Planning Enforcement Officer

Job Description

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This this means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authoritywhose residents are at the heart of our decision making.We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, flexible and diligent Planning Enforcement Officer to assist us with monitoring, investigating and pursuing breaches of planning regulations throughout the district.The job will involve scrutinising site histories and plans, carrying out site investigations, dealing with complainants and developers, making reasoned assessments, taking legal action when appropriate and communicating decisions to the parties concerned.The job is suitable for a wide range of people, especially people with a town planning or investigative background. Full training and support will be given to the successful candidates.We anticipate that interviews will be held the week commencing 4 April 2022.ApplyTo apply for this position please complete the application form on our website.The closing date midnight on 28 March 2022Please note that the official closing date is as above and will be the correct date. Some third party websites may have different dates so please always refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising), all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.For many of our roles (and where it is possible) we are currently working remotely and anticipate in the future returning to a hybrid office model on a flexible basis. This will still include work from home and flexi-time opportunities in order to providea good work life balance whilst still ensuring that teams benefit from in person interaction. Candidates should therefore be within commutable distance of our offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.As an employer who values diversity of thought, we seek to employ candidates from a range of backgrounds in order to make our organisation more innovative. We are seeking candidates who are looking for their next career opportunity and are a supportive employer,enabling our staff to work in an environment that produces high standards of work in an employee-led environment.Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applicationsfrom all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits, including flexitime, to encourage a work life balance.Our benefits include:a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme Pensionan array of services, networks and training to support your health and wellbeing such as Mental Health First Aiders and access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which includes financial guidance, wellbeing support and family counselling, amongst other servicesgenerous holiday entitlement dependent upon length of serviceheavily discounted gym membership at our One Leisure centres and Training Shedtailored learning and development on an individual basis, including access to Bookboon which has over 1,500 resources dedicated to developmentcareer progression opportunities including apprenticeships of all levelsenhanced policies in many areasflexi-time and hybrid working (role permitting)cycle to work schemeoccupational health programmedigital parking permitlong service award.

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