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Company: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION
This is an exciting opportunity to lead on delivery of the landscape and design functions within the City’s Planning Service.
Reporting directly to the Group Manager you will manage a team supporting the statutory delivery of both the Development Management and wider Planning functions. This includes provision of specialist advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders, input to Council-led Projects and the ongoing management of the Glasgow Urban Design Panel.
You will have previous experience and working knowledge of the landscape and design aspects of the Planning system. This will include working with multi-disciplinary professional teams, statutory bodies, local communities to balance competing demands and expectations. You should have strong communication and influencing skills, proven leadership in a team management role with well-developed analytical and problem-solving abilities. A minimum of a degree level qualification in an appropriate discipline and membership of relevant Professional Institute is required.
The current salary for the role is £55,388.20 - £64,300.11.
A new allowances framework will be introduced from 4 April 2027, and this post will move to those new arrangements.
If appointment takes place before that date, the rate shown above will apply until 3 April 2027 only.
The post has not yet been fully evaluated, and the final evaluated Pay Level and total pay position will not be confirmed until Job Evaluation activity has been completed.
Further information will be provided to candidates during the recruitment process.
Further Information
The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance.
We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
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