Principal Planning Officer – Property Services

What's involved with this role: Interim Principal Planning Officer – Property Services Job Ref: Guildford 5255940 Pay Rate: £49.00 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months City: Guildford, Surrey Hybrid working available, (flexible working but with a Wednesday in the office). Drivers Licence is required for this role Part time hours will be considered We are seeking a very experienced individual to be case officer for one of the Borough Strategic sites allocated for approximately 1,800 homes, as well as retail and commercial floorspace. The applicant has indicated that they intend to submit this application in late 2024.The post would suit either someone who has a strong track record of dealing with major development schemes or has proven experience in delivering large scale development.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day management of this project working closely with key stakeholders, both internal and external.successful candidate will need to demonstrate that they also have appropriate experience of dealing with Public Inquiries, negotiation on large scale development and the experience and ability to shape a scheme to ensure that quality development, together with supporting infrastructure, is delivered on this important site. Given the importance of this site to the borough the role will report to the Assistant Director. Qualifications: MRTPI qualification. Driving Licence Skills & Experience: Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation. Significant experience working on large scale residential development preferably in development management. Strong team working skills. Experience of Public Inquiries. Excellent project management and organisation skills. High level communication and presentation skills including clear, concise reporting and correspondence particularly concerning complex or controversial issues. The ability to communicate with people of different social, economic and professional backgrounds. Attendance at evening and other out of hour’s meetings and events when required. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Mosaic). Full UK driving licence required for this role Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work.  It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us direct via by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please