Senior Landscape Officer – Maternity Cover

Landscape Institute; England; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public planning service in the Greater Cambridge area is seeking a Senior Landscape Officer for maternity cover. This full-time role involves managing diverse planning applications and engaging with pioneering urban developments in a supportive team environment. With competitive benefits and the opportunity for career development, this is an exciting chance to contribute to significant projects within a historic city known for its beautiful landscapes.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

20 days holiday entitlement increasing to 25

Free on-site Parking

Shopping Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Career progression and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills are a must.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Keen to learn and embrace challenges.

Responsibilities

• Work on a wide variety of pre-application and planning applications.
• Engage with innovative developments and high-quality projects.
• Collaborate with local practices and world-class architects.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Enthusiasm

Learning Agility

Job description

Salary: Grade 5 (£37,534 – £42,924)
Contract type: Temp, (Maternity Cover 12 month subject to possible extension), full time (32 hours per week currently, the 4-day week continues at South Cambridgeshire District Council, but this could be subject to change back to 37 hours)
Location: Cambourne/Cambridge and flexibly from home on agreement.

As an organisation we believe that our people are our greatest assets. We know how important it is to find a job where you feel valued but also have the flexibility to allow you to balance your work/family commitments in an organisation that offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Local Government Pension Scheme,
• 20 days holiday entitlement (increasing to 25 after five years continuous service),
• Free on-site Parking,
• Shopping Discounts,
• Employee Assistance Programme-providing advice and counselling,
• Career progression
• Development opportunities as well as ongoing training.

We currently have an exciting opportunity within the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service, to work in the dynamic and busy Built and Natural Environment Team as Maternity cover for one of our Senior Landscape Officers.
You will have the chance to work on a wide variety of pre-application and planning applications, many of which are the most innovative developments in the UK. In addition, you will have an enthusiastic, supportive team around you to help you grow and develop your career.
What sets us apart from other organisations is our range of projects, including meeting the planning needs of Europe’s most important biotechnology cluster, regeneration schemes providing new low carbon districts and developing the first joint Local Plan in an area that has the fastest-growing city economy in the country.

Greater Cambridge offers a unique opportunity to work within the beautiful historic City of Cambridge, home to world renowned universities, hospitals and cutting-edge science, as well as delivering high quality modern developments within the rural areas of South Cambridgeshire. Our combined growth agenda includes a range of new settlements within South Cambridgeshire and urban extensions to Cambridge.

Our teams have excellent relationships with local practices and work with world class architects and specialists on schemes that provide huge personal and professional reward. If you would like to work on award winning schemes in an exciting and fast paced environment, come and join us!
We are looking for individuals with enthusiasm and a keenness to learn. Excellent customer service skills are a must as well as being a team player. If you have the ambition to embrace the exciting challenges of this busy Shared Planning Service, there is no better place to develop your career.
For more information about working with us check out our website: http://www.greatercambridgesharedplanning.com/

Closing date: 9am 11th July
Interview dates: Week Beginning July 14th in person or on MS Teams

For more information please contact either John Cornell (Team Leader on 07766114267) or Jane Green (Built and Natural Environment Manager on 07519 294551).

To apply for this post, please follow the link to the South Cambridgeshire District Council job application;
https://ce0631li.webitrent.com/ce0631li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=053483D6LP&WVID=1408962JYW

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