Executive Planner

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Job Summary

An Executive Planner is currently the second grade within the four tiers of planning posts within Galway City Council. These range from Assistant Planner through to Executive, Senior Executive and Senior Planner grades. Executive Planners work within the Planning Section. The section works broadly under the following headings: Forward Planning, Development Management, Enforcement and Special Projects. However an Executive Planner will be required to input into multi-disciplinary project teams on occasion, under the direction and line management of a Senior Executive Planner. Local Authorities also play a key role in supporting economic development and enterprise promotion at a local level. The Executive Planner may from time to time be required to deputise for a Senior Executive Planner or more senior personnel and must be willing to take on this challenge. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated person, with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services and shall demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of:
 

• Local authority services, its key stakeholders and relationships
• Local government structures and its democratic role and mandate
• Current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the sector, particularly in relation to planning policy and practice
• Key policies guiding the local government sector
• National, Regional and Local planning issues
• Fostering and maintaining wide ranging productive working relationship both internally and externally to the organisation
• Implementing change
• Public service values