Sustainable Places - Planning Advisor - 24289
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London, South East
London, West Malling
Orchard House, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours
Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery, Planning
£28,785
Would you like to make a real difference?
Would you like to join a friendly, supportive team who are passionate about ensuring sustainable growth in the South East?
You’ll work with our technical teams to advise the 32 councils across Kent and South London, developers, partners to ensure development happens in the right way, in the right place, with the right environmental infrastructure to protect, enhance the environment.
The South East is a complex area with high levels of growth, a huge range of environmental challenges and wonderfully diverse customers and communities. You will respond to enquiries, planning applications and local plan consultations advising on ways to reduce flood risk, improve and restore rivers, protect our groundwater from pollution and safeguard future supply, and adapt to a changing climate.
You will need to use your enthusiasm, and knowledge of the environment to:
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with councils, developers, and consultants
• Influence planning decisions and local plan policies
• Provide developers with pre-application advice
• Manage our advice on major projects
• Work with other teams across the organisation to collate and communicate our advice
• Identify and implement improvements and efficiencies to our ways of working.
Would you like to join a friendly, supportive team who are passionate about ensuring sustainable growth in the South East?
You’ll work with our technical teams to advise the 32 councils across Kent and South London, developers, partners to ensure development happens in the right way, in the right place, with the right environmental infrastructure to protect, enhance the environment.
The South East is a complex area with high levels of growth, a huge range of environmental challenges and wonderfully diverse customers and communities. You will respond to enquiries, planning applications and local plan consultations advising on ways to reduce flood risk, improve and restore rivers, protect our groundwater from pollution and safeguard future supply, and adapt to a changing climate.
You will need to use your enthusiasm, and knowledge of the environment to:
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with councils, developers, and consultants
• Influence planning decisions and local plan policies
• Provide developers with pre-application advice
• Manage our advice on major projects
• Work with other teams across the organisation to collate and communicate our advice
• Identify and implement improvements and efficiencies to our ways of working.
The Sustainable Places team influences development across Kent and South London using a place-based approach to influence local planning strategies, Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Projects, and planning applications.
Working closely with technical teams we evaluate environmental data, evidence and assessments associated with planning consultations and influence internal strategies across the business, developing relationship management with external stakeholders.
Working closely with technical teams we evaluate environmental data, evidence and assessments associated with planning consultations and influence internal strategies across the business, developing relationship management with external stakeholders.
You will be qualified to at least degree standard (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and/ or have experience of working in the Town & Country Planning system in an environmental role.
You will have:
• Ability to follow agreed processes and apply them to different situations to deliver results
• Interest in environmental issues and opportunities and how they fit into the planning process
• Ability to present information from a range of sources to a non-technical audience
• Experience of customer service including written communication and acting on customer feedback
• Problem solving skills and ability to work on complex issues /opportunities and in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to deliver shared goals.
• Team working skills and experience in managing and prioritising workloads to deliver team goals and influence decision making processes
You will have:
• Ability to follow agreed processes and apply them to different situations to deliver results
• Interest in environmental issues and opportunities and how they fit into the planning process
• Ability to present information from a range of sources to a non-technical audience
• Experience of customer service including written communication and acting on customer feedback
• Problem solving skills and ability to work on complex issues /opportunities and in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to deliver shared goals.
• Team working skills and experience in managing and prioritising workloads to deliver team goals and influence decision making processes
We encourage applications from all sections of the community, welcoming flexible working patterns for our roles, including job share, so please include information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We offer an extensive range of employee benefits, are fully invested in developing our team member’s skills and careers, including some funded opportunities to develop academic/professional qualifications.
The role will be based in our Addington office, near West Malling/Marsham Street, London with a mixture of working from the office, home and site visits/meetings depending on business needs.
Interviews will be held in October in our Addington or Marsham Street office or virtually.
If you would like to find out more please contact Jo Beck on 0208 474 6713, jo.beck@environment-agency.gov.uk or James Togher on james.togher@environment-agency.gov.uk
We offer an extensive range of employee benefits, are fully invested in developing our team member’s skills and careers, including some funded opportunities to develop academic/professional qualifications.
The role will be based in our Addington office, near West Malling/Marsham Street, London with a mixture of working from the office, home and site visits/meetings depending on business needs.
Interviews will be held in October in our Addington or Marsham Street office or virtually.
If you would like to find out more please contact Jo Beck on 0208 474 6713, jo.beck@environment-agency.gov.uk or James Togher on james.togher@environment-agency.gov.uk
02/10/2022, 23:55 hours
Basic Check
Customer and Partner Relations
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser.
We work with a wide range of customers and we need to deliver excellent customer service to help influence planning decisions to improve the environment. Please provide an example when you have helped deliver excellent customer service? What was your role? What was the final outcome?
We work with a wide range of customers and we need to deliver excellent customer service to help influence planning decisions to improve the environment. Please provide an example when you have helped deliver excellent customer service? What was your role? What was the final outcome?
Managing the Agency’s Interaction in the Land Use Planning Process
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser.
Planning / environmental legislation
Please provide an example to demonstrate your knowledge on how the town and country planning system / environmental legislation ensures new development and regeneration can help deliver environmental improvements.
Planning / environmental legislation
Please provide an example to demonstrate your knowledge on how the town and country planning system / environmental legislation ensures new development and regeneration can help deliver environmental improvements.
Influences and Persuades Others
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser.
To deliver our team goals requires excellent skills in influencing and persuading others. Please provide an example of how you have influenced and persuaded an individual / company to improve the environment. What was the outcome and what did you learn from this?
To deliver our team goals requires excellent skills in influencing and persuading others. Please provide an example of how you have influenced and persuaded an individual / company to improve the environment. What was the outcome and what did you learn from this?
Achieves Results
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser.
In this role you will need to understand the viewpoints of colleagues and stakeholders and develop work plans or agree actions that meet these needs. Please give an example of where you have done this in the past and how you ensured those needs were met.
In this role you will need to understand the viewpoints of colleagues and stakeholders and develop work plans or agree actions that meet these needs. Please give an example of where you have done this in the past and how you ensured those needs were met.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
This Vacancy is closed to applications.