Planning Technical Support Officer - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

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Description
Organisation

  • Dorset Council
  • Location
  • Dorchester, United Kingdom, Wareham, United Kingdom, Wimborne, United Kingdom
  • Reference
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  • Occupational group
  • Business, Policy & Administration
  • Salary details

- £22,777- £25,40
  • Job term
  • Full time or part time
  • Appointment type
  • Permanent
  • Contact
  • Naomi Macklin
  • Contact
telephone


  • Closing Date
  • 17 August :00 PM

Planning Technical Support Officer

37 hours per week
  • Permanent


Salary £22,777 - £25,409 per annum

Dorchester, Wareham & Wimborne combined with home-working

What's in it for you:


Planning as a service is currently on a journey to transform the way we work, to make us more customer focussed, efficient and provide an exemplary service.

Would you like to join us on this journey and be part of a team that provides excellent technical support to our planning officers and fantastic service to our customers.

If you are, then we have a great opportunity to join one of our Technical Support Teams in Planning.


We have three posts available in two of our area teams - one team based from our Dorchester Office the other split between our Wareham and Wimborne Offices.

We allow for hybrid home working with one team day in the office per week ( For home working you will require a good quality, reliable internet connection).


What you can expect to be doing:
Details of the types of work undertaken nature of the work are provided in the Context Statement.

However, in summary the post holder will work as part of an area team responsible for delivering all aspect of support, tasks undertaken will include:


  • Processing appeals.
  • To develop and maintain a current knowledge of planning working practices and procedures, and to stay abreast of constantly changing legislation and policy changes.

About you:

The experience, knowledge and skills required for this role are specified in the Person Specification.

In summary we are seeking individuals who have a high level of general administrative skills, are organised, able to meet the demands of a busy work schedule and ensure deadlines are met.

You will need to have good communication skills and build working relationships with our planning officers, architects, and agents. Be an effective team players as well as have the ability to work of your own initiative.

IT systems used include Microsoft packages, Teams and service specific systems such as Mastergov and mapping software QGIS.

Training for service-based systems will be provided however a good working knowledge of IT including the use of Outlook, Word and Excel is essential.

Our services are customer focused and the post holder will be communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.


Contact details:

Susan McClue / Emma-Lea Turner
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Dorset Council:
A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.


At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success


You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.


Additional information:

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