Assistant Development Control Officer (Career Graded)

Due to recent career progression in our Planning Section, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council is looking to recruit a full time Assistant Development Control Officer to join our dynamic Planning Team on a permanent contract.

This role allows for a split of home and office based working with daily attendance at the office not essential within the Council’s new agile working framework.

The core aspects of this role are to; act as Duty Planning Officer answering planning related enquiries; act as the Council’s Local Plan Programme Officer; help maintain and develop the Council’s planning related software systems; and, help validate planning applications. The role will also carry a small planning application caseload.

The successful candidate will have a positive ‘can do’ attitude, and a desire to learn and develop their knowledge of planning matters, procedures, good practice and legislation as well as their experience of working effectively with members of the public and providing a high quality of customer service.

 

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