Job Description
To line manage the planning information and delivery function within the Planning & Environment Service. As Team Leader in the Planning Information and Delivery team (PID) you will line manage, develop and support a team of 8 employees. The principal tasks assigned to the PID team are as follows:
1. Oversee the Council’s contribution to the research, collation, analysis and presentation of data relating to sustainability, development and monitoring
2. Ensure Housing and Employment Land Audits are undertaken
3. Manage the collation of research, analysis, consultation and evaluation of Development Plans and other related strategies and policies
4. Manage development related projects to ensure and objectives are met and timeously delivered
5. Manage the effective delivery, through project co-ordination and management of development promoted through the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan, including the preparation of the Action Programme
6. Manage the effective co-ordination of resources between the parties (internal and external) involved in delivering development
7. Monitor budget expenditure
8. Prepare and present papers and reports to management teams, Council Committees and external groups
9. Represent the Council at meetings of external agencies, cross-working groups and with other stakeholders as required
The team also operates in collaboration with other services in areas of regeneration, planning enforcement and projects to deliver infrastructure and improvements across Aberdeenshire including managing budgets and awarding of grant aid.
The team has also been directly involved in facilitating new innovative ways of promoting development in Aberdeenshire.
This is a Politically Restricted position as identified by the Local Government and Housing Act .