Strategy Planner

**Salary: Grade F: £35,453 to £41,178**:
**About Us**:
Looking for an opportunity to make a difference in one of the most stunning areas in the UK? Do you have a passion for conservation and sustainable development?

We’re looking for a keen and confident Strategy Planner to take on a rewarding planning policy role in one of England’s most spectacular landscapes and largest World Heritage Sites - The Lake District.

**The Role**:
You will have the opportunity to lead the preparation of the next Local Plan from vision to implementation. With an up-to-date Local Plan, adopted in 2021, the review will commence towards the end of 2024 giving you time to start thinking about the big questions the Plan might address. As a National Park we don’t have a housing delivery requirement, but we choose to set a local housing need target to support the delivery of sustainable development. Our team won national planning awards in 2019 for stakeholder engagement on our Local Plan, and we are currently part of DLUHC’s Design Code Pathfinder Programme.

You will also support the delivery of the Partnership’s Management Plan 2020-2025. Through building a network through the 22 members of the Lake District Partnership, you will support the preparation of the next joint National Park and World Heritage Site Management Plan.

You’ll have the day-to-day support of great peers in your team and the wider service, and a strong group of members and councillors who value your work, giving you confidence and stability for strategic planning.

You’ll be based at our recently refurbished offices, Wayfaring House in Kendal but we’re set up for hybrid working and can accommodate some working from home.

Please read the attached Role Profile for the full person specification on this post.

**About You**:
We’re looking for someone who’s a forward thinker, comfortable with people, a great communicator, highly organised in their work, and someone who can inspires others. If that’s you, we would love to hear from you.

**Benefits**:

- Working with us, you’ll enjoy:

- Generous Pension Scheme
- Electric car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Paid time off so you can volunteer
- Subsidised healthcare scheme

See our website for a complete list of our employee benefits.

**Contact**:
For an informal discussion please contact Rob Allison, Team Leader - Strategy, Partnerships and Policy (01539 792672)

**Key dates**:

- Interviews will be held at Lake District National Park Authority on a date TBC

**How to apply**:
**Diversity and Inclusion**:
As an equal opportunities employer, the Lake District National Park Authority is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. These groups are under-represented at the LDNPA, particularly at senior level.

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