Trainee Planner

Place - Sustainable Development

Student/ Trainee Planners: Undergraduate Placement Year - fixed term until 06/06/2027
Waverley Court

Salary: £29,173 - £33,287
Hours: 36 per week

We're looking for two student/trainee planners to join our Planning service for their placement year as part of their undergraduate course. This post is not for those who have already graduated.

The placement will involve working in both Development Management and Development Planning so you would get a range of experience and be an integral member our Planning service.

Within Development Management, you would have your own application caseload and deal with a variety of applications. In Development Planning, you would be involved in preparing the next local development plan: City Plan 2040.

You will be fully trained and supported. 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.

The interview will be competency based and we will be looking for examples to demonstrate these. If successful, 2 references will be required.

We work in a hybrid environment under the Council's new Working Flexibly guidance, which will see us using our modern open-plan offices in Edinburgh city centre, 5 minutes' walk from Waverley Rail Station.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of 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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