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SalaryThis is an exciting opportunity to develop your career leading one of our vibrant Planning Teams working to ensure that development is planned, high quality and delivered.
With the Planning Policy Team, you will be leading on a new Local Plan for growth.
Lots of growth … as Swindon is one of the UK’s fastest growing towns. It is one of the Five Fast Growth Cities as successful and innovative places in the UK. You will have a key role in shaping growth and investment.
Your next role
You will work closely with colleagues across the council to ensure the delivery of infrastructure to support development in Swindon.
We are investing and re-organising our Teams to ensure we can continue to plan positively to deliver high quality design and maintain a competitive and productive economy.
The success of our vision depends on our fantastic employees and fostering the talent of the future and that is why we have this exciting key opportunity for a Service Manager – Planning Policy.
We are looking for an experienced MRTPI Planning Policy Manager with a ‘can do’ attitude:
- Who would like to work as part of a multi-disciplinary teams
- Will thrive on varied, fulfilling and rewarding work
- Want to have a key role in shaping future growth
You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).
Your next package
Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.
As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.
For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.
Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.
Your next steps
Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.
Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements of the role profile. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Tracy Harvey, Interim Head of Planning at tharvey2@swindon.gov.uk
If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk
