Senior Planning Officer

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,412 - 44,075; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham City Council seeks a Senior Planning Officer for Development & Regeneration Planning. This hybrid role involves creating planning frameworks, engaging stakeholders, and supporting housing regeneration initiatives across Birmingham.

The ideal candidate is working towards RTPI membership. This permanent position offers a salary between £35,412 and £44,075 per annum, with a commitment to ensuring equitable recruitment.

For informal inquiries, please contact [e-mail] quoting ref 4357.

Qualifications

• Working towards RTPI membership is required.

Responsibilities

• Help create and implement planning and regeneration frameworks.
• Engage with stakeholders and communities through consultations.
• Support major housing regeneration initiatives.
• Contribute to corporate projects and ensure proper funding use.
• Promote development opportunities to developers and investors.

Job description

Senior Planning Officer – Development & Regeneration Planning

Grade C- £35,412 - £44,075 per annum.

Permanent, Consultation grade (subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review).

Working 36.5 hours per week on a hybrid basis.

These are exciting times to be working at Birmingham City Council, one of the largest and most exciting Local Planning Authorities in the country.

Job Responsibilities

• Help create and implement planning and regeneration frameworks, development briefs, and area masterplans.
• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders and communities through consultations and negotiations.
• Work on projects across the city, providing support and guidance to major housing regeneration initiatives.
• Support neighbourhood planning processes.
• Help maintain the city’s development site pipeline.
• Contribute to major corporate projects, support Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs), seek funding, and ensure proper use of S106 funds.
• Promote the city’s development opportunities to developers and investors and work closely with Business Improvement Districts, ward members, community groups, schools, and universities.

Qualifications

The role requires that you have, or are working towards, RTPI membership.

Application Requirements

Please upload an up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

EEO Statement

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquiries please contact [e-mail] quoting ref 4357.