Senior Neighbourhood Planner
Senior Neighbourhood Planner
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Job Description
Salary:
Hours per week:37
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting
Planning Shaping Tomorrows Communities Today
Wiltshire Council are looking for a senior neighbourhood planning officer to join our Neighbourhood Planning Team. Wiltshire Council is one of the largest and most prosperous unitary authorities in the country. With its rural character Wiltshire has a high number of parishes and more Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs) in progress or completed than many other areas in the country each with its unique planning challenges.
If you are committed to high customer service ready for a new challenge and are a dynamic and professional town planner with expertise in or a passion for neighbourhood and community planning this is a role for you. This is a role that requires a passion for community engagement and a willingness to understand a variety of planning issues so that local communities are equipped to meet the challenges that producing their Plans can bring.
Our neighbourhood plans are evolving rapidly focusing on areas like design and delivering affordable housing. The Local Plan review is a key corporate priority for the Council and has reached an advanced stage. Once adopted this new plan will support economic growth provide a range of affordable and market homes and protect our important heritage and landscapes offering a framework for neighbourhood plans.
Skills Knowledge & experience required
- Experience in neighbourhood planning and community engagement will be required
- Demonstrable experience of delivering successful projects
- Stakeholder management to enhance sustainable development
- Mentoring junior colleagues to shape the next generation of planners
- Ensuring compliance
- Play a pivotal role in shaping Wiltshire communities and the future landscape
- Fully RTPIaccredited postgraduate degree
These roles may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role descriptions for more information.
Benefits
Wiltshire Council is a friendly welcoming place to work with a One Council ethos. Thats why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people part of our agile and highperforming team youll enjoy:
- Flexible working hours
- Competitive salary
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Hybrid working arrangements with modern openplan offices in our hubs at Trowbridge Chippenham and Salisbury
- Career development opportunities
- Exciting and varied projects that make a real difference to our communities.
Application process
- Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well asOur Identity.
- Please ensure that if you are submitting a CV then your cover letter includes how you meet the essential criteria of the role description why you are applying for the role and what skills you would bring to the role.
- Application process
For further information please contact Mike Kilmister Neighbourhood Planning Manager at or call 8 x15228.
New to Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a place where people love to live and work. One of Englands largest unitary councils it offers beautiful landscapes diverse heritage and attractive towns and villages. Located on the eastern edge of the South West region we border counties of Dorset Somerset Hampshire Berkshire Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire and the combined West of England authority. Wiltshire enjoys strong subregional links and is within commutable distance of London Bristol Southampton and the South Coast.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read ourstatement of commitment to equality and inclusion.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
