Company: Clarendon Executive
Location: Ballymena
Posted: May 20th, 2026
PO14 SCP 64 - 67 (currently £78,038 to £82,138.)
Mid and East Antrim is a vibrant Borough in Northern Ireland, offering a rich history and heritage, a proven track record of industry and innovation, and opportunities to enjoy a high quality of life filled with nature, culture, sport, and leisure.
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has embarked on a programme of transformational change to ensure that the organisation has the agility, structures, processes, and strategic leadership in place to deliver on our ambitious plans. This improvement journey is aimed at enhancing service delivery, modernising ways of working, increasing efficiencies plus fostering stronger community engagement.
This role has strategic and operational responsibility for the Councils planning functions. This will include providing professional leadership on all aspects of development management, planning enforcement, local development plan process and related statutory processes, ensuring compliance with the legislative and policy framework for planning in Northern Ireland.
The assigned portfolio of functions may vary from time to time and currently these include:
To apply candidates must have a degree or postgraduate qualification and relevant corporate membership/qualification of a professional planning body such as RTPI or IPI*. (*Those who do not hold relevant corporate membership/ qualification of a professional planning body such as RTPI or IPI must attain this within 12 months of appointment.)
Please visit Clarendon Executive website to download an application form and comprehensive brief that provides an overview of the role of Assistant Director and the remit of portfolios within the structure.
Application forms must be returned toby 10am on Wednesday 3rdJune 2026.
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is an equal opportunities employer.
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