Planning Officer - Hackney, United Kingdom - Veesupportservices Ltd
Description
The Planning Officer will ensure, in conjunction with colleagues, that statutory and legal obligations are delivered and communicated in a customer-focussed manner, optimising available resources, ensuring the best achievable outcome.
- The Planning Officer will be accountable to the Major Applications Team Leader and Deputy for achieving agreed Service outcomes and personal appraisal targets which uphold the Council's Core Values and meet the challenges of best practice.
- To provide advice and support to junior colleagues within the service as required (PO1)
- To represent the Council at appropriate Public Inquiries and Informal hearings (P01)
- Contribute to the development of the Service and its statutory functions.
- Responsible for ensuring, in consultation with colleagues, that advice given and recommendations made have full and proper regard for the Council's planning policies, standards and relevant Government legislation and guidance.
- In conjunction with the appropriate Managers put into practical operation the key objectives of the service and Council in relation to Development Management, Positive Planning and related matters.
- To ensure that duties are carried out in accordance with the Council's policies and Code of Conduct, with full regard to the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Ensure that the administrative and technical procedures required to deal with tasks under the Planning Acts, Orders and Regulations, are carried out and work outcomes are of sufficiently high standard to comply with any systems in place to demonstrate quality.
- Ensure, in conjunction with colleagues, necessary and effective consultation and liaison is carried out to facilitate the effective involvement of local interest and statutory bodies and other Council services with regard to Development Management matters.
- Undertake planning appeals as or when required.
- Represent the Council at Public Local Inquiries, Informal Hearings and Court Hearings as required ( PO1)
- The Planning Officer will help to ensure that the work of the team is customer focussed, achieving appropriate changes and improvements within the context of best practice and parameters of the plan led system.
- The Planning Officer will be accountable to the Team Leader and Deputy in their area for achieving agreed service outcomes and personal appraisal targets.
- Progression between Grade SO2 and Grade P01 will be dependent on the level and complexity of the work carried out by the post holder and the extent to which s/he leads on more complex cases or projects.
Job Type:
Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months
Pay:
£18.61 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Education:
- Bachelor's (required)
Experience:
Town Planning: 3 years (required)
Work Location:
In person
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