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Planning Business Support Apprentice
| Posting date: | 24 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,737 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Local Government Pension Scheme |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 August 2024 |
| Location: | Totnes, Devon |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | South Hams District Council |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | CF376P |
Summary
Up to 24 month contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Planning Business Support Team whilst undertaking and successfully completing an administrative based Level 3 apprenticeship programme with the Councils. You will form part of a group of Business Support Officers supporting delivery of the Councils’ corporate priorities by dealing with correspondence and enquiries from the public about planning applications, in a timely manner.
You will need to be organised, be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of the team and have the ability to switch between tasks, sometimes at short notice, in order to meet the demands of the service. With support from the Team Leader, Supervisor and the rest of the team, you will be providing guidance and updates to applicants, developers, agents and Councillors, as well as processing documents relating to planning applications.
The successful applicant will be customer focused, with excellent IT skills preferably with experience of dealing with a wide range of customers. You will also need excellent communication skills both in writing and over the telephone, have good attention to detail and be confident and self-motivated with managing your own workload.
For an informal discussion please contact Adelle Barry, Planning Business Support Team Leader at Adelle.Barry@swdevon.gov.uk or 01822 813680.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3 September 2024.
Closing date: Sunday 18 August 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Planning Business Support Team whilst undertaking and successfully completing an administrative based Level 3 apprenticeship programme with the Councils. You will form part of a group of Business Support Officers supporting delivery of the Councils’ corporate priorities by dealing with correspondence and enquiries from the public about planning applications, in a timely manner.
You will need to be organised, be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of the team and have the ability to switch between tasks, sometimes at short notice, in order to meet the demands of the service. With support from the Team Leader, Supervisor and the rest of the team, you will be providing guidance and updates to applicants, developers, agents and Councillors, as well as processing documents relating to planning applications.
The successful applicant will be customer focused, with excellent IT skills preferably with experience of dealing with a wide range of customers. You will also need excellent communication skills both in writing and over the telephone, have good attention to detail and be confident and self-motivated with managing your own workload.
For an informal discussion please contact Adelle Barry, Planning Business Support Team Leader at Adelle.Barry@swdevon.gov.uk or 01822 813680.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3 September 2024.
Closing date: Sunday 18 August 2024