Assistant Planning Officer - NAY15362

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a high-performing Planning service, where you'll play a key role in assessing planning applications and enforcement cases. This role is perfect for those who thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about community development. The position emphasizes flexible work styles, allowing you to work from home or the office, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. Join a supportive team that values focus, passion, and inspiration, and contribute to meaningful projects that impact the community positively.

Responsibilities

• Assess a varied caseload of planning applications and enforcement cases.
• Ensure performance standards that support customers and communities.

Job description

Job Description and Summary

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process - for more information click here.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join North Ayrshire's busy and high-performing Planning service. The available position will play a key role in fulfilling the Council's Development Management function, with responsibility for assessing a varied caseload of planning applications and enforcement cases to meet performance standards that support our customers and communities. Please contact Allan Finlayson (Chief Planning Officer) at 07500 226 257 for more information.

For more details, see the attached Role Profile below.

Before you apply, learn more about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council employs a behavioural-based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion, & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Additional information on our Staff Values and completing behaviour-based application questions is available at Staff values and behaviours.

Additional Information

References

If this post requires references, you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the process.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four Workstyles. Each post has been allocated one of these styles:

Agile – 100% of the time spent working flexibly and interacting with others. Ability to work at home, in the office, or at multiple locations. Attendance at the office may be required on set days or a rota basis.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: Agile

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide - Workstyles. If you have questions about the Workstyle for this role, please ask at the interview.