Team Leader - Planning and Building Standards - CLA03971

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Job summary

A local government organization in Scotland is seeking a Planning and Building Standards Team Leader. This role involves providing leadership and ensuring compliance with planning legislation while fostering a culture of high-quality service. The ideal candidate will have strong management skills and experience in collaborative environments. The position offers a hybrid working approach, promoting a flexible work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Living wage accredited employer

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to provide effective management and leadership.
• Experience in town and country planning.
• Ability to work collaboratively with senior managers and directors.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and vision for the Planning and Building Standards Team.
• Ensure compliance with Town and Country Planning Acts.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Collaboration

Strategic planning

Job description

Overview

Lead Officers will provide leadership, vision, direction and effective management of their area fostering and encouraging a culture of high quality customer service, respect, partnership and collaboration as well as continuous improvement and innovation.

Lead Officers are expected to work collaboratively with other lead officers, senior managers and Directors to support the overall strategic and operational leadership of areas ensuring that services are fit for purpose.

This is a key role in the Council’s extended Management Team and lead officers will be expected to gain and maintain the credibility and trust of colleagues as well as being able to challenge appropriately.

Role remit

The Planning and Building Standards Team Leader remit includes Development Planning, Development Management and Building Standards and wider Placemaking activity. The principal role of the Planning and Building Standards Team Leader is to ensure that the Council’s statutory responsibilities with regard to the Town and Country Planning Acts, the Building (Scotland) Acts, Civic Government (Scotland) Act and related legislation, are fulfilled, all in accordance with the Council’s Competency Framework.

Additional Information

• You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job. You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.
• Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”. Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.
• Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.
• Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.
• Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.
• Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Application notes

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

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