Job Title: Interim Principal Planning Officer – Property Services
Job Ref: Guildford 5255940
Pay Rate: £49.00 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: Guildford, Surrey
Hybrid working available: Flexible working but with a Wednesday in the office.
Drivers Licence: Required for this role. Part time hours will be considered.
We are seeking a very experienced individual to be the case officer for one of the Borough Strategic sites allocated for approximately 1,800 homes, as well as retail and commercial floorspace. The applicant has indicated that they intend to submit this application in late 2024. The post would suit someone who has a strong track record of dealing with major development schemes or has proven experience in delivering large scale development. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day management of this project, working closely with key stakeholders, both internal and external. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate appropriate experience in dealing with Public Inquiries, negotiation on large scale development, and the ability to shape a scheme to ensure quality development, together with supporting infrastructure, is delivered on this important site. Given the importance of this site to the borough, the role will report to the Assistant Director.
Qualifications:
1. MRTPI qualification.
2. Driving Licence.
Skills & Experience:
1. Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, ideally within a public sector organisation.
2. Significant experience working on large scale residential development, preferably in development management.
3. Strong team working skills.
4. Experience of Public Inquiries.
5. Excellent project management and organisation skills.
6. High level communication and presentation skills including clear, concise reporting and correspondence particularly concerning complex or controversial issues.
7. The ability to communicate with people of different social, economic and professional backgrounds.
8. Attendance at evening and other out of hours meetings and events when required.
9. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Mosaic).
Application Instructions: Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client, we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. Please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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