Career Grade Development Management Officer

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Welwyn Garden City is looking for a Development Management Officer to manage planning applications, ensuring a customer-focused service. Candidates should have a degree in Town Planning and excellent communication skills. This role offers hybrid working, a salary ranging from £34,431 to £49,608, and various benefits including flexible working and a local government pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working

Electric pool cars

Local government pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Completed a degree or equivalent in Town Planning or a related subject.
• Development management experience helpful.
• Proactive, customer-focused approach essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of planning applications.
• Develop a customer-focused service.
• Conduct site visits and represent the Council at appeals.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Customer-focused approach

Education

Degree in Town Planning or related subject

Job description

Overview

Career Grade Development Management Officer(P01441) Salary £34,431 - £41,254 (Planning Officer) £41,992 - £49,608 (Senior Planning Officer) inclusive of outer fringe allowance (Career Grade Scheme with appointment level dependent on experience). 37 hours per week (Hybrid working).

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of planning applications (ranging from householders up to major schemes depending on experience).
• Proactively develop a customer-focussed service.
• Carry out site visits, deal with complaints, provide advice to a range of stakeholders, and represent the Council at appeals.

About you

To succeed in this role, you\'ll need to have completed a degree or equivalent in Town Planning or a related subject. Some development management experience and a proactive, customer focussed approach will also help you to thrive in this position. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you\'ll be expected to hold meetings with customers and council members to provide advice, guidance, and feedback on planning and related matters.

About us

Welwyn Hatfield includes the two towns of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield but also encompasses a significant rural area which is designated as Green Belt. This creates a vibrant mix of opportunities and developments including major brownfield re-development within the main towns, urban extensions delivering new homes and jobs, to rural agricultural development as well as conservation and heritage work. With a strong legacy of planning principles embedded within our area from the Garden City and New Towns movements and a newly adopted Local Plan, the postholder will have a key role to play in delivering positive project outcomes as well as helping to make sure our planning service is working in a modern, efficient, and effective way, with customers at is heart. You will join a forward-thinking council that puts their customers first. We know that to provide the best for our residents and visitors, we need to do the same for our people. We have set out to make our workplaces vibrant and happy places to be, places where our people feel safe, content and valued. Our COREvalues guide everything we do - Collaborative, Open, Responsible, Excellent. We can offer you flexible working to help balance work and home life, electric pool cars, local government pension scheme and generous annual leave and much more. You can view our benefits here My Rewards - Careers. We do not offer sponsorship for employment in the UK.