Senior Planning Officer (Biodiversity Officer)

Job Description

Place – Sustainable Development

Senior Biodiversity/Ecology Officer
Waverley Court

Salary: £40, 275 – £47,654
Hours: 36 per week

We have ambitious plans to realise Edinburgh’s vision of a fair, welcoming, pioneering and thriving city.

Our Council priorities are to end poverty by 2030, become a net zero city, and enhance wellbeing and equalities for all. Our City Plan 2030 project sets out challenging aims on quality of place, resilience to climate change, 20-minute neighbourhoods, net zero development and more. We are Scotland’s busiest planning authority, handling over 3,000 applications a year in a city with internationally-valued built and natural heritage.

Our Planning service is continuing with our major change programme to help make it fit for the future and be fully able to support the significant change Edinburgh faces in the years ahead. We are developing new ways of working and want to enhance our relationship with our customers and stakeholders. You will be committed to delivering an efficient, effective, and customer-focused Planning service and delivering great places.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated senior biodiversity/ ecology professional to join our team, leading on biodiversity at time when National Planning Framework 4 puts biodiversity as a key consideration in planning decisions.

You will be providing the biodiversity response for a wide range of planning applications including input as part of the pre-application service. The role will include working on strategies, policies, and projects, as well as a providing a supervisory role for the Edinburgh Biodiveristy Partnership. You will be contributing to change and improvement, and supporting the professional development of colleagues.

We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

If you are interested, you should bring a strong sense of customer service, excellent communication skills, an understanding of quality assurance and an appetite for project delivery and continuous improvement.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.  For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.

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