AddressHours: 37 per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 30/09/2027
Service Area: Sustainable Communities
Department: Planning
B&NES Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship (entry point 2)
Are you a recent graduate with a good degree?
Are you fascinated by where and how people live?
Do you want to start your career in town planning in a world-renowned area?
This could be your chance!!
We are looking for a bright, hard-working graduate to join the Bath and North East Somerset planning team as a Chartered Town Planning Apprentice. As an apprentice you will work towards an RTPI accredited Masters degree, at the University of the West of England 1 day a week for 2 years followed by 1 year of Gateway and Endpoint Assessment leading to MRTPI status.
YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE IN TOWN PLANNING OR RELATED SUBJECT AS YOU WILL NOT BE FUNDED
You will receive comprehensive training whilst working on rotation in each of the teams in the B&NES Planning Service:
- Technical Support
- Planning Policy
- Development Management (deciding applications) including conservation & heritage
- Planning Enforcement
This will give you a great understanding of various roles in a Local Planning Authority, how the teams work together and how the planning team works with other services across the council as well as members of the public.
You will be motivated to improve and develop the places where people live, work and play and you will want to help shape the future for Keynsham, Radstock, the surrounding areas as well as the City of Bath. You will be very IT literate, organised and a strong team player with good interpersonal and communication skills and an attention to detail. You will be enthusiastic about your own learning and development and committed to your studies.
What we ask of you is that you bring your passion for all things planning! Do your research. Prior to applying it would be worth reading our Local Plan, understand how the decision-making process works and how enforcement action happens. We would like you to be able to articulate the importance of the role of town planning on the built and natural environment as well as explain how you will contribute to this and what makes you suitable for our apprenticeship.
Bath and North East Somerset is a diverse area containing not only the internationally renowned City of Bath World Heritage Site, but also an extensive area of Green Belt, two AONBs and beautiful countryside and settlements, making the district a highly attractive place to work, live and visit. We are also a high performing and ambitious Planning service and are proud to have recently won an RTPI Planning Excellence award.
If you are forward thinking, ambitious, and keen to make a real difference in a world class environment and would like to join our team, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes’ walk away.
Why B&NES Council?
We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:
- A competitive salary package
- A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
- A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
- The Local Government Pension Scheme
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme – whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
- Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
- Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES
Interested to find out more?
If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Chris Griggs-Trevarthen 01225 477572 or Richard Daone 01225 477546
Email: development_management@bathnes.gov.uk
To apply
Please use the online application facility.
For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.
Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.
Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.
As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
Interview Date:15/04/2024
Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.
