Principal Planning Officer

Job Purpose

Provide leadership for the development and management of planning policy for East Ayrshire. To lead the preparation, adoption and implementation of the local development plan and associated policy to ensure the delivery of successful outcomes for communities and businesses, in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of key Council objectives; specifically in relation to the Community Plan, Shared Commitments, Single Outcome Agreement and Best Value.

Requirements

Employment References
We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

Responsibilities

This is a full time position and admin base is Opera House, John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock.
The hours of work are 35 per week working;


Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm and
Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm

The salary for this post is £51,233 - £55,983

The workstyle for this post is Mobile - 20-49% of your time in an office or other work location. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 1 to 2.5 days per week and the remainder of the week at home or other work locations as required.

Additional Information

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