Senior Planning Manager

Government Recruitment Service; York; On-site; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Planning Manager to join its Development Management Team. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of active travel in England, ensuring that planning applications align with the government's vision for sustainable transport. As part of a dynamic team, you will engage with diverse stakeholders and contribute to high-quality outputs that influence planning decisions and policies. This is a unique opportunity to impact the planning landscape while enjoying flexible working arrangements and a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Civil Service Pension

Flexible Working

Generous Annual Leave

Inclusive Working Environment

Qualifications

• Experience in spatial planning in public, private or voluntary sectors.
• Ability to provide technical recommendations under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support ATE in delivering spatial planning priorities.
• Process and formulate recommendations on planning applications.

Skills

Spatial Planning

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainable Transport Policy

Education

Relevant Qualification for RTPI or CIHT Membership

Job description

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Active Travel England

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Reference number: 401593

Salary: £42,848

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location: York

About The Job

Job summary

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Do you have experience of working in the spatial planning profession in the public, private or voluntary sector?

Can you provide technical recommendations under pressure?

Have you got strong communication skills?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for 3 Senior Planning Managers to join the Development Management Team. This role will be an essential part of Active Travel England (ATE), driving forward the assessment of planning applications and producing high-quality outputs which are consistent with ATE’s spatial planning priorities.

Job Description

There has never been a more exciting time to be working in active travel, and ATE is at the forefront of this high-profile agenda. ATE is helping to deliver the Government’s ambitious vision for half of all journeys in England’s towns and cities to be walked, wheeled or cycled by 2030. Joining the team now represents a genuine opportunity to shape planning decisions and policy at a time when other wider considerations like health, decarbonisation and economic growth are central government priorities.

Role

One of the core functions of ATE is its role in the spatial planning system. The Planning & Development team has two functions:

• The Development Management Team: responsible for discharging ATE’s responsibilities as a statutory consultee for new development proposals as prescribed in the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), with an aim that this role extends into plan-making; and
• The Planning & Placemaking Strategy Team: responsible for driving ATE’s spatial planning agenda forwards, scoping out opportunities for influence and developing planning guidance that will allow ATE to shape planning outcomes.
  
  

We’re seeking a highly motivated, organised and strategic self-starter, who is enthusiastic to be a part of ATE as it transitions from a new organisation to one that is a credible part of the spatial planning context.

You will need a good understanding of planning for active travel, with experience of working in a position in either the private, public or voluntary sector that requires sound knowledge of sustainable transport policy and practice. You will also need strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Supporting ATE in delivering its spatial planning priorities through its development management function.
• Providing appropriate advice to the wider ATE spatial planning team, other teams within ATE, Local Planning Authorities, developers, agents and other persons and bodies as appropriate in connection with development proposals and related matters in writing, by telephone/online meetings or in person.
• Processing and formulating recommendations on planning applications that are submitted to ATE, including the preparation of reports for senior decision-makers.
• Appropriately inputting into the formulation of planning guidance and ATE’s spatial planning future strategy. Inputting as appropriate into ATE’s learning, development and capacity building function for Local Authorities, including leading sessions as and when appropriate.
  
  

For further information about the role please see the role profile.

Person specification

You Will Be

• Clear and concise written and spoken communication skills, with an ability to present written information in a structured and balanced way appropriate to the needs of the reader.
• Highly motivated and proactive.
• A good team worker, demonstrating loyalty and commitment to the organisation and team members.
• If you do not already hold a RTPI or CIHT membership, you will have the opportunity to work towards this once in role, but you must be eligible for membership through relevant qualification and work experience.
  
  

Additional Information

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

Memberships

If you do not already hold a RTPI or CIHT membership, you will have the opportunity to work towards this once in role, but you must be eligible for membership through relevant qualification and work experience.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions.
• Working Together.
  
  

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,848, Active Travel England contributes £12,413 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Please note, the above example is based on the National minimum salary. The employer pension contribution will be 28.97% of your specific salary.

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Apply information

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name: Dan Crane
• Email: [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email: [e-mail]
  
  

Attachments

• Role Profile Opens in new window(pdf, 122kB)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Government Administration

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