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SalaryWest Northamptonshire Council are looking for a Senior Natural Enviornment Officer to join.
Working Remotely 3 days per week.
Pay rate is £50hr Inside IR35.
Purpose and impact:
- To support the provision of appropriate specialist advice on Natural Environment issues, with a technical specialism in ecology.
- To support the production and maintenance of an up-to-date suite of policy documents to guide and set high standards for future development in the area, including developing, maintaining and reviewing local plans, neighbourhood plans and other planning policy documents.
- To support specialist monitoring, research and statistical activities to support the Planning Service.
- To make a proactive and positive contribution to the effective delivery of the Planning Service, this will include working flexibly and positively to achieve the objectives of the council.
- To deliver excellent customer service in every interaction for all internal and external customers, including Councillors. To respond in a timely and professional manner to requests for support from members of the public seeking to engage with the Planning Service. This will include providing support to the Customer Contact Centre and the Complaints and Customer Feedback teams where required.
- To support timely responses to customer, MP and Councillor complaints, feedback, FOI and EIR requests to ensure the Planning Service is consistently meeting corporate service standards.
- To implement the Council's place shaping agenda and its objective to be positive and proactive in terms of allowing the 'right schemes' in the 'right place' at the 'right time'.
- To provide appropriate technical advice to the public, developers, agents, Members, other departments of the Council and other persons and bodies as appropriate in connection with development proposals and related matters in writing, by telephone or in person.
- To provide a high standard of timely Natural Environment advice to the development management service and other relevant services across the Council and in the Place Directorate.
