Vacancy ID

8172

Department/Authority

Carlow County Council 

Department/Authority Website

https://carlow.ie/

Working pattern

Full-Time 

Advertising Date

18/09/2026
 

County

Carlow 

Location

Carlow County Council

Closing Date for Application

08/10/2026, 15:00
 

Grade

Senior Executive Planner 

Contract

Permanent 

Type of role

Local Authority

Accessibility Information: We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act. Please see our Statement on Accessibility

Job summary

Carlow County Council wishes to recruit a Senior Executive Planner to support the expansion and development of the Council’s Planning Department. This is a great opportunity to join a progressive local authority that is experiencing significant population growth and responding to the challenges of providing housing for all, supporting economic development, ensuring that the county has adequate infrastructure and public services and underpinning the development of sustainable and resilient communities across the county.

This position is a senior position within the Planning Department reporting to the Senior Planner and/or other employee nominated by the Chief Executive. The Senior Executive Planner is responsible for managing elements of the Planning Department and providing a multiplicity of services to the Council. The role of Senior Executive Planner in a local authority is an excellent opportunity to engage with the active delivery of strategic policy across Development Management, Forward Planning and Project Delivery and to strengthen the Council’s approach to Planning Enforcement.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Lead and manage a planning team(s) to deliver a high-quality planning service and to achieve organisational objectives.

Assess new and emerging national and regional planning policy and legislative updates, assessing the implications for the Council and responding to these updates as required.

Prepare reports, recommendations and presentations for Council, Committees and senior leadership teams as maybe required.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

Carlow County Council is one of 31 Local Authorities in the Republic of Ireland. Carlow County Council consists of 18 members elected every five years and the county is divided into the three Municipal Districts of Carlow, Muinebheag & Tullow.

Carlow County Council provides services to a population of over 62,000 citizens in the areas of housing, integration, regeneration, roads, transportation, planning, environment, libraries, economic and community development, tourism, fire and emergency response, parks, amenities, heritage, arts, and water services.

The Council has over 400 employees and can offer exciting careers across our services in various roles such as engineering, technical, financial, management, administration, library services, fire services and general services.

An opportunity now exists in Carlow County Council for the position of Senior Executive Planner.

Benefits

Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:

 €80,680 – €83,153 – €84,338 – €86,828 – €89,339 – €91,842 – €94,364 – €97,533 LSI1 – €100,692 LSI2

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of  Senior Executive Planner is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

Local authorities are committed equal opportunities employers.