Team Manager - Development Management

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Sheffield is a vibrant, green and ambitious city ('The Outdoor City') which has seen significant investment and regeneration in recent years, and this is set to continue.

To help us realise our ambitions for growth, to drive up the quality of new development and to be a net zero carbon city by 2030, we are seeking an experienced manager to lead one of our busy Development Management teams.

We are looking for someone suitably qualified who can make an immediate impact. You should have excellent organisational skills and be able to manage a demanding workload to meet statutory and service targets. You will have a minimum of 5 years development management experience at a senior level, including experience in handling a range of complex applications and appeals, and be able to support, motivate and develop your team to make high quality planning decisions in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Your role will include making delegated decisions and presenting applications to the Planning and Highways Committee.

In Sheffield, people are at the heart of what we do.

To support you in your role as a team manager we have a range of manager development opportunities, and you will operate as part of the management team, working within the framework of, and promoting the Council's corporate vision and values.

The Planning Service is located in the city centre, close to the award-winning Peace Gardens, Winter Garden and 'Heart of the City' regeneration project.

Other benefits include:

• Annual Leave (25 days, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service)
• Automatic incremental salary progression within your grade each year
• Local Government pension scheme.
• Flexible working with at least 40% of your time based in the office with your team.
• Flexi scheme with the ability to have an additional day off per month.

Please contact Dinah Hope, Development Management Service Manager, on 0114 273 4374 for an informal chat about the role.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.