Planning Enforcement Officer - Guildford, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

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What's involved with this role:


Temporary Planning Enforcement Officer

Reference no:
Guildford


Pay Rate:
£15.46 per hour PAYE


This opening assignment is for 3 months The purpose of the role is to deliver a professional service with high standards of advice and support and resolving cases of varying complexity as they arise. Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, legislation, professional codes of practice and adherence to council policy. Deliver projects, interventions and initiatives and develop policies (together with the Planning Strategy teams) in-line with corporate and business plans. Ensure and develop appropriate levels of quality and specialist knowledge within the Case Management and Customer Services teams.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Provide technical oversight of planning enforcement.
  • Deliver customerfocused specialist advice, services and enforcement for one area of specialism, keeping up to date with current and emerging legislation, best practice and policy to ensure continuous development and improvement in services.
  • Ensure personal, professional development is maintained to the required standards.
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, members and managing key relationships e.g. with members, partners, other stakeholders.
  • Access and accurately update all relevant information systems, both customer and back office ensuring that the master customer record is updated and maintained through verification and validation, and in accordance with Data Protection principles
  • Responding to customer calls.
  • Contribute to the Council's legal duties under any current or future legislation that would assist the post holder to complete their task.

Skills & Experience:


  • Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
  • Experience (desirable) and knowledge of compliance area.
  • Reasonable working knowledge of legislation and developments in specialist area.
  • Proven ability to give sound advice and guidance on specific, straightforward cases, topics or issues.
  • Experience of working with systems relevant to specialist area (desirable).
  • Experience of casework, within specialist area with some guidance and support of more experienced staff, occasionally referring to Specialist Level 3 and Senior Specialists for issues outside current experience (desirable).
  • Proven ability to enforce legislation where appropriate (desirable).
  • Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:


  • Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
  • Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
  • Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
  • Full UK driving licence.
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Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

  • Any local authority/public sector experience
  • Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

Job Ref:
Guildford


Anticipated Length of Assignment:

Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.


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