Planning Officer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 271465**Salary**:

- £31,349- National - £31,349. London - £35,403**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Decarbonisation, Technology & Strategy Group (DTS) - Future Transport Systems and Environment**Type of role**:

- Planning
- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Birmingham, Leeds, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Have you got strong drafting skills and the ability to create good quality documents?

Are you someone that can simplify complex information with ease, and present this to others?

Would you like to be a part of a small, supportive team who work collaboratively with stakeholders and senior officials?

If so, this role is perfect for you

**Job description**:
The Transport Infrastructure Planning Casework Unit (TIPCU) is a new team made up of the Transport Infrastructure Planning Unit (TIPU) and the National Transport Casework Team (NCTC) totalling a team of over 30 people, which together with the Planning Policy, Housing and Transport Team forms part of a new consolidated Planning, Transport and Housing Division.

**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Work with Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and key stakeholders to improve integration between planning and transport in support of our objective for high-quality transport provision to be built into plans for new employment and housing from the outset, including promoting sustainable and active transport.
- Help develop and draft a range of tools, policy and guidance to place transport delivery at the heart of the levelling up agenda and the key catalyst to drive sustainable growth.
- Assist the Department in influencing and negotiating emerging planning legislation, policy and guidance across Government, so that DfT policies and objectives are appropriately reflected.
- To provide scheme promoters, members of the public and other stakeholders with clear, accurate and appropriate advice about the consenting processes which the team operates.

For further information, please see the attached the Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
**About you**:
We are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills and can express themselves in a confident and concise manner with colleagues at all levels. You will represent the Department in a professional and clear manner, ensuring key messages are delivered to both internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner. You will have good drafting skills with the ability to produce high quality documents.

Excellent organisational skills are required and you will be able to manage and filter workflow as well as organise and prioritise your work to maximise productivity and achieve all deadlines. You will be highly adaptable and flexible, adjusting to the requirements of the role.

**Additional Info**:
A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Strategy 1.1 Policy, Context and Purpose - Interrogate and explore underlying issues addressed by the policy, using systems thinking to model policy problems. - Define the sought impacts and outcomes of a policy.
- Democracy - Working with MinistersDeliver effective internal communication. Write for different audiences and purposes, including scrutiny.

**Benefits**:

- Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.**CV**:
For your behaviour examples please provide evidence of when you have demonstrated the following behaviours:

- _ Making Effective Decisions_
- _ Managing a Quality Service_
- _ Communicating and Influencing_
- _ Delivering at Pace_

The sift is due to take place from Monday 20th March.

Interviews and assessments are likely to be held from Tuesday 4th April.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of t

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