Solar and Battery

**About the Role**

**Base Location**: Flexible UK & Ireland | We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work, and this role is no exception. We will, however need your base 'home' location to be one of our SSE offices or depots around the UK and Ireland.

**Salary**: Competitive + car / allowance + performance-related bonus + PMI + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

SSE has made the strategic decision to invest in solar and battery projects in the UK. In recognition of the importance of the strategy it has established a separate business unit (Solar and Battery) to deliver its aspiration to develop solar and battery storage at scale and at pace. With this aspiration is a significant investment commitment for acquisitions and in-house greenfield development. Projects will be developed under both Town and Country Planning and NSIP legislation.

Reporting to the Director of Development, Solar and Battery (S&B) we are looking to appoint a planning professional.

The key duties & responsibilities will be:

- To use your extensive planning experience and expertise to advise the S&B management and wider team on all planning matters.
- To undertake initial assessments of our projects planning prospects.
- To appoint and manage our planning consultants and to ensure that they are perform to the highest standards, consistently and diligently.
- To support our Project Management Teams as they seek to secure planning permission and amendments for their projects.
- You will be the primary professional planning interface with our external providers.
- You will advise on planning strategy, including appeals processes.
- You will ensure that NSIP and TCPA consultation exercises are carried out with full regard for the SSE’s reputation and brand.

SSE’s area of interest includes England, Scotland Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. Experience of working across these geographic areas would be advantageous.

**What do I need?**

To be considered for the role, we will be looking for:

- Professional planner with an excellent track record.
- Likely to have extensive experience.
- Almost certainly degree qualified you will likely be a Chartered Town Planner and a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute or equivalent.
- Excellent working knowledge of both TCPA and NSIP planning processes and policies across the full planning life cycle.
- Experience of utility scale solar and battery projects.
- A very high regard for health and safety. You will be willing to embrace our safety culture and ensure it is considered in respect to everything we do.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable liaising with stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external.
- Outstanding relationship management skills and a commitment to providing a high-level service at all times.
- Resilient and hardworking you will be comfortable working in a fast paced and challenging environment where everyone if focused on the goal of developing solar and battery at pace to enable SSE to achieve its carbon zero aspirations.

**About our Business**

SSE's Solar and Battery Storage team is one of the fastest growing parts of SSE Group with an exciting multi-GW pipeline of projects in train. In order to accelerate progress towards net zero SSE Group is investing £7m a day on low carbon infrastructure, creating 1,000 green jobs a year in the process, as part of its £23bn NZAP (Net Zero Acceleration Programme). Our solar and battery projects will play a crucial role in getting us to net zero by helping to balance the Grid and by helping us to fully harness the power of renewable generation. SSE is a FTSE30 company intent on building a better world of energy. We're looking to double the size of our current team by attracting people who share our passion for getting to net zero, at what is a very exciting time for the energy sector.

**What's in it for you?**

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

**Next Steps**

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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