Wychavon District Council is a great place to work, with high levels of resident satisfaction and motivated staff who enjoy working with us. Located in South Worcestershire the district boasts a beautiful natural environment, a rich heritage and plenty to do and see.

We pride ourselves on being a progressive organisation who spends time and energy on what we know matters to our residents and communities – things like creating jobs, keeping the streets clean, helping people feel safe and preventing homelessness.

Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find.  That's why, as well as a satisfying job, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as flexible working arrangements, generous holiday entitlements, a pension scheme, plenty of opportunities for personal development, and discounted gym membership.

We share a Chief Executive and a joint management team with Malvern Hills District Council.  Whilst they retain their own political structures and distinct identities, the joint management structure allows us to maximise the opportunity to deliver a wide range of good value services to our customers and communities, and operate and develop shared services and partnership arrangements with each other and with other councils.

Planning Support Services Manager
£28,672 - £32, 234 per annum

Do you like a challenge and enjoy working within a busy and varied role?

The Planning Support Team provides all of the administrative support primarily to the Development Management function of Wychavon District Council and Malvern Hills District Council. This includes the validation and processing of planning and tree works applications, registering of permitted development and pre-application advice enquiries, administrative support for Planning Committee and Appeals, in addition to planning enquiries from the general public.

We are looking for a motivated manager with administrative experience in a multi-disciplined unit, delivering a wide range of administrative duties.

Ideally, the successful applicant will already have experience of working and managing within a busy office environment, are able to organise a busy workload and provide support to other team members. It is desirable that the candidate will have experience of processing planning applications but this is not essential as training will be given.

Excellent interpersonal skills and customer care skills are also essential.

We are also looking for someone who will demonstrate commitment to delivering the Council's values of great customer service, openness and accountability, innovation and improvement and fairness and respect.

We are also looking for someone to be responsible for championing and demonstrating the Council’s Leadership Behaviour Framework by inspiring, communicating, collaborating and empowering self and others and leading by example.

Key Requirements:

• Good standard of education including GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Maths and English
• IT literate and familiar with using Windows, Word, Excel and document management systems

Skills & Experience: 

• Organisational and accuracy skills are essential
• Ability to work within deadlines and meet current guidelines
• Knowledge of processes and procedures relating to planning applications(desirable but not essential)
• Supervisory skills within a team environment
• Experience of contributing towards the introduction of new procedures and/ or systems
• Ability to promote personal development within a team through identification of strengths and overcoming weaknesses
• Effective communication skills

To discuss the post or for further information, please call David Hammond, Head of Planning Services (Wychavon) on 01386 556285 or email him at david.hammond@wychavon.gov.uk

Closing date: 6 February 2022

 Interview date: 18 February 2022

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