Planning Officer - Manchester

Ackerman Pierce are looking to recruit a Planning Officer within the Manchester area . The vacancy will be for an initial 3-6 months with potential for extension subject to internal circumstance and your performance.

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.

Ensure all consultations, advertisements and notifications (statutory and non-statutory) are carried out in respect of development applications.

To be successful in this role you must have a proven background in the below:

• Degree in Town Planning, or educated to degree level with post graduate planning qualification
• 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
• Experience of presenting to an audience is desirable but not essential.
• Knowledge and use of a planning application database [e.g. Acolaid, Plantech, Uniform etc].
• Experience of political issues in the context of development management and the ability to deal appropriately with them.

To discuss this Planning Officer role, or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Manchester please contact Ollie Barrett or email in your updated CV to us today.