Senior Regeneration Officer - Kilmarnock Pride in Place Plan / We Make Kilmarnock

Job Description

To deliver an effective regeneration service to all customers including initiating, developing and delivering a range of complex regeneration projects across East Ayrshire Council.

The postholder will contribute to the provision of excellent customer care, meeting strategic objectives set out in the Strategic Plan and performance targets as part of integrated Planning and Regeneration Service.

One of these posts will work exclusively to the Kilmarnock Neighbourhood Board (We Make Kilmarnock), funded through the UK Government Pride in Place Programme, implementing the Regeneration Plan. You can find out more here: Regeneration plans for Kilmarnock · East Ayrshire Council 

The other post will work on the Kilmarnock Town Centre Masterplan and other East Ayrshire regeneration projects, find out more here:  Kilmarnock Town Centre Masterplan

Requirements

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Responsibilities

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The Individual

The Neighbourhood Board (We Make Kilmarnock) is looking to recruit an exceptional individual to help deliver its Pride in Place Plan. 

We Make Kilmarnock is the name for Kilmarnock’s Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board and the programme which underpins it. It is funded primarily through £20 million from UK Government over 10 years.

We Make Kilmarnock has an approved Pride in Place Plan which sets out what the monies are to be spent on and why. The Pride in Place Plan is part of a wider Kilmarnock Town Centre Masterplan

It is an exciting time to join the team as the project moves into delivery and as the wider ambitions for Kilmarnock to 2040 have been set out in the first masterplan since the 1970s.

Kilmarnock Pride in Place Plan

View our plan and summary version below:

 Kilmarnock Regeneration Plan for Neighbourhoods (PDF 12.85 MB)

Kilmarnock Regeneration Plan for Neighbourhoods - Summary Plan (PDF 8.22 MB)

These are permanent full time posts based within Opera House, Kilmarnock.

The hours of work are 35 hours per week to be worked:

Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm & Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm

The full time salary for the posts is between £51,506 - £56,329 per annum.

The workstyle for these posts is Flexible - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home. It is the expectation that all office-based employees (with the exception of those working in schools) will work to the higher end of their allocated workstyle in terms of time spent in the office or at other work locations.

To be considered for interview, candidates must demonstrate on the application that they meet all essential criteria of the attached job specification.

If you require further information please contact Colin McKee at colin.mckee@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.