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Career Grade Planning Officer

Wokingham Borough Council

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Shute End/Home Working (Hybrid)

Temporary, Full time

No DBS check required

£30,559 - £43,693 Per Annum, Plus Benefits

37 hours


Are you looking for the first step on the ladder of your planning career? An exciting opportunity in our Development Management Team has arisen for a 24 month period. It would be suitable for someone about to, or has recently graduated with a Planning or related degree.  You will learn how to validate and determine planning applications, provide pre-application advice, investigate breaches of planning control and get involved with planning appeals. You will receive lots of on the job training in a friendly and supportive environment.

Our Area:

Wokingham is an attractive, historic market town located in the prosperous Thames Valley in the heart of Berkshire and 40 miles west of London. With easy access to the M4 and M3 motorways and on a train line between Reading and Waterloo and also Reading and Gatwick.

You will be provided with a laptop and a mix of home working and office working is available. Applicants should have a full driving licence and access to a car to undertake site visits. We are looking for people with great IT skills and a customer focused approach.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Marcia Head at Marcia.Head@wokingham.gov.uk 

Closing date: 13th November 2024

Interview date: To be confirmed

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.

Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Whilst this is a fixed term contract appointment, for anyone already employed by Wokingham Borough Council this would be classed as a secondment if successful.  Therefore, the usual permission requests for secondments apply and you must speak to your line manager in the first instance before applying.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.


Closing date: Wed 13/11/2024 at 23:00
Job reference: 711027
Vacancy downloads:

.Candidate_briefing_note.pdf

Competency_Framework.pdf

Career_Grade_Planner.pdf

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