Assistant Director - Place Management (Planning)

PO14 SCP 64 - 67 (currently £78,038 to £82,138.) Mid and East Antrim is a vibrant Borough in Northern Ireland, offering a rich history and heritage, a proven track record of industry and innovation, and opportunities to enjoy a high quality of life filled with nature, culture, sport, and leisure. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has embarked on a programme of transformational change to ensure that the organisation has the agility, structures, processes, and strategic leadership in place to deliver on our ambitious plans. This improvement journey is aimed at enhancing service delivery, modernising ways of working, increasing efficiencies plus fostering stronger community engagement. This role has strategic and operational responsibility for the Council''s planning functions. This will include providing professional leadership on all aspects of development management, planning enforcement, local development plan process and related statutory processes, ensuring compliance with the legislative and policy framework for planning in Northern Ireland. The assigned portfolio of functions may vary from time to time and currently these include: Building Control and Licensing Planning Shared Environmental Services Licensing Sustainability and environmental Water quality To apply candidates must have a degree or postgraduate qualification and relevant corporate membership/qualification of a professional planning body such as RTPI or IPI . ( Those who do not hold relevant corporate ..... full job details .....