Senior Planning Officer

Triumph Consultants Ltd | Coalville | findajob.dwp.gov.uk |
What's involved with this role:

Interim Senior Planning Officer

Job Ref: NW Leicestershire TCL 5247301
Pay Rate: Up to £20.22 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 36.25 Monday – Friday, 9am to 4.45pm
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: Coalville, Leicestershire

The purpose of the role is to supervise the work of the Planning Officers/Planning Technicians, ensuring that the work is properly distributed, that deadlines are met and that any problems/issues are brought to the attention of the Planning and Development Team Manager or in their absence to the Principal Planning and Customer Liaison Officer.

Key Responsibilities:

To assess and make recommendations upon all types of planning and related applications within an allocated part of the local authority’s area.
Write appeal statements and give evidence at Hearings, Public Inquiries and in the Magistrates’ Courts.
Attend the Council’s Planning Committee meetings, public meetings and liaison committee meetings including meetings outside normal office hours as may be required.
To advise members of the public on planning matters and to provide pre-application advice within an allocated part of the local authority’s area.

NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates.
If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

Full UK driving licence.

Qualifications:

Qualification in Town and Country Planning or equivalent, or working towards qualification.

Skills & Experience:

Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role.
Able to present applications to planning committee.
Experience in dealing with major and contentious planning applications.
Up to date knowledge of planning policy and legislation.
Provision of pre-application advice.
Experience of having dealt with complex minor and major planning applications
Experience of presenting your own planning applications to the planning committee
Excellent negotiation skills with applicants, objectors, supporters and Councillors
Experience of formulating pre-application advice
Experience of the use of the Uniform planning administration system.
Extensive experience in the use of software packages including Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.

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Job Ref: NW Leicestershire TCL 5247301

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.

We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.

Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
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