Information about the Organisation:

Wicklow shares its border with four other counties and has a total land area of 2,027 km².

The topography of Wicklow is largely mountainous, with the Wicklow Mountains being the

largest continuous upland region in Ireland. Wicklow is the 13th largest of the Republic of

Ireland’s 26 Counties and is the 14th largest Local Authority area in terms of population.

Wicklow County Council is the Local Government Authority for County Wicklow and is

responsible for the delivery of the full range of services. Wicklow County Council seeks to

enhance the county’s attraction as a place in which to invest, work, and live, and takes the

lead role in shaping the strategic vision of the county. It provides a diverse, multi-layered and

evolving range of services to both citizens and visitors to County Wicklow, which include the

provision of housing, planning, development, environmental, roads and traffic, leisure and

community services. It also has an enhanced role in leading out economic and community

development in the County. The Council works in partnership with other state, public and

private bodies in the delivery of critical infrastructure and shared services.

An opportunity now exists in Wicklow County Council for the position of Senior Executive

Planner.

Job Summary/Description:

The role of the Senior Executive Planner is to manage, under the general direction of the

Senior Planner and in conjunction with the Planning Management Team, the day-to-day

efficient running of a team within the Planning Department of Wicklow County Council. This

Department currently operates under three key areas:

1. Forward Planning to include responsibility for the review of the County Development

and Local Area Plans

2. Development Management

3. Planning Enforcement (to include taking in charge of housing developments)

The Senior Executive Planner will from time to time be required to deputise for the Senior

Planner or other senior personnel and must be willing to take on this challenge. The ideal

candidate will be a highly motivated person, with a strong sense of commitment to delivering

quality public services and shall demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of:

 Local authority services, its key stakeholders and relationships

 Local government structures and its democratic role and mandate

 Key policies guiding the local government sector

 Current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the

sector, particularly in relation to planning policy and practice

 National, Regional and Local planning issues

 Line management and quality control of recommendations across all areas of

planning

 Fostering and maintaining wide ranging productive working relationship both

internally and externally to the organisation

 Implementing change

 Public service values

A full list of essential requirements is available in the Information Booklet.

We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine

grounds of the Employment Equality Act.

Visit www.publicjobs.ie to apply.

Closing Date: 3pm Thursday 11 th June 2026