Planning Policy Officer/planning Policy Assistant

**Location**

Horizon Centre, Peachman Way, Norwich NR7 0WF

**Application Deadline**

Sunday, November 3, 2024

**Salary Band**

Band C £26,244 - £29,576

**Job Summary**

**Job Title**: Planning Policy Officer (consideration will also be given to Planning Policy Assistant applicants)

**Salary Range and Hours**:Band D, £30,327 - £34,392 (Planning Policy Assistant - Band C, £26,244 - £29,576)

**Contract Type**:Fixed Term for up to 12 months

**Location**:Horizon Business Centre, Broadland Business Park, Peachman Way, Norwich, NR7 0WF

**Do you have an exceptional eye for detail?**

**Role Snapshot**You will be a member of a busy Place Shaping Team, providing technical and administrative to support the successful function of the team. This will include contributions to the research and preparation of planning policy documents and responsibility for the Place Shaping Team’s monitoring function (including preparation of the Annual Monitoring Report, residential land assessment and returns/ reports to government and other bodies).

**What you could be part of**

Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focussed services within a busy planning department. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital, and we challenge ourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.

**What you’ll be doing **
- Process and respond to enquiries on planning policy, neighbourhood planning and infrastructure planning matters.
- Responsible for the development, production, interpretation and presentation of planning policy monitoring information to enable the effectiveness of current policy to be monitored, and to influence the development of future policy.
- Responsible for the timely production of the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report, the residential land availability register and for gathering research and reporting to government and other bodies on council statistics e.g delivery of homes and pupil forecasting data.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining systems for the provision of statistical data and other monitoring information. Understand and interpret information submitted to the councils from outside bodies and formulate responses where necessary.
- Maintain the councils’ evidence base for use in the production of the Local Plan.

**You must have **
- Relevant qualification (HNC or related degree) and/or proven experience in a planning environment.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Understanding of public sector planning environment.
- Good understanding of IT skills, including Microsoft Office products with advanced XSL.
- Ability to undertake numerical analysis.
- Well-developed administrative skills with practical experience in running and improving administrative systems.
- Attention to detail and good problem solving skills.
- Proven customer care skills and the ability to handle difficult customers and resolve issues.
- Organisational skills with the ability to manage own workload, prioritise and meet deadlines effectively.
- An ability to prepare reports, extract and interpret information from plans and files.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- 56-70% of this role’s time will be spend on external communication.

**What’s in it for you**

**Why Work For Us?**

Do you want to know more about why our staff work for us? Our website has a fantastic why work for us section where our staff tell us what makes working for the Councils so special.

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**Key Information**:
If you any questions about the role, then please don’t hesitate to contact the recruiting manager or the HR Team, who will be happy to answer any questions on the role or the Councils.

**Recruiting Manager**:Kate Fisher

**Phone Number**:01508 533801

**People Team**:
**Phone Number**: 01508 533995

**Closing date**:03 November 2024 at 11:30pm

**Interview date**:Week Commencing 11 November 2024