Senior Planning and Performance Officer - Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom - Service Care Solutions

Description

A client within the Public Sector based in Greater Manchester is currently recruiting for a Planning Officer to join their development team as soon as possible.

The client is offering a full time, temporary position on an ongoing basis with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority.

Key purpose of the role is to provide technical and professional information, support, advice and recommendations in respect of the Council's development management functions.

Manage and prioritise a development management caseload of correspondence, applications, appeals and pre-application enquiries in accordance with national and local performance targets
Undertake and verify the technical processing of development applications in accordance with legislative requirements, Council policy and procedures.

To be considered for this role you will require degree in Town Planning, or educated to degree level with post graduate planning qualification and a Chartered Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (or working towards it).

Experience of dealing with a varied caseload of planning application types.
Experience of managing conflicting demands, an ability to prioritise and stay calm under pressure to ensure the correct recommendations are made in a timely manner in accordance with national and local performance targets
Knowledge and use of a planning application database [e.g.

The client is looking to move quickly with this role and as such are offering per hour Umbrella LTD Inside IR35 .

If this position sounds of interest, email a copy of your up-to-date CV to (url removed) or call Amy at Service Care Construction on (phone number removed) to discuss the vacancy in more detail.

Referral Bonus

If they are successful in applying, you will receive a 250 referral bonus upon completion of an initial probationary period.

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