Head Of Planning in Kingston upon Hull

This is a Full Time Permanent Position. Two opportunities are being recruited to within Hull City Council as it positions itself to accelerate the production of its New Local Plan and deliver the commitments within the Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Plan and City Centre Vision. Hull is a city going places and is recognised by National Geographic as a top 10 city to visit globally.

If you want to be central to delivering, there are two roles available to lead this change and be a key part of the team focused on delivering long term positive change. Hull is the city at the heart of the Humber Energy Estuary and is the only City with an Offshore Wind Turbine Blade manufacturing centre in the UK, a previous city of culture and has a growing Hydrogen sector.

If you are interested in these roles, please complete the application form or contact Alex Codd via email (preferred method of contact) or telephone if you wish to discuss any role in more detail.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

The post holder heads up and leads the City’s Planning Department including the Development Management, Planning Enforcement, flood management, Urban Design and Conservation, building control, archaeology and planning policy arms of the Council’s Economic Development and Regeneration service.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Strategy: Leads on issues of professional planning competence for the City. Ensures a co-ordinated development management function through the integrated operation of the development management, sustainability, building control, enforcement, conservation, archaeology and urban design teams.
• Customer Focus: Strong engagement with the business sector across the city to ensure the planning service meets their aspirations and delivers significant projects in a timely manner whilst balancing environmental, social and community aspirations.
• Performance Management: Develops, reviews and manages a performance management framework to ensure effectiveness, to monitor and evaluate service delivery and to demonstrate outcomes and continual improvements.
• Leadership: Is part of the senior advisor team to the Chief Executive, Leader and Deputy Leader on all town planning matters within the council.
• Statutory Obligations: Responsible for ensuring the professional competence of the Planning Service for the City by researching and implementing best practice and legislation with wide discretion and minimal managerial direction.
• Emergency Management and Response: In fulfilment of its statutory requirements under the Civil Contingencies Act, the Council operates an out of hours emergency response rota of which this post is part.

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service, eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.