Planning Officer
- Durham County Council
- Full Time
- Durham
Job Description
Can you provide technical advice and guidance to potential Developers, Members of the Council and the general public? Are you able to prepare and present Planning Appeal Statements for the Authority and represent the Council at subsequent hearings? We would love to hear from you if you can.WHAT IS INVOLVED?
You will help to ensure that the service effectively engages with its customers, including the general public, communities, applicants, stakeholders and the development industry in the planning service; and this may include attending community consultation events and Town and Parish meetings as appropriate to support senior officers and management.
You will deal with a case load of planning applications and related planning matters including some of a major or contentious nature and may be expected to attend Council meetings, including Planning Committee meetings to support senior officers or managers in their presentation of reports in relation to planning matters.
We encourage you to contact Leigh Dalby, Principal Planning Officer via email at [email protected] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.WHAT WILL I NEED?
You will be educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant town planning qualification or have significant recent experience of development control services including processing of planning enquiries, planning applications and related matters (Grade 9) and an ability to demonstrate working towards MRTPI (Grade 10).
You will have experience of preparing documentation on behalf of the Authority as part of the planning appeal process and of advising senior officers on development control and enforcement issues.
Please refer to the attached person specification for the full criteria for this career grade.HOW TO APPLY
In line with the County Council's Recruitment and Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CVs. Applications must be submitted on-line via the Northeast Jobs portal.
Please use the 'Person Specification' section of your application form to demonstrate that you have the essential and where possible, desirable experience, skills, and knowledge. Candidates who do not evidence that they meet the essential qualifications and experience listed on the person specification will not be short-listed.
If you have any support needs or require assistance when applying for this role, please contact the Recruitment Team via email [email protected] or telephone 03000 264469 / 264798 / 264764.INTERVIEWS
Interviews are scheduled to be held on Tuesday 29 October 2024.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.BENEFITS AND REWARDS
We offer generous rewards and benefits that are designed to help you perform at your best:
- Competitive salaries and 27 days holiday per year rising to 32 days after five years continuous local government service.
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
- Excellent work/life balance through schemes including job sharing, compressed hours and flexi-time (allowing up to 13 flexi days per year).
- Hybrid working (home and office working).
- Excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Plus, top up options - Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme and standard AVC scheme for members of the LGPS.
- Wellbeing Portal and access to an Employee Assist Scheme.
- Wide range of learning and development opportunities including professional qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- Employee Benefits Portal and Lifestyle Savings Scheme (discounts across a host of major retailers).
- Discounted DCC gym membership.
- Staff networks run by staff for our staff, including Race Equality and Diversity, Disability, LGBT+, Armed Forces, Carers, Menopause.
- Trade Union membership.
- A range of other salary sacrifice schemes such as car leasing.
