38,813 - £41,675
Working Hours: 36 
Contract Type: Permanent 
Closing Date: March 18th, 12 noon

About us
Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.

We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You will be passionate about place making and adding value to proposals to secure high quality sustainable development and will be able to prioritise and manage a challenging and complex caseload of often high-profile developments. You will have an excellent level of technical knowledge and understanding of current and emerging planning legislation and will possess the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, be well organised, efficient and have a positive attitude. You will also have a planning degree and be eligible for membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

About the role
As a principal planning officer you will be expected to work with a range of people to secure high quality development and to produce concise, accurate, robust and timely reports and recommendations on planning and related applications. You will also prepare and present written and oral evidence on appeals and act as an expert witness at public inquiry where necessary. You will provide supervision, guidance and support to junior colleagues to distribute knowledge, manage performance and encourage team work.

As a service which is always looking to innovate and excel you will contribute towards identifying and delivering on service improvements and will be part of a supportive team environment where collaboration and the sharing of ideas and knowledge is positively encouraged. 

Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel scheme, pension scheme, salary sacrifice schemes, a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .
Location
Salford Civic Centre
Vacancy Description
 
SALFORD CIVIC CENTRE
CHORLEY ROAD
SWINTON, M27 5AW

Principal Planning Officer
Grade: 4C, £38,813 - £41,675
Working Hours: 36 
Contract Type: Permanent 
Closing Date: March 18th, 12 noon

About us
Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.

We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You will be passionate about place making and adding value to proposals to secure high quality sustainable development and will be able to prioritise and manage a challenging and complex caseload of often high-profile developments. You will have an excellent level of technical knowledge and understanding of current and emerging planning legislation and will possess the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, be well organised, efficient and have a positive attitude. You will also have a planning degree and be eligible for membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

About the role
As a principal planning officer you will be expected to work with a range of people to secure high quality development and to produce concise, accurate, robust and timely reports and recommendations on planning and related applications. You will also prepare and present written and oral evidence on appeals and act as an expert witness at public inquiry where necessary. You will provide supervision, guidance and support to junior colleagues to distribute knowledge, manage performance and encourage team work.

As a service which is always looking to innovate and excel you will contribute towards identifying and delivering on service improvements and will be part of a supportive team environment where collaboration and the sharing of ideas and knowledge is positively encouraged. 

Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel scheme, pension scheme, salary sacrifice schemes, a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .