Overview
Job Description
Salary: £44,711 – £46,731
Hours per week: 37
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting
Planning – Shaping Tomorrow’s Communities Today
Wiltshire is proud to be one of the largest and most ambitious planning authorities in the country. We are on a transformation mission to become the best planning service in the country and have made recent significant investment in additional staffing. We are delighted to offer the following new opportunity as a Principal Planning Policy Officerto join us in shaping the future of a thriving county with so much to offer.
As a Principal Planning Policy Officer, you will have a lead role in the production, monitoring, and review of planning policy for Wiltshire. In this position, you will support the Strategic Planning Managers in crafting the planning strategies and policies required to meet the vision and objectives in the development plan. The role provides the opportunity to progress your professional career by working on the most complex and significant strategic planning policy matters, including the development of the Council’s new plan under the new planning system. You will also progress initiatives to transform the service to be one of the country’s leading Local Planning Authorities.
Skills, Knowledge & experience required
- Extensive experience in handling strategic planning policy matters
- Experience managing policies at a senior level
- Ability to communicate effectively within a political context and at the management level
- Fully RTPI-accredited postgraduate degree
- Ability to demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of the current and evolving UK planning system
- Project management experience as a project lead
- Experience managing junior planners
This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.
Benefits
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a ‘One Council’ ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. As part of our agile and high-performing team, you’ll enjoy:
- Flexible working hours
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Hybrid working arrangements with modern, open-plan offices in our hubs at Trowbridge, Chippenham, and Salisbury.
- Career development opportunities.
- Exciting and varied projects that make a real difference to our communities.
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Application Process
- Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our 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 more details, please contact Chris Roe, Strategic Planning Manager at christopher.roe@wiltshire.gov.uk , or call 01225 713979.
New to Wiltshire?
Wiltshire is a place where people love to live and work. One of England’s largest unitary councils, it offers beautiful landscapes, diverse heritage and attractive towns and villages. Located on the eastern edge of the Southwest region, we border counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and the combined West of England authority. Wiltshire enjoys strong sub-regional links and is within commutable distance of London, Bristol, Southampton and the South Coast.
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