Team Manager - Planning

Location: Leicester (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite at County Hall)
Rate: -300 per day
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Interim contract until November 2026

We are seeking an experienced Team Manager - Planning to lead a professional planning team within a busy planning service.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced planning professional to take responsibility for a broad range of planning functions, including minerals and waste planning, development management, team leadership, and strategic service delivery.

As Team Manager - Planning, you will be responsible for leading and managing a planning team, ensuring the effective delivery of high-quality planning services. Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the preparation, implementation, monitoring, and review of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan.
• Managing all aspects of development management, including pre-application advice, planning applications, appeals, site monitoring, and enforcement.
• Leading, supporting, and developing a team of planning professionals and support staff.
• Managing workloads, priorities, resources, budgets, and performance.
• Preparing and presenting reports, recommendations, and professional advice to committees and decision-making meetings.
• Representing the organisation at planning appeals, hearings, public inquiries, and other formal proceedings.
• Providing expert advice on planning policy, legislation, and emerging changes.
• Building effective relationships with stakeholders and supporting collaborative approaches to complex planning matters.

You will have:

• A degree in Town Planning or a related discipline.
• Professional membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional body.
• Significant senior-level experience within a planning environment.
• Strong experience in local plan preparation, development management, and complex planning matters.
• Proven experience leading and managing professional teams.
• Experience presenting reports, managing budgets, and delivering service improvements.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience within a minerals and waste planning environment or at a senior level within a county planning authority would be advantageous.

• Opportunity to lead an experienced planning team and deliver a wide range of strategic planning activities.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.