Senior Executive Planner - Wicklow County Council
Posted 3 days 10 hours ago by Garda
The closing date for this vacancy is 21/05/2026, 15:00
The role of the Senior Executive Planner is to manage, under the general direction of the Senior Planner and in conjunction with the Planning Management Team, the day-to-day efficient running of a team within the Planning Department of Wicklow County Council.
The Senior Executive Planner will from time to time be required to deputise for the Senior Planner or other 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:
Department Key Areas- Forward Planning - responsible for the review of the County Development and Local Area Plans
- Development Management
- Planning Enforcement - responsible for housing developments
- Local authority services, its key stakeholders and relationships
- Local government structures and its democratic role and mandate
- Key policies guiding the local government sector
- Current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the sector, particularly in relation to planning policy and practice
- National, Regional and Local planning issues
- Line management and quality control of recommendations across all areas of planning
- Fostering and maintaining wide ranging productive working relationships both internally and externally to the organisation
- Lead and manage a team within the Planning Department.
- Develop and manage a work programme for the delivery of planning functions for the assigned team, to the satisfaction of the Senior Planner, Senior Engineer and Director of Services for Planning.
- Support the Senior Planner and Senior Engineer in the overall management of the section, including holding of regular team meetings and implementation of PMDS.
- Actively participate in and contribute to the Planning Department Management Team.
- Plan and prioritise work effectively and be pro active and self directed.
Salary Scale effective from 1st February 2026.
Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.
The annual leave allowance for the position of Senior Executive Planner is 30 days.
Local authorities are committed equal opportunities employers.