About the Role and our Ideal Candidate This is a high profile role leading as case officer on major and strategic schemes including the regeneration proposals by the Council in Sutton Town Centre and affords the post holder with an opportunity to develop their management experience assisting and deputising for the Area Planning Manager(s). There are opportunities to develop and mentor staff and contribute to Service improvements within the Senior Development Management Team You will have an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification accredited by the RTPI, as giving eligibility for membership of the RTPI and three years post qualification experience of development management at a senior level. You will have proven ability of delivering major and strategic schemes and have an excellent working knowledge of all aspects of Planning Policy and Legislation. You will have excellent communication skills and an ability to negotiate to achieve positive outcomes for the Borough, and be able to demonstrate good customer care and demonstrate how you would deliver the Council's corporate PRIDE values About Us The Development Management team comprises two Area teams and an enforcement team supported by a business support and technical support team. Each area team currently comprises 5 members of staff and you would report to the Area Planning Manager. Our approach is one of enabling development and early pre-application engagement to achieve good outcomes. The team regularly deals with all more than 90% of types of applications within statutory periods and we have a strong performance management ethic aligned to staff development through our annual appraisal process. The team works flexibly and provides mutual support which has developed a strong sense of togetherness and collaborative working. We work very closely with our Strategic Planning and Building Control Teams which all fall under the management responsibilities of the Head of Service, and there are opportunities for collaborating on policy development. The role offers great opportunities to lead on major and strategic applications, the further development of your management skills and a wide variety of applications covering Town Centre, Industrial, urban and suburban development and Green Belt/Metropolitan Open Land Our Offer To You As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team. In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.