The Friday Five 13.09.24
It's The Friday Five, our weekly collection of the best town planning jobs currently advertised on Planner Jobs. This week, opportunities in Coalville, Trowbridge, Hemel Hempstead, London and Pembrokeshire. Read on!
1. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ENFORCEMENT TEAM LEADER, NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Location: Coalville, Leics/Hybrid
The job: "We're looking for a planning and development enforcement team leader to join us to lead, manage and develop our planning enforcement team. The successful candidate will be given the chance to review how the team works and make any changes identified. You will also take on some of the more complex cases in the district to effectively resolve any issues through influencing, negotiation and the use of enforcement powers.
"We're looking for someone with significant experience of planning enforcement work. You'll be an effective leader and team member, have a recognised planning qualification (or sufficient experience) and either be a member of or be eligible for membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
"The district of North West Leicestershire is mainly rural in character with the southern part of the district in the national forest. However, it also has pressures from development in the main urban areas due to its location adjacent to the East Midlands airport and the strategic highways network."
2. PRINCIPAL PLANNING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WILTSHIRE COUNCIL
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire
The job: "Our enforcement team plays a vital role in the planning process, ensuring high-quality, sustainable development in line with the development plan and other relevant considerations.
"This is a new role created as part of our drive to improve our planning service. As a principal enforcement officer, you'll handle the more complex enforcement investigations of alleged breaches of planning control and support the team in dealing with appeals and prosecutions. Reporting to a planning manager, your main responsibility is to make sure that unacceptable breaches of planning control are remedied in a timely manner and in accordance with Wiltshire’s planning enforcement strategy.
"Whilst you won’t have any direct management responsibilities, you will be responsible for mentoring less experienced staff in the enforcement team, offering guidance and supervision and supporting their professional development."
3. VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES, FROM SENIOR PLANNER TO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, STEPHENSON HALLIDAY
Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
The job: "Stephenson Halliday is an entrepreneurial planning, EIA and landscape consultancy working across the UK.
"A career with us is rewarding, engaging and full of continuous learning. We're looking for experienced planners to support continued growth across the business, particularly in the renewables, energy and minerals sectors.
"We're an RSK Group company, at the forefront of the decarbonisation agenda and the delivery of high-quality sustainable solutions. Join us to help deliver projects that make a difference."
4. PLANNING POLICY OFFICER, CPRE THE COUNTRYSIDE CHARITY
Location: London
The job: "We’re looking for a planning policy officer with GIS expertise and a positive attitude and outlook towards placemaking and planning to join our policy and advocacy directorate at an exciting time.
"Aa change of government offers an opportunity to effectively advocate for the countryside, building on the success of our recent Rooftop Solar Revolution and Rural Affordable Housing campaigns, and planning for our upcoming centenary in 2026.
"As planning policy officer, you'll help us to continue to effectively influence national planning policy and legislation and provide expert planning support and advice. This is a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to gain planning policy experience and make a real difference advocating for countryside friendly solutions to the biggest threats facing rural England today.
"On a day-to-day basis you may be helping to produce research and analysis relating to key policy asks, writing planning blogs or explainers with colleagues, joining calls with external stakeholders, MPs and civil servants, working with our members to provide planning support and helping to respond to government consultations."
"You'll primarily work with the planning policy manager, head of policy and planning and campaigns lead, but there's plenty of opportunity to gain experience in other areas by working closely with colleagues in other departments as well."
5. SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT), PEMBROKESHIRE COAST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
Location: Sir Benfro, Pembrokeshire
The job: "As senior planning officer, you'll contribute to the delivery of the development management aspects of the authority’s statutory local planning function, within the wider context of National Park purposes and the authority’s local development plan through the management of all forms of planning casework, including major applications.
"We're looking for someone who has:
- Awareness and appreciation of the purposes of National Parks.
- Education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
- A professional planning qualification (Membership of the RTPI is desirable).
- Significant experience of working within the planning field in either the public or private sector.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- A positive approach to dealing with customers and stakeholders, with an ability to deal effectively with difficult customers and controversial situations.
- Excellent IT skills.
"The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is one of Britain’s most iconic protected areas and our planners ensure that it remains protected from certain aspects of development. We work to conserve the national park’s beauty for everyone to enjoy."
