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Technical Assistant
| Posting date: | 10 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,269 to £28,624 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2025 |
| Location: | Arnold, Nottingham |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Gedling Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EPB07 |
Summary
Gedling is an attractive place to live and work, and the Council Offices are situated in an award-winning park within walking distance of Arnold Town Centre and easy reach of Nottingham City Centre and rural Nottinghamshire.
An exciting new role has been created to help support the Council’s Planning and Building Control teams to deliver sustainable, high-quality development. This is an excellent opportunity to bring your organisational skills, IT proficiency and your ability to absorb and communicate technical information to our Planning and Building Control teams
You will have an understanding of either the Planning or Building Control function and experience of working in a Planning or Building Control Section of a Local Authority and will provide technical support, including administering the street naming and numbering function of the Council.
The successful candidate must be well-organised and self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines. You must also have excellent communication and negotiation skills and the ability to contribute to a high-quality service to our customers.
Gedling Borough Council embraces flexible ways of working such as working from home and flexible working hours, helping to offer an improved work/ life balance. We do this to ensure that we can attract the best talent and get the most from our employees. We are happy to discuss your specific needs/ options, should you wish to apply for a job with us.
We offer excellent working conditions including a generous holiday entitlement, a comprehensive pension scheme and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, providing advice on a range of issues including financial and legal matters, and offering discounts on purchases from numerous retail outlets. We also offer employees significantly discounted gym membership at Gedling's Leisure Centres.
If you would like to discuss the vacancy on an informal basis, please contact John Krawczyk, Assistant Director - Development on 0115 901 3726.
Closing date for completed applications is Sunday 30th March 2025 at midnight.
An exciting new role has been created to help support the Council’s Planning and Building Control teams to deliver sustainable, high-quality development. This is an excellent opportunity to bring your organisational skills, IT proficiency and your ability to absorb and communicate technical information to our Planning and Building Control teams
You will have an understanding of either the Planning or Building Control function and experience of working in a Planning or Building Control Section of a Local Authority and will provide technical support, including administering the street naming and numbering function of the Council.
The successful candidate must be well-organised and self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines. You must also have excellent communication and negotiation skills and the ability to contribute to a high-quality service to our customers.
Gedling Borough Council embraces flexible ways of working such as working from home and flexible working hours, helping to offer an improved work/ life balance. We do this to ensure that we can attract the best talent and get the most from our employees. We are happy to discuss your specific needs/ options, should you wish to apply for a job with us.
We offer excellent working conditions including a generous holiday entitlement, a comprehensive pension scheme and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, providing advice on a range of issues including financial and legal matters, and offering discounts on purchases from numerous retail outlets. We also offer employees significantly discounted gym membership at Gedling's Leisure Centres.
If you would like to discuss the vacancy on an informal basis, please contact John Krawczyk, Assistant Director - Development on 0115 901 3726.
Closing date for completed applications is Sunday 30th March 2025 at midnight.
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