Case study
Development Control Support Team Leader, Neil
Neil
Development Control Support Team Leader
London Borough of Haringey
I have been working for the London Borough of Haringey since
November 2001, previously I was at the London Borough of Brent and
the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
When I saw the job advertised, I felt that it was a good
opportunity to develop and progress my career, as I had been in my
old role within the council for sometime.
The development control support team covers both technical
administration and customer care aspects of planning development
control. The technical administration or 'back office' operations
include processing applications, entering details on to a planning
database and producing correspondence. Front line or customer care
activities principally include dealing with all customer contacts
made by telephone, in writing and in person about the planning
service.
My objective as the development control support team leader is
to ensure the smooth running of the team and be responsible for the
provision of high quality, responsive and effective customer
focused support services for the development control group. I also
contribute to the group management team and am accountable to the
head of development control though the line management
structure.
The best part about my job is dealing with customers and solving
problems. I also enjoy developing ideas to improve the service. The
most challenging aspect of my job is managing people.
I joined Haringey on a graduate recruitment scheme. This
provided a two-year training programme to develop a range of
skills. More recently I was selected for the council's Aiming High
programme, which provided a training programme to develop
managers.
I am very happy working at Haringey and would like to continue
to develop here. Ultimately I would like to remain in the public
sector.
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