Team Leader- Heritage, Landscape and Biodiversity

Team Leader – Heritage, Landscape and Biodiversity

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Job details

Job title: Team Leader – Heritage, Landscape and Biodiversity

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merrion House

As a Team Leader within the Environment & Design Group you will thrive on championing the heritage assets of Leeds, and leading on matters around heritage, landscaping, and biodiversity. You will be leading a group of professionals with expertise in all these issues, but you will also need to focus particularly on heritage.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About You

As a Team Leader you will bring to the role:

• Management experience in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• In-depth knowledge of the statutory and policy framework within which planning decisions are made, and of the statutory framework around heritage assets.
• Ability to assimilate, analyse and present complex information that may encompass differing opinions, bringing creativity and innovation to problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage, influence, negotiate and to forge positive relationships with a range of stakeholders and partners including elected Members, major developers, local communities and media.
• Ability to lead professional employees and to provide coaching and mentoring to employees at varying levels in their careers.

About The Role

As our next Team Leader you will bring your extensive knowledge and experience of heritage and other planning issues to our team. You will be applying that knowledge to place leadership projects and will coordinate with other professionals both within the Environment & Design Group and the wider planning services as well as highways, flood management, and others.

The role is integral to our Heritage, Landscape and Biodiversity team who provide expert specialist advice on those three specialisms to our planning service through both Development Management and policy consultations. As a Team Leader you will manage a small team within a wider group of consultees and you must be able to lead, innovate, adapt and deal with people throughout the Council, representing planning services and championing the built and natural environment.

What We Offer You

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How To Apply

Click apply to complete the online application process at Leeds City Council\’s job site.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role contact Martin Elliot, Head of Service. Email Martin.elliot@leeds.gov.uk

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you\’ll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Government Administration

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