SALARY: £82,416 – £100,091

LOCATION: Greater Belfast

The Chief Planner in the Department of the Environment leads the delivery of the Department's planning responsibilities. These include the reorganisation and transformation of the planning system in Northern Ireland. This will involve the transfer of planning responsibilities to local government in 2015, and the continued delivery of the Department's remaining responsibilities thereafter.

This will be a challenging professional, leadership and management role for the individual appointed to the post.

Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 31st January 2014. For more detailed information and to apply, please go to www.nicsrecruitment.gov.uk

Alternatively, an application pack can be requested by contacting: HRConnect, PO Box 1089, The Metro Building, 6-9 Donegall Square South, Belfast, BT1 9EW. Telephone: 0800 1 300 330.

Email: recruitment@hrconnect.nigov.net

All requests must include your name, address and reference number IRC186907.

The Northern Ireland Civil Service is an Equal Opportunities Employer. ALL APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE CONSIDERED STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF MERIT.