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. Wychavon district is also ranked as second best rural place to live in the UK.

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 is 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.

Planning Support Manager

Full Time 37 Hours £27,095 - £31,371 per annum

(Starting salary will be commensurate with experience)

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 applicants 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 householder planning applications but this is not essential as training will be given. 

Excellent interpersonal skills and customer care skills are also essential.

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

• Organisational and accuracy skills are essential
• Ability to work within deadlines and meet current guidelines
• Knowledge of processes and procedures relating to planning applications
• 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

If you would like to discuss the post, please contact David Hammond, Planning Services Manager (Wychavon) on 01386 556285 or email david.hammond@wychavon.gov.uk

Closing date:    12 May 2019

Interview Date:  22 May 2019