Area Team Manager

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You're someone who cares about planning, people and making a positive difference. With experience in a Local Planning Authority, you feel confident guiding others, handling complex cases and offering clear, balanced advice. You enjoy supporting colleagues, sharing your knowledge and creating a team environment where everyone feels valued and able to do their best work. You communicate openly, build strong relationships and stay calm when things get busy. Most importantly, you live our values, putting people first, working as one team, being ambitious for Stockport and treating everyone with kindness, respect and professionalism.

Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025 Shape Places. Influence Futures. Join an Award Winning Planning Team. Are you ready to take the next step in your planning career? We're expanding our highly regarded, award-winning planning team within Development Management and are looking for talented planners at all levels to join us. This is an exciting opportunity to work on high-profile projects that genuinely shape communitiesfrom major regeneration schemes to innovative housing developments and sustainable place-making initiatives. You'll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team that values collaboration, professional growth, and making a real difference. Why join us?

• Be part of an award-winning planning team within the Local Authority of the Year 2025
• Work on challenging, meaningful projects with real community impact
• Enjoy a positive, inclusive and flexible working culture
• Access excellent training, mentoring and clear career progression pathways
• Join an ambitious, innovative team that is proud of what it delivers
Whether you're an experienced planner looking to broaden your influence or an emerging professional ready to develop your expertise, we have a range of opportunities to suit your ambition. Help us deliver great places - apply now and be part of something exceptional. Your Role In this role, you'll lead one of our Area Teams and help shape the future of development across Stockport. You'll guide and support a talented group of planners, making sure they feel confident, motivated and equipped to deliver a brilliant service for our residents and partners. Alongside your leadership duties, you'll take on a small number of highprofile or sensitive applications, offering your expertise where it matters most. You'll work closely with colleagues across the Council, provide clear professional advice, and help us deliver development that genuinely benefits our communities. It's a role with real influence and real purpose., Stockport is a place full of energy, ambition and community pride and our Development Management service plays a big part in shaping its future. When you join us, you'll be welcomed into a supportive, downtoearth team that genuinely cares about the work we do and the people we serve. We value fresh ideas, open conversations and a positive approach to problemsolving. You'll have the chance to work on exciting projects, influence meaningful change and develop your career in a friendly, forwardthinking environment. If you want to make a real difference and feel valued while doing it, this is the place. 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.