Senior Planning Officer

1 week ago


Bridgend, Bridgend county borough, United Kingdom Bridgend County Borough Council Full time £213,600 - £407,870 per year

37 hours per week

Do you want to play a key part in shaping sustainable development and ensuring vital infrastructure investment in Bridgend County Borough Council? If so, we want to hear from you

About the Roles

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two suitably experienced individuals to take key roles in the Strategic Transport function at Bridgend – a small but efficient and highly-skilled, team within the Planning & Development Services Group.

The roles will be responsible in assisting with the implementation and monitoring of the Authority's transportation policies in the context of national, regional and local transportation issues and the promotion of the active travel agenda. This includes working on the active travel programme, contributing to the development of transport related policy for inclusion in the land use planning system, preparing submissions to the Regional Transport Fund (RTF), developing the wider strategic transport programme and providing specialist advice on strategic highway matters.

The roles also involve undertaking site visits, attending client meetings, public meetings, meetings with local Councillors, liaising with other professionals including highways design engineers, town planners, local authority officers and civil engineering contractors.

The candidates will have a good working knowledge and experience of transport policy and highway matters both at a local and regional level together with an understanding of the range of issues in the provision of transportation services at local authority level.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact:

Jonathan parsons Group Manager Planning and Development Services

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

The council's Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.

Closing Date: 10 December 2025

Shortlisting Date: 12 December 2025

Interview Date: January 2026

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Job reference

18160

Date posted

04/12/2025

Application closing date

10/12/2025

Location

Bridgend County Borough

Salary

£40,777 - £42,839 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Other

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