Job Description
Job Description
Provide professional planning support through the provision of expert advice and guidance to colleagues and management across the Service on a range of planning applications, development proposals and environmental assessment activities including the provision of general planning activities delivered by Development Management Services, in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the key objectives in relation to those identified within the Governance Service Plan and the Community Plan.
Requirements
We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.
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The Individual
This is a full time permanent post based within the Opera House, 8 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock.
The hours of work are 35 hours per week to be worked as follows:
9am-5pm Monday to Thursday, 9am - 4pm Friday
The workstyle for this post is Mobile’ - 20-49% of your time in an office or other work location. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 1 to 2.5 days per week and the remainder of the week at home or other work locations as required.
The full time salary of the post is between £46,1736 - £48,958 per annum.
The successful candidate will be dealing with a diverse and interesting range of development management cases across the East Ayrshire area which extends from the rural uplands to the south to the more populated Kilmarnock area to the north.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and assertive candidate who can work well as part of a team and individually to provide great quality customer service to our varied customers and stakeholders and make a valuable contribution to the East Ayrshire environment and its people.
If you require further information please contact David Wilson at
david.wilson@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.