Senior & Principal Planning Officers

Would you like to work for an RTPI award-winning team? Rochdale Borough Council’s Development Management Team is recognised in the industry for providing a highly professional, commercially focused service and placing staff wellbeing at the heart of what we do.

Rochdale Borough Council has ambitious plans for growth and investment and the Development Management Team plays a critical role in helping the council deliver its place making agenda. Work is well under way on the final stages of the £400m transformation of Rochdale town centre and our wider regeneration strategies include proposals for large scale residential growth with a focus on town centre living and strategic sites.

To help us deliver our ambitions, we are looking to recruit Senior and Principal Planning Officers to join our team to lead on many of these exciting projects and support our focus on delivering high quality design and sustainable development.

We are looking for candidates with a track record of leading major development projects through the planning system, whether in local government or the private sector.  We also value candidates who can demonstrate a commercially focused and business minded approach that will support our use of Planning Performance Agreements and will help us maintain our reputation for providing a high quality service to our customers.

We can offer you the chance to work out of our award winning offices and within a highly regarded service that prides itself on what we deliver, our supportive team environment and the fact staff morale and well-being is at the heart of how we manage our business.

If you think you’d be a good fit, we’d like to hear from you. In addition to being a great place to work, we offer hybrid working arrangements, opportunities for training and development and a chance to be involved in schemes that will define your career whilst shaping the future of Rochdale and the city region. You’ll also enjoy a generous annual leave entitlement, access to the local government pension scheme, flexible working arrangements and subsidised gym membership.

For an informal discussion about the roles, please contact Daniela Ripa (Interim Head of Planning) on 01706 924316, Alison Truman (Interim Development Manager) on 01706 924334 and Emma Heron (Interim Development Manager) on 01706 925824.

Closing date for applications: 10am Wednesday 5 January 2022.

Interview dates:

1. Principal Planning Officers: Wednesday 12 January 2022.
2. Senior Planning Officers: Tuesday 18 January 2022.

For more details and to apply, please visit:

Principal Planning Officer: https://www.greater.jobs/search-and-apply/job-details/RO-55417/

Senior Planning Officer: https://www.greater.jobs/search-and-apply/job-details/RO-55384/