Development Management Support Officer

Address – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0TH

Salary – £23,893 - £25,979

Salary Grade – Band 3

Working Pattern – Full Time

Working hours – 36.25 hours per week

Contract type – Permanent

Closing date –8th April 2024

Interview date – TBC

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford

Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviors that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do

We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.

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.

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to 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.

We are seeking a Development Management Support Officer (x2) who shares our commitment to customer care. As part of the Business Support Team you will assist in providing business support to a number of services within the Place Directorate, Primarily supporting the Planning and Development Team. You will deal with correspondence and incoming calls from both internal and external customers and use a variety of back office systems to complete a range of tasks.

The successful candidate will need to have good communication skills, ability to work within a team and be able to work on their own initiative. You must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel and experience with Idox Uniform would be an advantage, although training will be provided. Working as part of a busy team, you will possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. Knowledge of Planning and Development Management or other built environment disciplines would be an advantage.

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 here at Trafford.

Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mental health first aiders, staff network groups (LGBT+/Carers/BAME/Disability) and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:-

Local Government Pension Scheme

Home Technology Scheme

Car Lease Scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Simply Healthcare

Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'

Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants.

http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/data-protection/privacy-notices/Service-Level-Privacy-Notices/Recruitment-Employment-Privacy-Notice.aspx

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

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