Planner - GLA15809

Job Description Scotland’s largest planning authority seeks a motivated and versatile Planner to join its Development Management Team at an exciting time in the ongoing regeneration and transformation of Glasgow. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with our public and private sector partners to facilitate the sustainable development of the City, achieve high quality design and placemaking, secure inward investment, grow the city centre population and safeguard the City’s heritage resources. Glasgow City Planning are a close knit team of committed planners, architects and heritage officers who offer a supportive work environment including mentoring, training and professional development. Development Management officers work on a dynamic and varied caseload that includes major regeneration proposals, hotel and office developments, residential and student accommodation and heritage proposals which offer the opportunity to expand experience and develop skills which will contribute to career development. If you the possess the necessary planning experience and negotiating skills to undertake this stimulating and rewarding role and contribute positively to the work of the Council, we would be delighted to receive your application. Hybrid working is available in this role. If you’re shortlisted for the post we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring needs of the business are met along with flexibility to manage and maintain your work life balance. Application Packs We want everyone to be able to apply. If you need the Application Pack in another format, like Braille, large print, or another language, please call us on . If we need to post it to you, we’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help. There are also a number of Accessibility Tools compatible with the myjobscotland website which may assist you with your application. More information on these can be found at Further Information The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance. We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce. As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme. Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see Working for Us\Job Evaluation For further information about working for us please refer to our website GCC HR Policies