Description Location: Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA Hours: 35 hours per week Work Pattern: Monday - Friday Salary: £50,878 - £55,659 South Lanarkshire Council is one of the largest local authorities in Scotland which covers a diverse range of communities. The area stretches from the central belt all the way to the rural communities of the Leadhills. The Council’s Planning & Regulatory Services has a key role to play in the successful regeneration of the area and the Council has started preparation of its next Local Development Plan at a time of significant transformation in the planning system, which includes the adoption by the Scottish Government of National Planning Framework 4. The Planning Service is seeking an enthusiastic team leader within a Development Management Area Team to deliver an efficient and effective planning service in an area that covers both urban and rural communities. Significant improvements have been made to the service and the role would provide an opportunity to shape further service improvements. The post involves managing a team of professional officers who deal with both planning applications and enforcement. You should have significant experience in dealing with development management related tasks, including planning applications, report writing, enforcement and mentoring. It is important to be able to work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders by building good relationships to ensure the delivery of the development management service. You should demonstrate excellent leadership and coaching skills. Customer focus and the ability to evidence experience in contributing to the delivery of solutions in line with business objectives are also key requirements for the post. The Team Leader is heavily involved in the processing of planning, advertisement, listed building, mineral, waste disposal and other statutory applications and issuing decision notices on behalf of the Council; leading, preparing and presenting the Council’s case at Planning Local Review Body, Appeals, Hearings and Public Inquiries; managing the Council’s planning enforcement function. You would also be involved in assisting in the co-ordination, preparation, and presentation of reports to the Planning Committee and, where appropriate, to other Resource Committees. You would be required to work with the Executive Director, Head of Planning and Regulatory Services and Area Manager to achieve effective performance through work and performance monitoring/assessment, setting performance targets and conducting regular Employee Development interviews. To meet regularly with the Area Manager to review work progress, performance standards and targets, and to appraise the Area Manager of current issues. View the Team Leader Planning and Regulatory job profile Please answer the following questions on a separate sheet and upload with your application: Efficient – What knowledge do you have of the Development Management function undertaken by a Local Authority, give examples from your experience. Leading – What experience do you have in relation to the provision of an efficient Development Management Service and people management. Please provide examples from your own experience where you have taken on a leading role in the delivery of a key task or project. Please highlight any challenges you encountered and the steps you took to overcome them. Performing – Are there any areas of innovation and technology that the Council should embrace to help improve service delivery in terms of both timescales and the quality of development. Please discuss with relevant examples from your own experience. Flexible – Why do you want to apply for this post and what personal qualities and experience can you bring to the job? View the Team Leader (Planning) job profile Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address. Foreign Police Check Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad. Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position. South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position. Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.