Planning Support Officer - North Herts Council
North Herts Council
Permanent, Full Time
£26,903 - £30,110
Location: Letchworth Garden City
Closing Date: 12 noon 29th September 2025
The Role
Are you an experienced administrator looking for a new challenge? Are you starting your career with a particular interest in planning and environmental issues?
We are looking for a Planning Support Officer who can assist across the Council’s planning services. This is a new role that will provide efficient, professional and high-quality administrative support to managers and team leaders across a wide range of projects and duties.
This will include diary management and meeting organisation, taking accurate notes of meetings, helping with the organisation of planning appeals or workshops, preparing materials, updating web pages and supporting with financial and other administration.
The Experience You Will Bring
You may already have previous experience of assistant or administration roles. However, this position could also suit candidates who have recently left education with a particular interest in sustainable development, planning or the environment and who wish to gain experience in this sector.
Whatever your background, you will be a good organiser with the ability to work to deadlines, prioritise tasks and use your own initiative and research to identify solutions. You will be confident working with other people and using common IT applications such as Microsoft Office. You will pay attention to detail to take notes and keep accurate records. You enjoy working within teams and frequently helping different groups of people on a variety of tasks.
You will be flexible and willing to occasionally attend meetings and workshops outside of normal office hours to help ensure they run smoothly.
Why work with us?
We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in our recruitment practices and in our employment policies. We want our employees to feel safe to express themselves and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of talents. We are dedicated to promoting a healthy work/life balance, valuing our employees, and enabling them to make a difference to the local community.
At North Herts Council we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum requirements for the job.
Our benefits include:
* Flexible working options including flexi-time scheme and home-working
* Continued professional development supported and professional subscriptions paid
* Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (19.5% employer contribution)
* Generous annual leave, including Christmas close-down period
* Occupational sick pay
* Free parking permit for office use
* Discounts, including 50% off NHC gym membership
What you should do next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via Planning Support Officer | North Herts Council
Please note that all our vacancies require you to live and work in the UK, and selection interviews are face to face in our Letchworth offices or other nearby council sites.
Please note that we do not accept CV applications, either on their own or accompanying application forms. Therefore, please ensure that all relevant information is provided on the application form on the NHC job pages.
If you would like an informal chat about the post, you can contact Nigel Smith, Director: Place on 01462 474847 or Sam Dicocco, Major Sites Team Leader on 01462 474169