Planning Contributions Officer - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - Chelmsford City Council

Chelmsford City Council

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Chelmsford is one of the fastest growing places in the East of England.

The City Council is instrumental in shaping the future of the city through its planning roles and ensuring new development delivers the infrastructure needed to support it.

Chelmsford City Council has an excellent track record of securing planning contributions through development via S106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Economic Development & Implementation Team for a Planning Contributions Officer.

This will involve managing the Council's approach to securing developer contributions and to work with partner organisations & local communities to ensure that the funding delivers a range of strategic and community infrastructure.

The role will give you the opportunity to lead on the collection and expenditure of planning contributions secured via S106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy to ensure that Chelmsford's growth is supported by new infrastructure.

The successful applicant will also assist in managing the Council's Community Funding Scheme.

The role will include working internally with other Council Service Areas, elected Members, developers and external partners, within a small friendly Team.

This position is advertised as full time, however part-time hours of at least 30 hours per week will be considered.

Interviews will be held week commencing 27th March.

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.

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