Planning Administrative Officer - 2.5 Days per Week (One Year Fixed Term)

Oadby Wigston; Oadby; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous holiday

Local government pension scheme

Job summary

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council is seeking a motivated administrator to provide a range of administrative and technical support across the Planning department. The post supports Planning Policy, Development Control, Arboriculture and Planning Enforcement, with agile working and a guaranteed interview for certain groups.

We offer a competitive salary, flexi-time, excellent holiday entitlement, and the Local Government Pension Scheme, with employees expected to spend at least one day per week in

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative role.
• Excellent IT skills and the ability to learn and use complex IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and technical support across the Planning department.
• Assist with IT systems and data management as required.

Skills

Administrative skills

IT literacy

Learning agility

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Do you want to change more than your work life balance?

We are seeking a talented individual to provide a range of administrative and technical support across the Planning department.

We are based in the beautiful Brocks Hill country park in Oadby, and this part of Leicestershire is a great place to live, work and visit. Our council is a great organisation to work for, we offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits including great holiday, flexi-time and the generous local government pension scheme. You can find more information about our benefits here .

Agile working allows employees to work flexibly to balance their home, and work needs. We are happy to discuss flexible working and encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process. Employees are generally expected to spend a minimum of 1 day per week in the office.

The Planning department manages all development growth within the Borough area, whether that’s now, or 15 years in the future. The department consists of Planning Policy, Development Control, Arboriculture and Planning Enforcement.

If you have experience in an administrative role, excellent IT skills and the ability to learn and use complex IT systems we would love to hear from you. You can find out more about this role by viewing the associated job description and person specification.

At Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, we are proud of our diversity and recognise the value this brings. We are fair and inclusive and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.

We guarantee an interview with anyone who either has a disability or is a reservist / veteran and meets the essential criteria for this role if you apply under our guaranteed interview scheme.

Please contact Jamie Carr (Planning Policy and Development Manager) at [e-mail] for any informal enquiries.

There may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage of the recruitment process.

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