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Senior Planning Policy Officer
| Posting date: | 22 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,264 to £49,083 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2024 |
| Location: | Kingston Upon Thames, South West London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Kingston Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3046 |
Summary
About the Borough
This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.
Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.
Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.
Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.
We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.
Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.
About the Role
We are looking for two candidates to sit within the Planning Policy, one at Senior level (this role) and the other as Principal level (see advert on the RBK jobs page). The Senior Planning Policy Officer will help guide the development of the Local Plan for the borough, and prepare us for our Examination in Public in 2025.
A Senior Planning Policy Officer will:
work on some key areas of the Local Plan, leading on particular topic areas of the plan.
Write policies for the emerging Local Plan
Write supporting evidence base documents and topic papers
Provide policy advice on planning applications to specific timescales; and
Write briefing papers and reports on emerging policy positions
You will be expected to supervise more junior members of staff on projects and where appropriate, manage interns or summer placements to help them acquire knowledge to help them to become self reliant in dealing with more technical issues.
About Us
At Kingston, we are passionate about our Royal Borough and want to be known as a Council that is exemplary for public engagement and customer service. This is an exciting time for the Spatial Planning team as we are on the verge of reaching the Regulation 19 stage of our Local Plan. A main function of the team is to produce the statutory Local Plan for the borough and it is gaining a great deal of momentum as we prepare ourselves for committee and consultation.
We are writing our Local Plan during both challenging times and a changing landscape. We need to produce a forward thinking Local Plan with policies that will enable us to grow and accommode the future needs of the borough, and to do this, we need a positive and ambitious candidate to help achieve this.
About You
Candidates should have a good standard of Secondary Education and an interest in town planning. At Senior level, candidates should have either chartered membership or be eligible for chartered or associate membership of the RTPI.
Ideally You should be able to demonstrate competence in relation the Google Suite of documents, including in relation to data management. You should be self-motivated and be prepared to work as part of a team.
You will be expected to work under your own initiative, meet tight deadlines and be computer literate, with an aptitude to learn and promote new system technologies.
This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.
Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.
Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.
Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.
We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.
Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.
About the Role
We are looking for two candidates to sit within the Planning Policy, one at Senior level (this role) and the other as Principal level (see advert on the RBK jobs page). The Senior Planning Policy Officer will help guide the development of the Local Plan for the borough, and prepare us for our Examination in Public in 2025.
A Senior Planning Policy Officer will:
work on some key areas of the Local Plan, leading on particular topic areas of the plan.
Write policies for the emerging Local Plan
Write supporting evidence base documents and topic papers
Provide policy advice on planning applications to specific timescales; and
Write briefing papers and reports on emerging policy positions
You will be expected to supervise more junior members of staff on projects and where appropriate, manage interns or summer placements to help them acquire knowledge to help them to become self reliant in dealing with more technical issues.
About Us
At Kingston, we are passionate about our Royal Borough and want to be known as a Council that is exemplary for public engagement and customer service. This is an exciting time for the Spatial Planning team as we are on the verge of reaching the Regulation 19 stage of our Local Plan. A main function of the team is to produce the statutory Local Plan for the borough and it is gaining a great deal of momentum as we prepare ourselves for committee and consultation.
We are writing our Local Plan during both challenging times and a changing landscape. We need to produce a forward thinking Local Plan with policies that will enable us to grow and accommode the future needs of the borough, and to do this, we need a positive and ambitious candidate to help achieve this.
About You
Candidates should have a good standard of Secondary Education and an interest in town planning. At Senior level, candidates should have either chartered membership or be eligible for chartered or associate membership of the RTPI.
Ideally You should be able to demonstrate competence in relation the Google Suite of documents, including in relation to data management. You should be self-motivated and be prepared to work as part of a team.
You will be expected to work under your own initiative, meet tight deadlines and be computer literate, with an aptitude to learn and promote new system technologies.
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