Career Grade Planning Officer
Waltham Forest is vibrant and distinctive, a fantastic place to live, work, explore and invest. We are working at pace to deliver our Redefining Waltham Forest 2020 vision and create a Council that is resident-focused, insight-led, digitally-driven and commercially-minded. We are looking for the right people to make this a reality and with the Council’s strong track record of providing a variety of career pathways this is an exciting opportunity not to be missed.
We are looking for planners at all levels from graduate to senior who have a passion for planning and who want to develop skills and abilities in the busy environment of a London Borough. Based on the Town Hall Campus, you should have experience in planning at the appropriate level and be looking to develop your career in Development Management.
For graduate planners, we’d ideally like you to have some recent planning experience within a development management service but we are interested in recent graduates as well.
For planners, we are looking for experience on complex application sites, experience of working on complex minor and small major applications as lead officer with S106 and viability negotiation experience.
For senior planners, we are looking for substantial experience as lead officer on complex major application sites including associated viability and S106 negotiations.
At all levels you will be responsible for managing a varied caseload of planning applications, pre-applications requests and appeals.
Our Development Management Team is undergoing an ambitious transformation to deliver a customer focused, truly excellent service. We are involved in exciting, large scale regeneration and have a number of major development schemes under construction or proposed for the Borough. We offer a great opportunity to develop your career with a positive approach to development and a desire to put sustainable development policies into practice.
Applications close on 4 May 2017. Interviews will be held on 22 and 23 May 2017
If you have any questions at all about the roles please contact Kirstin Clow on 07790815777 or Kirstin.clow@walthamforest.gov.uk. All conversations will be held in strictest confidence.
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
How to apply
Application Information The councils preference is for on-line application forms. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an on-line application, please ring 0208 496 4227 who will be able to arrange an alternative. For more information on how to complete your application form, follow this link: Applying for a job at Waltham Forest Council
