Description
This is a new role in the organisation with a strategic leadership perspective across two key professional disciplines. It offers the ideal opportunity for an accomplished individual from either background to take on a wider portfolio and extend their management experience.
We're looking for someone who can build on what we already do well, while bringing an outward focus to how we operate – being attentive to the priorities of stakeholders that include our elected members, local developers and the borough's residents, ensuring a customer focus defines our approach.
You should also have the organisational vision to see how these services can influence and be complementary to other aspects of the Council's work. The ability to foster positive working relationships with others will be an important attribute, enabling you to highlight and promote good practice within the service and celebrate success to build your team's profile and reputation.
Accomplished people and resource management skills will be vital to establishing more consistent and accountable working practices, drawing on data and reporting to inform performance management. And you'll support the professional development of your team, creating opportunity for progression and building capacity and expertise from within.
We expect that you will already have experience of leading Planning Enforcement or Building Control functions, and that you hold a relevant professional qualification. You should have an expert and up-to-date knowledge of English planning system legislation and policies, and an informed appreciation of the attention and scrutiny that comes with managing these high-profile services.