Senior Neighbourhood Planner
Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Mehefin 2025 |
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Cyflog: | £41,511 i £43,693 bob blwyddyn |
Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
Dyddiad cau: | 25 Mehefin 2025 |
Lleoliad: | BA14 8JN |
Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
Cwmni: | Wiltshire Council |
Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
Cyfeirnod swydd: | 2181 |
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Hours per week: 37
Rolling advert: Interview offers and rejections will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application can be considered.
Planning - Shaping Tomorrow's Communities Today
Wiltshire Council are looking for a senior neighbourhood planning officer to join our Neighbourhood Planning Team. Wiltshire Council is one of the largest and most prosperous unitary authorities in the country. With its rural character, Wiltshire has a high number of parishes and more Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs) in progress or completed than many other areas in the country, each with its unique planning challenges.
If you are committed to high customer service, ready for a new challenge and are a dynamic and professional town planner with expertise in or a passion for neighbourhood and community planning – this is a role for you. This is a role that requires a passion for community engagement and a willingness to understand a variety of planning issues so that local communities are equipped to meet the challenges that producing their Plans can bring.
Our neighbourhood plans are evolving rapidly, focusing on areas like design and delivering affordable housing. The Local Plan review is a key corporate priority for the Council and has reached an advanced stage. Once adopted, this new plan will support economic growth, provide a range of affordable and market homes and protect our important heritage and landscapes, offering a framework for neighbourhood plans.
Skills, Knowledge & experience required
Experience in neighbourhood planning and community engagement will be required
Demonstrable experience of delivering successful projects
Stakeholder management to enhance sustainable development
Mentoring junior colleagues to shape the next generation of planners
Ensuring compliance
Play a pivotal role in shaping Wiltshire communities and the future landscape
Fully RTPI-accredited postgraduate degree
These roles may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role descriptions for more information.
Benefits
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. As part of our agile and high-performing team, you’ll enjoy:
Flexible working hours
Competitive salary
Local Government Pension Scheme
Hybrid working arrangements with modern, open-plan offices in our hubs at Trowbridge, Chippenham, and Salisbury
Career development opportunities
Exciting and varied projects that make a real difference to our communities.
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Application process
Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity.
Please ensure that if you are submitting a CV then your cover letter includes how you meet the essential criteria of the role description, why you are applying for the role and what skills you would bring to the role.
Application process
For further information, please contact Mike Kilmister, Neighbourhood Planning Manager, at Michael.Kilmister@wiltshire.gov.uk, or call 012257 70228 x15228.
New to Wiltshire?
Wiltshire is a place where people love to live and work. One of England’s largest unitary councils, it offers beautiful landscapes, diverse heritage and attractive towns and villages. Located on the eastern edge of the South West region, we border counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and the combined West of England authority. Wiltshire enjoys strong sub-regional links and is within commutable distance of London, Bristol, Southampton and the South Coast.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion.
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