Planning Officer - Rotherham, United Kingdom - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Rotherham, United Kingdom

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Job description

Directorate:
Regeneration and Environment

Permanent, 37 hours per week, full time.

We have high aspirations for Rotherham, from delivering major town centre regeneration with 1,000 new homes to the exciting Forge Island cinema and leisure development.

Clearly, Rotherham is changing. Driving this change is a council that's passionate about putting Rotherham on the map for all the right reasons.

The council has an exciting opportunity for a Planning Officer within its Planning Policy team.

About the role

The post is based in our modern Riverside House offices in the heart of Rotherham, well located for public transport from the Sheffield City Region.

We know you must juggle work and life commitments and we will discuss the right mix for you, whether it's compressed hours or working from home, we are committed to flexible working patterns in our established team.

Our Worksmart hybrid working arrangements make working as easy in the home as at the office, so there is some flexibility about where and when you work, and we offer a range of other employee benefits.

As the Planning Officer, you will work within the Planning Policy team on local planning work

This will include:

The preparation, adoption and review of statutory development plan and supplementary planning documents.
Maintaining an uptodate evidence base to support the development of the Council's Local Plan, working with external providers where appropriate.
Conserving and improving the Borough's heritage assets through the Council's heritage at risk strategy, emerging local list and conservation area reviews.
Meeting the Council's statutory responsibilities for the current and future neighbourhood plans in the Borough.
Providing specialist advice on behalf of the Council and meeting the planning policy needs of the Planning Service and other corporate strategies.
Working with adjacent authorities to ensure coordinated working at regional and sub regional level.

Experience of a specialist area (such as housing, employment or retail planning) and/or experience of utilising a geographical information system would be an advantage but is not essential.

You will play an active role in shaping Rotherham's sustainable development: meeting the key challenges of continuing the Borough's regeneration, growing the local economy and providing new homes while preserving the best of its environment and responding to climate change.

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed individual, with the experience, skills, and knowledge to quickly integrate into a busy Planning Policy team.

You will hold a town planning or equivalent qualification and be eligible for or working towards eligibility for Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

You will have good knowledge of planning legislation, policy and guidance and how the planning system operates, including statutory development plan processes.

You will be positive in your approach, proactive, and able to present complex information in a clear and easy to understand manner, to ensure understanding by a wide variety of stakeholders.

Further information

Provisional interview date: 6 December 202- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

_For further information, please visit our _website_._

This post operates under a Career Grade/Grading Assessment Scheme, with starting salary and progression through the grades being linked to experience, qualifications and level of work being undertaken._