Positions are Fixed Term for 1 year. Are you looking for a busy and varied role as a member of the team where you can make a real difference in Planning & Building Control? Do you have great attention to detail? Can you communicate sensitively with a wide range of people? W ould you like to play a key role in delivering our vision to make Brighton & Hove a city to be proud of? If so, these fixed-term roles in our Planning & Building Control admin team might interest you. As a Technical & Administrative Clerk in our Planning & Building Control team, you will join a busy team of enthusiastic people who are great communicators, who help customers with their planning and building control enquiries and applications and help the team process the applications submitted. For more information, please contact our Administration Team Leader, Byron Todd (byron.todd@brighton-hove.gov.uk). Help us deliver statutory services that make a real difference to our city. We're looking for an organised and customer-focused Technical & Administrative Clerk to join our busy Planning & Building Control service, helping to ensure the council meets legal timescales, delivers excellent customer service and maintains robust financial and administrative processes. What you'll do Provide technical and administrative support to the Planning & Building Control team Prepare and process invoices, payments and financial records Produce clear, accurate correspondence and legal notices Respond to customer and professional enquiries by phone and in person Maintain records, spreadsheets and databases Support meetings, performance reporting and statutory returns You'll be trusted to manage your workload, work to deadlines and contribute positively to a collaborative team environment. What you'll bring A customer-focused approach and attention to detail Experience in an administrative or technical support role Confidence using digital tools, data and a commitment to test new ways of working to improve services Strong organisational, communication and numerical skills Ability to work independently and as part of a team Experience in Planning & Building Control, construction or working with technical drawings is an advantage but not essential. Why join us? A supportive and collaborative team environment Opportunities to learn and develop Flexible working where possible A strong focus on wellbeing, inclusion and psychological safety Encouraging a diverse workforce Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk). Why work for us? As a council, we want to: • be connected • be confident • be innovative and creative • be diverse and inclusive • be healthy and psychologically safe For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development. How to apply Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you've submitted your application and at interview. As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process. AI advice for candidates We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application. We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert. All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants' responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words. Additional information Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only. We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.