Belmont Recruitment are working with Swindon Borough Council to recruit for a Head of Planning. This is a contract post for a minimum of 6 months with the view to extend.

Responsibilities:

* Provide strategic leadership, management and development of a portfolio of strategic planning, infrastructure, delivery and growth services in line with Council priorities and financial targets.

* Take strategic responsibility for large revenue and staff budgets and locally funded capital investment programmes, and lead in ensuring that the council's statutory planning services and duties are met.

* Strategically oversee the development of a coordinated strategic infrastructure delivery strategy ensuring that all areas of the Council are represented and that their requirements are fully integrated into the long term planning of the Borough.

* Act as lead officer and professional planning advisor for the Planning Committee

* Coordinate and manage external consultants, partners and expert consultees who input into the service so that each organisation or group is able to do so in the most effective manner and understands their roles and responsibilities

* Identify and deliver innovative, and where possible community or business based, cost effective solutions to achieve agreed outcomes for Swindon people

* Deliver robust planning policies for the Borough through the timely production and review of the Local Plan, and other supplementary planning documents.

* Operate a cost effective service, maximising the use of IT whilst delivering efficiencies

* Work collaboratively with senior officers of Swindon Borough Council, its elected members and other partners, statutory bodies and local authorities to achieve agreed outcomes.

* Lead and develop key partnerships with strategic delivery agents to achieve objectives relating to place- making, and delivery of customer-focused cost effective service solutions for all aspects of the service

* Lead, manage, develop and oversee the joined up delivery of statutory and regulatory activities and processes which contribute to delivering local priorities and statutory requirements

* Identify and secure external funding sources to enable the delivery of key economic development and

* infrastructure projects ensuring that they are delivered in accordance with the requirements of that funding.

* Provide oversight to major and locally controversial planning proposals, applications and infrastructure projects.

Part time / Full time

Essential: MRTPI qualified

Location: Swindon (hybrid working)

Daily rate completely negotiable

If this position is of interest, please get in touch with Jake Singh at Belmont Recruitment or apply now! If you are looking for a position in a different sector, do not hesitate to get in touch as we have many other opportunities available across England.

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