Town Planner

Town Planner

**Location**:
Glasgow, GB

**Department Name**:
PC Town Planning - Scotland

**About Network Rail**:
At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK everyday. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain and operate our network.

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don't always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

**Brief Description**:
The railway is also essential to the economic prosperity of this country, transforming how people travel and making a massive difference to passengers and freight users. And as a town planner you'll understand the importance of the railway to sustainable development, and to achieving the Scottish Government's ambitious plans to decarbonise Scotland's Railway by 2035.

You will:
Work closely with project teams, in the delivery of advice, planning and heritage consents, permitted development use and planning policy consultations to enable railway development.

Providing advice on complex and sensitive projects affecting the large number of listed buildings and structures in our ownership.

Support one of the country's largest land and property owners to generate sustainable income to reinvest it into our rail infrastructure.

We are looking for someone who is:
Enthusiastic;
Customer focussed

Able to manage a varied workload in an environment where there is rarely a typical day.

**About the role (External)**:
**Here are some of the duties your role will include: -**
**Challenging**
- Deliver advice and consents to support the delivery programme. Represent Network Rail externally in negotiations on less complex technical Town Planning issues.
**Collaboration**
- Maintaining strong relationships with, and be responsive to the needs of, individual customers on specific projects and programmes across the range of Town Planning services.
- Supporting existing relationships with external stakeholders to facilitate delivery of Town Planning services, on specific projects and programmes, through external processes.
- Supporting the resourcing and management of Town Planning services to the client group and ad hoc projects/programmes for the work area.
**Accountable**
- Provide technical leadership on the full range of Town Planning services
- Identify and implement changes required to support Town Planning services overall strategy and the delivery of efficient and effective services. Provide input to the provision of strategic and tactical support and guidance on development programmes and projects
**Customer Driven**

**What you will bring to the role: -**

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Participating in, or eligible for, for RTPI or RICS licentiate scheme

Strong communication and negotiation skills

**It's desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -**

Some town planning PQE

Understanding of heritage legislation and issues

Understanding of environmental legislation and issues

Full Driving Licence

**Salary**: £40,107 increasing to £45,120
**Closing date**: 23rd Feb 22