Job Title: Senior Development Management Officer
Location: Harrogate
Salary: £30,451 – £32,234 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: 11th November 2021
Looking for a new start? Come and work at Harrogate Borough Council. Our values guide everything we do, and everything we do has an impact on the people who live here.
The rich and diverse landscapes of the borough range from the tranquil expanses of water, open heather moorlands and rolling pastures of the stunning Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the west to the broad open landscape of the Vale of York in the east.
We have a wide array of settlements, including the large spa town of Harrogate, the historic city of Ripon and many attractive small towns and villages. We also have an extensive variety of heritage interests, including the magnificent Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal World Heritage Site, 53 Conservation Areas, over 2000 listed buildings, more than 150 Scheduled Monuments, 12 Historic Parks and Gardens and 3 Historic Battlefields. There are also opportunities to deal with cases in the designated Green Belt.
We are well connected too, with great road and rail links across the country. We are also within easy reach of some of the UK’s leading cities including Leeds, Bradford and York and we immediately adjoin the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Overall, we offer an unrivalled range of experiences for a Senior Development Management Officer and a rewarding and exciting place in which to work, live and play.
The Role:
The Council’s Place-shaping and Economic Growth Service is continuing to invest in the Development Management service. We are looking for a Senior Development Management Officer to help us deliver sustainable, high quality homes and jobs across our diverse and characterful district.
In this role, you will help to deliver a proactive, customer-focused and ‘end-to-end’ development management service. You will handle complex planning consents, dealing with a wide range of planning enquiries and correspondence and assisting colleagues. Applicants must hold a full driving licence.
The Harrogate Borough is a great place to be and we offer an exciting and broad range of experiences and opportunities. You will deal with a varied range of casework from handling major developments around our largest settlements to assessing sensitive proposals in rural areas.
You will work alongside colleagues in our Place-Shaping and Economic Growth Service with a strong commitment to good planning and sustainable development. This is an exciting time for the team with an adopted Local Plan in place, a focus on housing and strategic site delivery and a key role in delivering many of the Council’s strategic priorities and projects.
Benefits:
Our office is a new, attractive and welcoming working environment and we offer flexible and home working supported with technology to make it seamless. We offer a generous Annual Leave allowance (26 days per annum plus 8 Bank Holidays, rising to 29 days pa after 5 years service), childcare voucher scheme, car and bicycle loans, leisure facility discounts and other staff discounts. Importantly, we are also keen to ensure we support your individual training and development needs.
We are a friendly and forward-thinking team looking for likeminded professionals to join us in delivering our success. If this sounds like you – we would love to hear from you
Please click the APPLY button go through the Council Website, and fill in the application form for this role.
Harrogate Borough Council requires all applicants to complete the council’s application form and attach their suitability statement and CV.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Senior Planning Officer, Development Officer, Consultation Officer, Planner, Development Manager, Specialist Planner, Technical Officer, Technical Planning Assistant, Technical Services Officer, Strategic Planning Officer, Planner, Development Planning Coordinator, Planning Technician, Development Technician, Planning Administrator, Planning Controller, Planning Consultant, Development Control Planner, Town and County Planning, Town and County Planner may also be considered for this role.
