Principal Development Management Officer

This is an exciting opportunity for a Chartered Town Planner to come and join Bristol City Council’s Development Management Team and contribute to the shaping of our great city. In this role as a Principal Development Management Officer, you will be responsible for supervising a sub-team of qualified Planners. You will process and make recommendations on major and complex planning and related applications under delegated powers and for committee. You will engage with relevant elected members and present items to committee.

You will play a positive role in developing, leading and implementing improvement and change programmes for the Development Management service. You will work to deliver the objectives and targets contained within the relevant corporate, directorate and service plans. You will sign off case officer reports and recommendations for decision (either using delegated powers or for committee). You will positively engage with and provide advice to a range of customers on planning applications and related matters to identify solutions to issues and deliver successful outcomes in agreed timescales.

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

If you share our values, to be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We’re a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.