The Friday Five 8.11.24
It's The Friday Five, our weekly round-up of five of the best town planning jobs currently advertised on Planner Jobs. This week, opportunities in Fylde, Mid-Devon, Lincolnshire, Dover and Ebbsfleet.
1. HEAD OF PLANNING AND BUILDING CONTROL, FYLDE COUNCIL
Location: Fylde, Lancashire
The job: "We have a fantastic career development opportunity available in the senior management team at Fylde Council. If you have a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes through your support, development and motivation of others, and you enjoy resolving challenges that make every day different, then this could be the role for you.
"The council operates in a constantly changing dynamic environment. No two days are the same, with new challenges requiring creative solutions every day. Developing great rapport with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve outstanding success through joint working will be crucial, along with an endless amount of energy, enthusiasm and commitment.
"If you are a proven successful leader, able to get the most from your team, and are looking for a new challenge, this opportunity will provide a personal and professional development journey that you can embrace and enjoy whilst testing the limits of your talent."
2. FORWARD PLANNING OFFICER, MID DEVON DISTRICT COUNCIL
Location: Tiverton, Devon/Hybrid
The job: "Mid Devon District Council is preparing a new local plan that will bring forward new homes, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure to meet our needs while protecting a high quality natural environment. The local plan will have a key role in planning for economic growth, responding to the climate emergency and moving towards a net-zero carbon future.
"This is an exciting opportunity for someone with previous public or private sector planning policy experience to work in a small friendly team in an authority that has a proven track record of plan adoption and delivery. The successful candidate will assist with this work, as well as other policy matters, the housing and economic land availability assessment, rural services study, sustainability appraisal and preparing and procuring other technical evidence. The role will provide an opportunity to further develop experience across a range of projects and will involve networking and community engagement.
"The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in planning policy work at a senior level, good written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of standard IT packages and the ability to work both independently or as part of a small team."
3. LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS LANDSCAPE AND PLANNING OFFICER, LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Location: Louth, Lincolnshire/Hybrid
The job: "The Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service is looking to appoint a full-time landscape and planning officer who will work to ensure that forward planning and subsequent development is delivered in a way that conserves and enhances the natural beauty of this nationally important landscape. This is an exciting new staffing position, initially as a fixed term contract (for two years) but with potential for us to secure as a permanent position.
"The landscape and planning officer will be involved in a wide range of pro-active spatial planning matters, as well as responding to a varied development management caseload. A key role will be working to safeguard the primary aim of landscape protection across the Lincolnshire Wolds, whilst recognising the area’s importance in the context of a living and working farmed landscape. This typically involves reviewing and positively influencing the many issues impacting upon the area, including housing, transport, mineral extraction, renewable energy, nature recovery and climate change adaptation.
"There will be an opportunity to help address strategic planning matters through positive engagement with the statutory Lincolnshire Wolds Management Plan; working with partners to aid its forthcoming review to help set out the aspirations, policies and actions to help safeguard and enhance the unique and special qualities of this National Landscape which has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since 1973, and covers some 558 km sq."
4. PRINCIPAL AND SENIOR PLANNER, DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL
Location: Whitfield, Kent/Hybrid
The job: "Dover is investing over £63 million to deliver new investment in the town and with its stunning seaside location, world-famous coastline, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and world-famous Heritage, Dover District has lots to offer.
"Dover District Council is currently seeking driven and motivated planners who are passionate about enabling positive development to work within the fast-paced Development Management Team on a range of development proposals.
"If you are an experienced planner who is confident in successfully leading projects through the application process through to delivery, comfortable making difficult decisions and having tricky conversations with excellent communication skills, our principal role may be for you.
"Alternatively, you may be looking to expand your horizons following your first role in planning and wanting to take a step up the ladder in starting to work on larger schemes, in which case our senior role may suit you.
"Working on a range of planning applications, pre-application enquiries and appeals, you will have a solid understanding of the role of planning and embrace principles of good design in creating well connected and sustainable communities. You will have a good grasp of the importance of developer contributions in delivering strategic infrastructure and the implementation of planning policy."
5. PLANNING COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT MEMBER (x2), EBBSFLEET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Location: Ebbsfleet, Kent
The job: "This appointment will be made by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. It will be a fixed term three-year contract which may be extended subject to performance. The time commitment is up to two days a month (average of one day per month).
"Planning committee independent members provide support to the Corporation’s decision making on planning applications in the area.
"The planning committee independent members should have the competencies needed to operate effectively at planning committee. The committee requires a mix of skills and experience in areas relating to decision making but this does not necessarily need to be in the field of town planning. Planning committee independent members should understand the major strategic issues pertaining to the creation of the garden city and the overarching objectives of the corporation within a town planning context, balanced against the needs of local communities, businesses and other stakeholders.
"In order to maximise the skills and experience of the committee we are seeking two roles: one with a planning or development background and one with a knowledge of the local area and the issues and opportunities it offers."
