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SalaryPrincipal Neighbourhood and Design Officer
Salary-HC10 range £43,421 - £47,470
Permanent
37 hours per week
We are seeking well motivated and enthusiastic individuals to support us in driving the service forward. These are exciting opportunities to help shape our service delivery matched with opportunities for your future development. You will play a key role in delivering our aspirations and vision by driving high standards of professional advice, working collectively with our transportation , economy and environment colleagues as well as communicating at all levels across the council and with our communities.
For the Strategic Planning and Neighbourhood Manager and the Principal Neighbourhood and Design officer roles you will need be a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, for our Building Control Manager role you will need to be a qualified building or structural engineer. For other roles you should demonstrate a commitment to planning and continuing professional development and will have/or are progressing towards a degree or equivalent in a planning discipline and/or have related experience.
Experience of local/central government agency working whilst beneficial is not an essential. We are looking for positive individuals with a commitment to learning and partnership working with a public service ethos. We will help you develop your career with us, you will be supported with technical and professional engagement with a network of diverse stakeholder interests across a wide range of planning, growth and place service matters.
You will be a lead officer in the spatial policy team for neighbourhood planning and Design policy, supporting the strategic planning manager you will play a key role in delivering of our rural settlement strategy, working with our parishes on the co-ordination of neighbourhood planning and Design advice through the county. You will lead project teams and programmes within the service area and work closely across the directorate and wider council.
Benefits of working for Herefordshire Council:
- A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
- Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
- Generous Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum
- Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
- Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
- Payment of professional membership fees
- Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.
We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:
- Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme;
- Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant;
- Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.
To apply, please submit your CV and complete the supporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you would like to obtain details regarding feedback on your application please contact Hoople Resourcing at: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk
