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About the Role
We are looking for two Senior Planning Officers to work within our Development Management team. You will contribute to providing a responsive, high performing and high quality Development Management Service. You will take the lead on a varied personal caseload including more complex, major and politically sensitive applications and pre-applications.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to providing a responsive, high performing and high quality Development Management Service.
- Take the lead on a varied personal caseload including more complex, major and politically sensitive applications and pre-applications.
- Undertake consultation with external and internal consultees.
- Negotiate planning performance agreements.
- Secure planning obligations and/or contributions through CIL/S106.
- Mentor and supervise planning officers.
- Check and sign off on other officers’ applications to ensure compliance with legislation and policies.
- Prepare evidence for appeals.
- Present at hearings.
- Work on specific non-casework projects.
Requirements
- Enthusiastic, organised and personable planners with strong communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work efficiently under high caseloads and multiple demands.
- Good understanding of the London planning system.
- Keenness to keep up to date with policy changes.
- Recognised RTPI qualification is essential.
- Experience working at an officer level within a local authority is an advantage.
- Ability to work well independently.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a wider team.
- Collaborative skills.
- Delegation skills.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Planning system understanding
- Policy analysis
- Mentoring
- Supervision
- Collaboration
- Delegation
Location
- 5 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG
Work Type
- 12 month fixed term / secondment
- Flexible working options available / open to discussion
Experience Level
- Level 4
- Officer level within a local authority
Education Level
- RTPI qualification
Salary/Compensations
- £47,525
Benefits
- Flexible working employer
About the Company
- In Camden we are committed to working together to make our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit.
- Partnership with our communities is central to the way we work, so that everyone can access opportunities, and nobody gets left behind.
- Camden 2025 sets out a vision for the future of the borough, where everyone contributes to achieving a safe, fair, creative and active community.
- The Council’s Planning service is key to ensuring the delivery of the objectives for the borough.
Equal Opportunity
- Camden’s commitment to inclusion.
- Recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
- Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone.
- This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.