Assistant Planning Enforcement Officer
- Employer
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Location
- Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB
- Salary
- £24,702 - £34,834 per annum. Incremental progression subject to performance.
- Closing date
- 15 Sep 2024
- Reference
- SOL/TP/183/549
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Planning
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Planning Enforcement Officer to join our Enforcement, Monitoring and Compliance team here at Solihull Council.
As an Assistant Planning Enforcement Officer, you will help investigate alleged breaches of planning control and engage with local communities to help us deliver and maintain high quality environments and development through the planning process.
Why Solihull? Well, there’s plenty going on to get you out and about in our beautiful borough. UK Central is one of the largest growth programmes in the country capturing development proposals for Birmingham Airport, Jaguar Land Rover, Arden Cross, HS2 and the National Exhibition Centre. In addition, we handle the range of work you would expect of an economically prosperous Authority with primary urban areas, rural villages and a high-quality Green Belt.
We are currently negotiating the complexities of delivering a revised Local Plan and we are also working hard to do what is needed to welcome the arrival of HS2. We pride ourselves in maintaining our historic and natural landscape, and delivering the best developments in the right locations, championing design quality, community benefits and green and blue infrastructure.
With such a big agenda, we are looking for candidates who can provide a prompt and timely end to end planning service and can undertake site visits by car to investigate and act upon alleged breaches of planning control.
To join us we ask that you can demonstrate a minimum of 5 GCSE’s grade A-C/4-9 (or equivalent). You will need to be customer focussed, engaging, confident and dynamic with a can-do approach to your area of interest or expertise to help us rise to the challenge.
We see our career graded Assistant Officer roles as the first steps into becoming a modern planner and will provide you with appropriate training and support to shape and develop your career further.
In return we can offer:
- A friendly, supportive and inclusive working environment.
- Flexible and agile working including hybrid working.
- Annual leave starting at 25 days and rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service in addition to public holidays and the opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional days holiday per year.
- A generous flexitime scheme (available for most roles) with up to 24 days flexitime allowed per year.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- A wide range of learning and development opportunities.
- A range of family and carer friendly policies.
- Employee benefits including subsidised travel passes, Cycle 2 Work Scheme, confidential Employee Assistance Programme, and staff discounts.
To apply, please click on the link below. If you have a specific question regarding this post, please contact Lucy Duffy - Team Leader of Enforcement, Compliance and Monitoring on is available on 07990 794334 or by email at lucy.duffy@solihull.gov.uk or Kim Allen, Group Leader, Development Management on 0121 704 6340 or by email at kallen@solihull.gov.uk
Closing Date: 15th September 2024
Interview Date: 23rd or 24th September 2024
Small enough to care, but big enough to make a difference.
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About Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull is regarded as a popular and vibrant place to live in the UK. As one of the most prosperous towns in the Midlands, almost two thirds of our borough is designated as green belt. We have over 1,500 acres of parks across the borough, with 16 Green Flag Awards. Solihull is very well connected, with great transport links such as the M40, M42 and M6 all close by, and an excellent rail network, plus, of course, an international airport. We are home to the award-winning Touchwood Shopping Centre, National Exhibition Centre, Resorts World Birmingham, and the Resorts World Arena.
It is an exciting time for Solihull, although we are a relatively small local authority (c. 6000 employees), we still have ambitious plans including the development of UK Central and HS2.
Here at Solihull Council, we want to ensure that all our citizens have an equal chance to share in Solihull’s success. We do this by putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
We recognise that our employees are the key factor in achieving our vision and as such, we are always on the lookout for talented individuals, who want to make a real positive difference to people’s lives and can help us to continue building on our success.
Both Smarter Ways of Working and Employee Wellbeing are key Council Priorities.
The transition to Smarter Ways of Working has presented us with the opportunity to re-think how and where we work. With the option to access portable technology, dependent upon the requirements of the role, a lot of our people are not bound to a single workplace or traditional ways of working, with many choosing to spend a good proportion of their week working from home.
Our people told us that they value flexibility, and that choice enables them to have a better work-life balance, manage family responsibilities, enhance their personal wellbeing, and continue to deliver excellent outcomes for the residents of Solihull.
Our people are our number one asset, and our aim is to have a healthy, happy engaged and thriving workforce.
Wellbeing is at the heart of our employee offer and we are a bronze accredited West Midlands Combined Authority Thrive at Work employer. This recognises our commitment and action in support of employee wellbeing; we are currently working towards silver accreditation.
Unpaid carers carry out a key role within our community and know that this can be challenging when combined with employment. Our Carer’s Policy and the ongoing support we give to our employees has resulted in us winning Employer of the Year 2022 at the Carer Friendly Awards.
We will offer you:
- A friendly, supportive and inclusive working environment;
- Competitive salaries including, for those at the top of their scale, the opportunity to receive a non-consolidated lump sum;
- A range of flexible working options;
- Annual leave starting at 25 days and rising to 30 days after 5 years' service in addition to public holidays with an opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional days' holiday per year;
- A generous flexitime scheme (available for most roles);
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme;
- A wide range of learning and development opportunities;
- A range of family friendly policies;
- Employee benefits including subsidised travel passes, Cycle 2 Work Scheme, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and staff discounts.
Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
As users of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who demonstrate they meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For roles eligible for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check this will be indicated in the advert and supporting recruitment documents. Where the post involves working with children, other vulnerable groups or in a position of trust it is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further guidance is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945449/rehabilitation-of-offenders-guidance.pdf
Please note, where sufficient numbers of applications are received, we reserve the right to close a vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore advise that you submit your application as soon as possible.
- Website
- http://www.solihull.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 704 6000
- Location
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Council House
Manor Square
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 3QB
United Kingdom
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