32124 - Planning and Place Advisors

Environment Agency; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking multiple Advisors for their Planning and Place teams. Successful candidates will support a range of planning initiatives, including strategic infrastructure and planning policy. Ideal applicants should have experience in the planning or environment sectors and be ready for dynamic workloads. The agency offers a supportive and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Training provided

Qualifications

• Professional experience or interest in planning and/or environment.
• Understanding of the organization's role in spatial planning.
• Experience in planning policy or development management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
• Comfortable working in teams and independently.
• Agile work capability.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Environment Agency’s planning delivery responsibilities.
• Engage in strategic infrastructure planning.
• Contribute to planning policy and reform initiatives.
• Collaborate with government departments on development schemes.

Skills

Planning and/or environment profession experience

Understanding of spatial planning

Experience in planning policy

Project management

Dynamic workload prioritization

Teamwork and independence

Agile working

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Job description

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

Do you want to join the Environment Agency to shape and support the role it plays in spatial planning and growth?

We are recruiting 8 vacancies into multiple roles to support our work engaging in planning reform, infrastructure planning, growth and environment policy aligned to the government’s plan for change.

We are seeking multiple Advisors in our Planning and Place teams to work across a variety of workstreams and programmes including:

• Shaping the delivery of the Environment Agency’s planning delivery responsibilities
• Strategic Infrastructure Planning
• New Towns Programme
• Planning Policy and Planning Reform
• Industrial Strategy and Clean Energy Strategy, including Industrial Clusters
• Local Nature Recovery Strategy
• New Homes Accelerator
• Engaging with government departments and Office for Investment on government priority development schemes

The successful candidates will work across Planning & Place but be based within one of the three sub-teams:

• Growth strategy and programmes
• Planning advice
• Planning service transformation and delivery

While geographically dispersed, we excel at remote collaboration and work and collaborate in person at our offices across the country.

The team

You’ll join our supportive and professional Planning and Place Team within the Environment & Business Directorate. We lead on sustainable places and integrated environmental and spatial planning; technical leadership; and workforce planning for Sustainable Places.

In E&B we promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive culture where everyone feels valued. We use evidence, expertise, engagement, and innovation to enhance and support delivery, influence policy, legislation, and secure resources

Experience/skills required

We are looking for candidates with a broad range of skills and experience including:

• Professional experience, or interest with transferable skills, of working in the planning and/or environment profession or sector (Note some roles will require RTPI eligibility, but not all)
• An understanding of the organisation’s role in spatial planning and growth, and a desire to shape our priorities in this space
• Experience of working in planning policy, development management or infrastructure planning at a local, regional or national scale
• Project and/or programme management experience
• The ability to prioritise a complex workload in a dynamic work environment
• The ability to comfortably work in teams and independently
• The ability to work in an agile way
• Proven effective communication and excellent organisational skills

You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.