Planning Applications Support Specialist

Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils; Pershore; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Agile working

Discounted gym membership

Employee assistance & wellbeing

Job summary

Malvern Hills District Council is seeking a Planning Support Officer for the Pershore office. The role is 24 hours per week on a permanent basis, with a salary range of £17,691.24–£18,856.86 per year (FTE £27,274–£29,071).

The post involves processing planning applications, pre-application advice, and committee/appeals admin support. We offer Agile working (60% office-based), a strong pension, generous annual leave, and various staff benefits.

Qualifications

• GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent).
• IT literate with Windows, Word, Excel and DMS.
• Ability to work in a team and use own initiative.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-care skills are essential.
• Administrative experience in a busy multi-disciplined unit.
• Attention to detail and good time management are essential.
• Experience in a busy office and ability to handle a large workload.
• Experience with processing planning applications is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Validate/process planning and tree works applications.
• Register permitted development and pre-application enquiries.
• Provide admin support for Planning Committee and Appeals.
• Handle planning enquiries from the public.

Skills

IT literacy

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Administrative experience

Attention to detail

Office environment experience

Planning applications experience (adv)

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

Windows

Word

Excel

Job description

Malvern Hills District Council is seeking a Planning Support Officer for the Pershore office. The role is 24 hours per week on a permanent basis, with a salary range of £17,691.24–£18,856.86 per year (FTE £27,274–£29,071).

The post involves processing planning applications, pre-application advice, and committee/appeals admin support. We offer Agile working (60% office-based), a strong pension, generous annual leave, and various staff benefits.