Noble Recruiting are working with a local council to support them in hiring a Senior Planning Officer.
Contract - 3 Months
Job Responsibility:
To contribute towards the delivery a high quality, customer focused Planning & Implementation department with high standards of advice and support, resolving cases of varying complexities in Development Management.
Ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, legislation, professional codes of practice and adherence to Council policy. Deliver projects, interventions and initiatives and develop policies in line with corporate and business plans. To deal effectively and efficiently with general enquiries, pre-applications, planning applications and planning appeals ensuring cases are managed and completed at the appropriate level of skillset. Ensure and develop appropriate levels of quality and specialist knowledge with other Planning & Implementation colleagues.
1. Deliver customer-focused specialist advice and services, keeping up to date with current and emerging legislation, best practice and policy to ensure continuous development and improvement in services.
2. Manage complex and/or contentious planning applications, processes and compliance, regulations and legislation, acting as the single point of contact for customers on those cases and attending appeals hearings and public inquiries as appropriate.
3. Support Graduate Planners an...