Infrastructure and Housing Monitoring Officer

Job Description

About the role…You’ll be joining a friendly and dynamic Infrastructure Delivery team that works closely with the Cotswold and West Oxfordshire Forward Planning teams to plan for future infrastructure needs.You will be the lead infrastructure officer for the Strategic Site Allocation – Land south of the Chesterton (the Steadings), which is a new garden community on the edge of Cirencester. This incredibly important role will actively monitor and assist thedeveloper to discharge their obligations in the agreed Section 106 legal agreement and facilitate the timely delivery of infrastructure.You will collect, record, analyse and report on a range of strategic housing and planning performance indicators. This will include being the lead officer for the Council’s Self Build Register and Land Availability Statistics reports.As an Infrastructure and Housing Monitoring Officer you will:

• Deal with complex service requests, which may require detailed knowledge of a specific functional area across the organisation and/or externally.
• Manage and resolve a range of case work or investigations to conclusion using detailed knowledge of the subject area and work within relevant legislation, prescribed policy, procedures and guidelines
• Ensure Infrastructure, land use and Strategic Housing monitoring databases are up-to-date and are well maintained.
• Meet with members of the public, the Steadings development team and other parties. Attend and assist with member workshops and public consultations on the Local Plan, Steadings development or similar (e.g. CIL).

This is a new role covering the Cotswolds, famous for quintessentially English market towns and villages built from honey-coloured stone. With a range of gently rolling hills and the largest area of outstanding natural beauty in England making it a perfectbase for walking and cycling, you will have this right on your doorstep. With our agile working ethos: you will be spoilt for choice. You will need…

• At least three years’ experience in a financial, data, audit, legal, technical administration or town planning role.
• Proven ability to take ownership of case management and show accuracy, attention to detail and deliver high quality work focused on data management and analysis.
• To be able to assimilate and rationalise complex information, which requires good knowledge and understanding.
• An active and effective communicator, able to explain complex planning policy and legislation in simple to understand ways.
• A minimum qualification equivalent to NVQ level 3 or A level, and/or three years relevant experience.
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent to grade C/4 or higher.
• Experience in mentoring and training colleagues.
• To be able to collect, analyse and report data and trends and where necessary make recommendations to the wider Planning team.

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.Closing Date - Sunday 2nd JulyInterview Date - Monday 10th July Who are we… Publica is a unique place to work – we’re a local government organisation with a twist! Publica wants to transform the way local services are delivered. To help do this we have started to fundamentally rethink the way we design our services in the digitalera so that Publica is a customer focused organisation driven by real user needs. What can we do for you…

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

These are just a handful of the benefits that you can enjoy when you join us!To apply for this position please click on "apply now" within this page to complete an application form and supporting statement together with your CV. Please tell us about your skills, knowledge, qualifications, experience and how they meet the criterialisted above and in the job description/person specification. It’s important that we’re a good fit for each other, so let us know what’s important to you and why you want to work for Publica Group Ltd. Your CV will not be available to the hiring manager unlessyou are shortlisted for interview to assist with our non-biased screening process so please ensure you complete the application form in full.It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email.Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references; proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employmentor education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.