Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in Essex in the search for a Development Management Manager to join their Town Planning department on an initial 3-6 month contract. The successful candidate will manage the following services, Development Management, Enforcement and Planning Administration. We are seeking an experienced manager to supervise the workload of planning applications across the team and determine cases under delegated powers as well as presenting cases at planning committee. You will also support the improvement of the development management service and support functions. We are looking for a dynamic and organised planning professional with recent local authority experience of managing a planning team dealing with a wide range of applications as well as complex development proposals Key responsibilities: ·To be responsible for the management, supervision, direction and co-ordination of the development management employees under the direction of the Director of Planning and Garden Town ·Ensure that the statutory planning development management services are high performing ·Represent and promote the Council on assigned internal, external bodies, partnerships and agencies ·To deputise for the Director of Planning and Garden Town To apply for these roles, it is essential that you have recent experience of managing staff in development manageme...