Senior Strategic Planning Officer
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Trafford, M32 0TH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75771174 |
Summary
Senior Strategic Planning Officer
Employer Trafford Council
Location Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, M32 0TH (hybrid working is possible)
Salary range £40,777 - £42,839 p.a.
Salary Grade Band 8
Working Pattern Full time
Working hours 36.25 hours per week
Many of our colleagues have the opportunity to work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.
Contract type Fixed term for 1 year
Interview type - In person
ADVERT DETAILS
About the Role
We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to help shape the communities, urban and natural environments of Trafford for the next 30 years.
As a Senior Strategic Planning Officer, you will be involved in the creation, preparation and implementation of planning policies and transport related strategies, initiatives and schemes ranging from the strategic to the local level.
In undertaking this role, you will take a leading role on various elements of policy and strategy creation, providing intuitive and creative professional advice and guidance to colleagues and internal and external stakeholders and partners.
About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
Applicants must have a degree or equivalent qualification. You will have at least 3yrs experience within a planning role and a good understanding of planning legislation and policy and transport strategy.
About us
Trafford’s Strategic Planning and Growth team is part of the wider Strategic Growth Service which is based at the recently rebuilt Town Hall in Stretford, and you will report to the Principal Transport Policy Officer.
Trafford is a diverse and exciting place to work with excellent opportunities for a challenging and varied workload. You will be joining a busy, friendly, and proactive team with opportunities to work with a range of public and private sector stakeholders.
This is a particularly exciting time to join the Strategic Planning and Growth team, who are progressing the Trafford Local Plan alongside masterplans for two largescale strategic development sites at pace; as well as being involved in the Trafford Wharfside Masterplan covering the Manchester United football stadium.
The team are also working with partners and the government on Northern Powerhouse Rail, the planned airport station and the implementation of GM’s Transport 2040 strategy alongside many other regeneration and transport/ infrastructure projects.
We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.
CONTACT DETAILS
For an informal discussion, or to find out more about the role, please email or call Caroline Wright, Strategic Planning and Growth Manager on 07890 032576 caroline.wright@trafford.gov.uk
COUNCIL DETAILS
About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.
To learn more about Trafford as a place to work visit and to view more about our awards and benefits please visit: Reasons to Join our Family | greater jobs
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