Senior Planning Officer - Conservation & Design

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Senior Planning Officer (Conservation and Design)
Waverley Court 

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council is looking to recruit a senior planner. This role will be focussed on heritage, conservation and urban design.

The post will involve heritage, conservation and design related policy and project work and would also input and support development management in terms of listed building applications and other conservation related applications.

We are looking for someone who is motivated, skilled and works well within a team environment. Significant heritage, conservation and urban design experience is essential.

We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our Council priorities are to end poverty by 2030, become a net zero city, and enhance wellbeing and equalities for all. Our City Plan 2030 project sets out challenging aims on quality of place, resilience to climate change, 20-minute neighbourhoods, net zero development and more. We are Scotland’s busiest planning authority, handling over 3,000 applications a year in a city with internationally-valued built and natural heritage.

If successful, 2 references will be required. We work in a hybrid environment under the Council’s new Working Flexibly guidance. We are based in the Council’s modern open-plan offices in Edinburgh city centre, 5 minutes walk from Waverley Rail Station.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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