Planning Enforcement Officer / Graduate Planning Enforcement Officer

Service: Development Management 

Closing Date:  Wednesday 1st March 2023

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Scotland. Argyll and Bute stretches from the Central Belt encompassing large towns such as Dunoon and Helensburgh right through to the west coast and beyond, taking in Oban, Lochgilphead, Campbeltown as well as 23 inhabited islands including Tiree, Mull, Islay and the Atlantic Islands. Development interest varies considerably ranging from large scale windfarms, aquaculture, housing, commerce and retail and minor householder developments.  Our built environment is also one of our key assets and we benefit from thirty two Conservation Areas.  You will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of projects.

The Planning Department is looking to recruit a motivated professional to be based in either our Dunoon or Helensburgh offices and be responsible for enforcement and monitoring of development in and around Bute, Cowal, Helensburgh and Lomond localities.

The successful candidate will help us deliver first class customer service, implement the aspirations of our growth led Local Development Plan (LDP) and maintain positive performance.

We expect the post holder to be responsible for a diverse caseload including dealing with enforcement enquiries, monitoring of developments, pre-application enquiries, planning applications, appeals, local reviews and other related projects. They will need to work effectively in a team as well as using initiative to manage workload, performance and travel to sites independently across a large geographic area.

Remuneration will be dependent on experience and qualifications and may be suited to recently qualified graduates who can demonstrate a clear route to attaining RTPI accreditation. If you are a graduate with a planning (or similar) degree the Council shall support you towards obtaining professional accreditation of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

The salary scale for newly qualified candidates will be Scottish Local Government Employee (SLGE) 9, which is between £30,020 and £32,629 per year, and for experienced candidates SLGE11, which is between £ 38,578 and £ 41,754 per year. The post holder will be contracted to 35 hours per week and will be entitled to flexitime.

Living in Argyll and Bute also provides great quality of life with breath-taking scenery and world class leisure opportunities including sailing, walking, cycling canoeing and camping on your doorstep.

The post is based at Helensburgh or Dunoon. Whilst COVID restrictions on use of offices remain in place the postholder would be expected to work from home with a requirement to travel to/from/about the Helensburgh and Dunoon area to undertake site visits/team engagement/training as necessary. Once COVID restrictions on office attendance are removed the postholder will be expected to be available to work from the Helensburgh or Dunoon office when required.

   

Applicants should note that:-

This post is suitable for job share

To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.

If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description you will require to speak with the recruiting manager, who is Peter Bain, Development Manager, peter.bain@argyll-bute.gov.uk01546 604204

Please note that you cannot apply for this vacancy by contacting the recruiting manager, applications must be made by clicking on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.

 

Please also note that we do not accept CV’s, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page