Job Details:
Salary range: GBP 30,987 : GBP 52,674 per annum
Work location: Hybrid, 145 King Street, London W6 6LL
Hours per week: 36.00
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 12 May 2025
Contact details for Informal discussion: Neil Egerton, Team Leader on or on ,or Matthew Lawton, Deputy Team Leader, on 020 or the role
Hammersmith and Fulham is a dynamic and ambitious West London borough working with major partners including Imperial College; BBC; Westfield; Ikea; Berkeley Group; HS2; and the OPDC. We have a large expanse of river frontage and a landmark Civic Campus opening later this year, offering a futuristic working environment. Our strong industrial strategy, Upstream is creating a new tech city west and has already generated GBP 6billion of high:growth business investment and over 13,000 jobs.
You'll be dealing with a wide range of applications from householders and changes of use to complex masterplans within our Opportunity Areas. We have a dense housing stock with a rich heritage; a cultural and sporting presence with three major football stadiums and some of the biggest developers in the UK who are very active in our regeneration areas. As a trusted member of a team, you'll work closely with residents, a range of stakeholders, and support your manager; you'll have excellent interpersonal skills and be a responsive approach to workloads across teams, deadlines and new ideas.
There are up to 3 Planning Officer positions on offer, including potentially two at Senior Planning Officer level. We will tailor the work to your experience and even at junior level there will be opportunities to assist more experienced officers on major and strategic applications. At senior level, and as you develop through our career grade structure, there will be opportunities to lead on more complex borough:wide sites. The roles involve flexible hybrid working, with working from home as well as days working in the office.
You will need good written and oral communication skills and be able work collaboratively both within the organisation and with external organisations. You should have an ability to handle conflicting pressured situations whilst putting forward cohesive logical planning arguments on behalf of the Council. You should be able to effectively manage a caseload with multiple deadlines.
As a council we are making effective use of digital technology to improve our service delivery and are keen for all officers to be involved in developing these initiatives.
We have a supportive management team to help nurture our staff and this job presents an opportunity to develop a range of planning skills including enhancing negotiation as well as mentoring skills, and reviewing officer reports. It's a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills, experience and career.
Please refer to the
Role Profile for more information.
Our People Values:
How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining 'who we are'. We are looking for people whocan build this into everything they do.
We are fair
We treat everyone withcompassion, dignity andfairness. We value theviews and opinion of others, and promote benefits andopportunities for all.
We are caring
We care about our borough anddoing things well. We focus on standards and continuousimprovement; learning fromour mistakes and celebratingsuccess.
We are collaborators
We work together for a bettersociety. We work with ourresidents, businesses, schools,third sector and others forbetter outcomes for everyone.
We are driven
We will only settle for the verybest. We seek to continuallyimprove and put our residents,customers and businesses atthe heart of everything we do.
Our commitment to you:
At H and F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click HERE to fi