Senior Planning Officer (Conservation and Heritage)
- Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Salary: Grade I, Scale Point Range 31 - 35, Salary £39,186 - £43,421 (pay award pending)
- Location: Magdalen House/Agile
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Full Time
- Hours: 36 hours per week.
- DBS Check: No
- Closing Date: 08/08/2024 at 14:00
- Reference: EGH/24/287714
Senior Planning Officer (Conservation and Heritage) - Full Time
About us
The borough of Sefton is located in north Merseyside within the Liverpool City Region.
Sefton has a unique historic environment with over 560 Listed Buildings and 25 Conservation Areas covering a wide range of building ages and types. This is a key post within the Conservation & Heritage team which is part of Planning Services. The work is both challenging and rewarding. It is critical to maintaining the distinctiveness of Sefton’s towns and villages and ensuring these areas continue to be desirable places to live, visit and work.
We have been successful in attracting national lottery funding for our Townscape Heritage project for Southport but we also face major challenges in relation to Heritage at Risk which we are currently tackling.
Job requirements:
The successful candidate will need relevant experience and qualifications in dealing with the Historic Environment through relevant planning legislation. You will be pro-active and enthusiastic and able to handle a busy and varied workload. This will include advising on development proposals and taking enforcement action, developing and implementing planning policy, and supporting a range of heritage regeneration initiatives including the Southport Townscape Heritage project.
We are looking for someone who has conservation skills and is a strong communicator, able to give advice on the historic environment to a range of stakeholders and partners.
Closing Date:
2pm 8th August 2024
Interviews will be held on 15th August 2024
Equal Opportunities
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.
GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME
Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.
If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).
Please fully complete the online application form.
