Senior Planning Officer - Peterborough City Council : Job Details

Are you a Senior Planning Officer or a Planning Officer looking for your next career move?Find yourself always looking at the bigger picture, being open minded and having a development mind set?You could be just who we’re looking for to join our team here at PCC as our new Senior Development Management Officer (the PCC terminology for a Senior planning officer!)What will your role involve?Well, with the significant growth and investment we are experiencing in our city, its all systems go! You can expect to find yourself ..

• Dealing with applications ranging from minors to small scale major planning
• Engaging in mentoring our team of planning officers. Sharing your skills and knowledge to support others to grow
• Assessing planning applications and making recommendations and decisions
• Supporting our Principal planners on some really interesting major projects such as city centre developments or sustainable urban extensions to the city

This is a varied role and if you’re looking to progress your career in town planning, then Peterborough is the place to be.We do ask that you have a planning or related degree!Now, that all important question.. Why PCC?!We offer ;

• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 25 days per year + bank holidays (FTE) + option to purchase up to an additional ten days per year (FTE)
• Comprehensive pension scheme with employer contributions of 17.5% (current)
• Immediate life cover (x3 times your annual salary) and ill-health protection (applicable to those enrolled in LGPS)
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Access to a car lease salary sacrifice and cycle to work scheme
• Hybrid working - two days in our head office, Sand Martin House.
• Flexible working hours - Need to do the school runs or personal commitments? No problem!! Here at PCC we operate from 7am - 7pm

We are reviewing applications for this role daily so please don’t hesitate to apply!