Triumph Consultants Limited:

• Vacancy Title: Administration Manager

• Pay Rate: £18.40 ph Limited Co (estimated and tbc) or £15.05 ph PAYE (+ paid holidays)

• Location: Borehamwood, WD6

• Department/Division: Development Control/Town Planning

• Our reference for quoting on all correspondence: Hertsmere 335596

• Client: Hertfordshire based local authority

• Anticipated Length of Assignment: 3 months initially, though considered likely to be extended.

• Hours per week: 36, Monday – Friday, normal business hours

• Essence of role:

Reporting to the Head of Planning and Building control the postholder has to take responsibility for the administration of planning applications and enforcement enquiries and complaints and for the management of the appeals process as well as ensuring the delivery of effective administrative support for all Development Control and Policy & Transport staff. The postholder has to manage and provide direction to staff and prioritise a significant workload. They will be responsible in liaison with the Head of Planning and Building Control and the development Control and Policy & Transport Managers for appraisals and for setting targets which assist the achievement of targets in the Unit’s Service Plan.

The postholder is required to be familiar with the tasks of the Unit and able to deal with the full range of queries relating to the administration of planning applications and appeals, policy support work and requests for a wide range of planning information. The postholder must also be able to provide advice and assistance on general planning and administrative matters.

The postholder will be required to allocate resources to meet potential changes in priority and ensure that staff within the team are directed and motivated accordingly. They will frequently have to use their own judgment to develop solutions and ensure that staff in the team deliver a high quality customer focused service.


• Candidate requirements (all to be within your CV, please, not just the covering letter):

A) Essential to have on CV (i.e. without which your CV will be automatically rejected):

- office and staff management experience
- administrative experience within a town planning department

B) If, in addition, you have the following skills/experience please ensure that they also appear on your CV, as the client might well look favourably upon them:

- any familiarity with Acolaid system

• Next Steps:

If you would like to be considered for the position please apply via this website, quoting the vacancy reference number.

Please do not apply for this position if you have already given another agency the right to represent you for this particular role.

We can only consider employing you through a limited company structure if we can be satisfied that you are not in breach of managed service company legislation and regulations. Our standard settlement terms with contractors are to pay monthly.

All applications will be individually responded to by email, with the exception of applications that arrive after a role has been closed, or where your CV fails to meet the “Essential” candidate requirements called for above.

Please do not telephone us for progress reports on your application, as we are largely an internet based agency and most of our recruitment consultants and their support teams are off-site.

You are very welcome to stay in contact with us by email, however.

Please note that all of our vacancies are also posted to our own website, being www.triumph.gb.com where you may also subscribe to a real-time RSS feed for all new vacancies as they are posted.