ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by Tuesday 26 May at 11:55pm.
Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.
Location: Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 8:45am - 4:45pm and Friday 8:45am - 4:15pm
Salary: £37, - £38, annual salary
South Lanarkshire Council offers an exciting opportunity to work in one of the largest local authority areas in Scotland. The area combines strategic urban centres as well as a network of smaller rural towns and villages set within an extensive rural area that contains attractive landscape character and built heritage assets such as the New Lanark World Heritage Site. An opportunity has arisen in the Council's Planning Service for a Planning Assistant. The successful candidate will be responsible for a varied workload of applications in one of the Council’s Development Management Area Teams, responsible for;
1. Processing planning, advertisement, listed building and other statutory applications; monitoring development approvals and consents and unauthorised development; providing development advice to agents, developers and landowners;
2. Preparing and presenting the Council’s case at appeals, inquiries and hearings. Preparation of reports to Committees.
3. Contributing to the preparation of planning policies and strategies and contribution to the preparation and implementation of corporate and other Service strategies.
4. Liaising with other sections within the Service to provide information and assistance as required. Responding to requests for information and assistance, participate in discussions as appropriate. Provide information and advice on planning matters to members of the general public, community and other organisations, Elected Members, developers, development agencies and other services.
The successful applicant should be a recent planning graduate or someone with equivalent experience in a related field and hold an RTPI accredited planning degree or a degree in a related built environment discipline. For this role you will be expected to demonstrate the Person Specification criteria and role Framework Behaviours as contained within the job profile.
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