Senior Planning Officer - Maldon
We are delighted to be working with our client, who is on a lookout for Senior Planning Officer on a three-month temporary basis. Please note this job is for Public Sector.
Location: Maldon
Payrate: £40.00 per hour - £45.00 per hour
Contract type: temporary opportunity for a period of 3 months.
Key accountabilities for Senior Planning Officer:
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. Ensure 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.
* Deliver customer-focused specialist advice and services in Development Management, keeping up to date with current and emerging legislation, best practice, and policy to ensure continuous development and improvement in services.
* 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.
* Support, guide, and advise Graduate Planners and Technical Support colleagues, as necessary.
* Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, as well as Members and managing key relationships with partners including Essex County Council and Local Councils and other stakeholders
* Access and accurately update all relevant information systems, both customer and back office ensuring that the master customer record is updated and maintained through verification and validation, and in accordance with Data Protection principles.
* Prepare and present reports to Area Planning Committees, District Planning Committee, and other internal and external meetings and present evidence/stand as witness at planning appeal hearings and public inquiries.
* Ensure own personal and professional development is maintained including keeping up to date with relevant law, policies, working practices and procedures.
The experience you will bring for Senior Planning Officer:
* Proven ability to give sound advice and guidance on a broad range of planning cases, topics or issues.
* Experience of Town Planning applications within a broad range of complexity and contentiousness, with some guidance and support of more experienced staff, occasionally referring to Principals, Team Manager and/or Head of Service for work outside previous experience
* Ability to enforce legislation where a breach of planning control is suspected.
Benefits of working for 24-7 recruitment as a Senior Planning Officer:
* Fantastic opportunity to join the Public Sector workforce.
* Weekly pay
* 28 days holiday
* Access to online portal and payslips
* Amazing existing team
* Free onsite parking
* Flexible working options and other lifestyle benefits, we’ll enable you to make the most of your life outside work, too.
* We’ll support you to be to your best, with the resources, training, and development to empower you.
Our Client applies a robust recruitment vetting process. If you are successful, you will need to undergo a Pre-employment Vetting Procedure.
What to do next?
If this Senior Planning Officer position sounds like the role for you, we would love you to get in touch. Please apply online and one of the team will be in touch