Planning Officer

6 days ago

Stockport, United Kingdom Stockport Council Full time

**Planning Officer**
**MB4 (£43,693 - £49,764)**
**37 hours, Full-time**
**Permanent**
**Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking**

**Application Deadline: 17 March 2025**
**Shortlisting Date: 19 March 2025**
**Interview Date: 25 March 2025**
**Interview Type: Verbal Presentation and face to face interview**

**Your Role**

**About You**

**About Us**

An innovative, inspiring, accessible, diverse and welcoming place to work. We are a fast paced, friendly and experienced team who now requires new team members to join us in supporting the Councils Corporate Plan and make a significant contribution towards the performance and achievements of the team.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

**This post is politically restricted under the terms of the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act. This dictates that you must seek the council’s permission before taking up any additional appointments or positions.**

**Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.**
- Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria. _

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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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