Vacancy Details

Description

Directorate: Place, Growth & Prosperity

Section: Planning Services

Grade: Level 7

Hours: 37

This is a Fixed-Term position for 12 months.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Stoke on Trent City Council; the Development Management team are looking to recruit to the role of as Assistant Planning Officer (maternity cover).  

Stoke-on-Trent is a reborn economic powerhouse, rapidly developing as a new core city, offering fair opportunities for all with dynamic residents enjoying independent, happy and healthy lives.

We have worked hard to build a good reputation with business investors. Our purpose is to say yes to good development openly and quickly. We have recently undertaken a service review which has led to new smarter ways of working and investment in new IT equipment with more exciting changes proposed that you can help shape and implement.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated candidate to help deliver the key planning priorities for the council and to support the development management process.  If you have a keen interest in helping to improve our city and are looking to progress your career we would like to hear from you.

If you are interested in applying for the post and wish to speak to someone for an informal chat you can contact Abid Hussain (Principal Planning Officer) on 01782 231993 or 07771 500905.

Please note that if any employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. Should this happen then you will be advised accordingly.

To Apply

Please create / log into your account and then click 'apply'.  If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.

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