Role: Senior Planning Officer (Infrastructure) REF 1387979
Contract Length:3 months
Location: Hybrid/Ipswich - 1 day working from home
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £55 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Planning Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER
Your work will make a significant input to the County Council’s planning team. There will be opportunities to work with different aspects of planning across the team, with other services within the council and with other partner organisations. We will also support you with professional training, where needed.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER
- Degree in a development-related discipline (e.g. planning, transport, housing).
- Qualifications necessary for membership of a relevant professional organisation.
- Confident and persuasive communicator in person and in writing.
- Able to produce clear, concise reports on a range of subjects within relevant timescales.
- Able to programme inputs to deliver tasks or objectives for more than a year.
- Ability to articulate clearly to others the requirements and justification for improving processes and the need for action.
- Ability to concentrate for lengthy and, occasionally, prolonged periods (all day) for reports or attending public examinations.
- Able to communicate effectively, with tact and diplomacy with diverse and challenging audiences.
- Advanced knowledge of planning law and policy and detailed knowledge of the operation of the systems governing Community Infrastructure Levy and planning obligations.
- Intermediate knowledge of computer spreadsheets, databases and other software.
- Negotiation skills and knowledge of the economics of the development process.
- Experience of the planning process such as analysing reports or data associated with planning applications, policy formulation and implementation.
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to develop shared solutions to complex problems.
If you are a Senior Planning Officer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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