We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Hackney to assist with the appointment of a Senior Planning Officer, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £26.14- £33.38 per Hour

Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for progressing a full range of Development Management matters within an area based team, including lead responsibility for the handling of pre-application advice, planning applications and appeals and taking a role in performance management, negotiations with developers and other interested parties, securing financial and other community benefits through legal agreements.
• To have specific responsibility for co-ordinating the Planning Appeal function for the Development Management Team, taking the lead role as necessary on planning appeals, particularly Public Inquiries.
• To achieve timely, effective Planning outcomes which uphold the Councils Core Values and meet the challenges of best practice.
  
• To deputise for the team leader as required.
• To ensure statutory and legal obligations are delivered and communicated in a customer focused manner, optimising available responses.

Requirements:

• Post Graduate qualification in Town Planning and membership of, or eligibility for the RTPI. (Mandatory Criteria)
• Ability to demonstrate planning experience across a range of work areas.
  
• Experience of mentoring staff.
• Ability of working at a senor level within Development Management.
• Experience of negotiation on complex applications to secure community benefits
• Experience of providing services to customers and being accountable for these services.
• Experience of developing and/or implementing service improvements projects including understanding of quality assurance systems.
  
• Experience of ensuring the delivery of planning projects and/or Development Management functions within agreed timescales and with quality outcomes.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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