Senior Planning Officer (£48.00 Umbrella)
Job Description
Job Title : Senior Planning Officer (£48.00 Umbrella)
Job Category : Planning
Location : County Hall, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £36.25
Senior Planning Officer (Development Management)
Will need to undertake site visits, attend committee and some face to face meetings.
**1 day a week / 2 days per fortnight on site**
Workers have to attend if their applications go to Committee, and in the early days they will need to do a number of site visits to understand the caseload
*2 Placements needed – 1 being placed in County Hall, Taunton and 1 being placed in Bridgwater House, Bridgewater*
Qualifications:
Degree in Town Planning or related subject and equivalent experience. The postholder will require membership of (or be eligible to join) the RTPI (Essential)
Knowledge:
Ability to provide detailed advice across a range of planning issues in a development management/planning environment, including process and procedural matters (Essential)
Good knowledge of planning, enforcement, planning policy, case law and relevant legislation (Essential)
Interpretation of legislation – interpretation of relevant planning legislation and case law in respect of issues arising from pre-application enquiries, applications, appeals and planning enforcement (Essential)
Skills:
Good negotiation skills and the ability to contribute positively to the resolution of issues (Essential)
Working under pressure and to strict deadlines, prioritising, organising, and planning own and others fluctuating workloads (Essential)
Ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders clearly and proactively (Essential)
Adaptation and responding to change (Essential)
Ability to use influence and persuasion to achieve objectives (Essential)
Ability to use thoughtful judgement to manage complex service delivery (Essential)
Flexible approach to the working day (Essential)
Shares knowledge and expertise with others (Essential)
Experience:
Should have experience of working at a Senior level in Development Management and demonstrate the ability to manage a caseload and competing workloads to maintain performance targets (Essential)
Should have experience of defending the Council at appeal (Hearing/Inquiry) (Desirable)
Should have experience of working within a team to support team development and CPD (Essential)