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Planning Officer

Employer
London Borough of Enfield
Location
Enfield, London
Salary
£33,585 - £34,557 pa (this salary includes the current marker supplement of £3,000 pa)
Closing date
17 Jan 2021
Reference
6815

Planning Officer

2 year Fixed Term Contract, Full Time.

£33,585 - £34,557 pa (this salary includes the current marker supplement of £3,000 pa)

Our Market Supplements are reviewed annually and are currently under review.

Enfield is a dynamic and progressive London Borough with excellent links to the city and central areas as well as Hertfordshire and Essex. With the focus for London’s future growth on outer London and recognising its location along the strategically important London - Stansted corridor, there are a range of significant development opportunities. We want your skills and vision to help realise their potential.

Headlining our ambitious growth agenda is the Borough’s largest residential led mixed use development at Meridian Water where our aspiration is to deliver upwards of 10000 new homes and 6000 jobs. Alongside new public open spaces, shops, community facilities and a new railway station.

Our ambitions don’t end there as we are already in early discussions on several major regeneration schemes across the Borough including proposals for Enfield Town, Brimsdown, Edmonton and Southgate to deliver new high-quality mixed use residential led development which meets the modern housing and employment needs of our residents

We need you to help us achieve this vision. Working alongside our new Place and Design Review Panel, this is an opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to gain exceptional experience and make a real difference to the future lives of our residents.

Learn more by visiting

https://enfieldplace.co.uk/

Working as part of an area team, this is an exciting opportunity at the heart of our area planning teams, focused on delivering a range of development schemes, planning performance and excellent customer experience. These are key roles and offer an opportunity to development your planning knowledge and experience in a busy planning environment. You will deal with the full range of planning applications, including industrial, retail, business, residential, and heritage reflecting the diverse composition and varied development opportunities the Borough is dealing with. A good understanding of development management including permitted development and associated planning legislation will be importance, but further training opportunities will be available to enhance your skills and experience

You will have excellent customer focus and be able to demonstrate confidence in dealing with applicants and their agents, Councillors and residents.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council

An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.

Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.

Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.

Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.

Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.

Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

To apply please visit www.jobs.enfield.gov.uk by clicking on the 'Apply Button'

This role requires that you upload 2 documents.

A supporting statement addressing how you meet the requirements of the job description and person specification.

Your CV.

Your supporting statement should be around 2 pages in A4 format.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Claire Turner on 0208 132 1024 or claire.turner@enfield.gov.uk

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 17th January 2021

 

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