Overview
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Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar. This job is workstyle - 5 Hybrid. You will have the opportunity to benefit from flexible and agile working practices, including working from home part of the week and time in council buildings for meetings and collaboration.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of development standards officers. Angus has a special natural and built environment with mountains, valleys, extensive coastline, and towns with heritage value. You will work within a high performing and supportive team to make decisions that shape how that environment changes in the future.
We are looking for a chartered town planner with significant experience in development management in a senior role, who is passionate about the environment, capable of staff development and service improvement, and committed to delivering a quality service.
You will lead and manage a team which oversees the effective and efficient determination of planning applications and enforcement of planning legislation, and ensure that quality standards, customer care, productivity and performance levels are set and monitored. Reporting to the Chief Planning Officer you will be responsible for the performance and quality of the service in relation to applications, appeal and enforcement. You will attend and provide advice to committees of the council. You will be required to oversee the development of staff and to assist in the delivery of service improvement.
Please note interviews will be held Friday, 24 October 2025.
Requirements
Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.
About Angus Council
Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website.
The Individual
We are happy to discuss flexible working during recruitment. We are open to conversation about working patterns and flexibility while managing workload.
We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet essential criteria on application: those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care-experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.
Attributes
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management
* Industries: Strategic Management Services
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