Graduate Planner x 2 posts

Closing Date: 23:59pm, Tuesday 4 February 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 18 February 2025

About Us:

The Cairngorms National Park is an incredible place to live and work. The UK’s largest national park is a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is also home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species. It is a truly unique place to work, with our dedicated and passionate planning and place team who are committed to delivering a high quality planning service, every day. Furthermore, there is access to some of the most beautiful countryside straight from our Headquarters office door.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top 100 best not- for-profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.

We now have an exciting opportunity for two Graduate Planners to join the CNPA and contribute, as part of a small team, to an efficient and effective Planning Service.

The Role:

As one of our Graduate Planners you will undertake work across the various functions of the planning service. This includes development planning, by contributing to the collection and maintenance of a robust evidence base to underpin policy development, implementation, monitoring and review.

As part of development management, you will review and assess planning applications and prepare and present reports to our Planning Committee.

You will also undertake general planning-related casework and queries, and assist with monitoring and enforcement.

Please note, this is a career graded post, starting at a graduate level salary (band C), but subject to ongoing performance and organisational need, there is scope to work through the graduate role upwards into a Planning Officer level role (band D). Movement onto band D grading will be subject to appraisal reviews of performance and experience gained and availability of a Planning Officer role within the Authority’s staffing establishment.

So, if you are keen to be one of our Graduate Planner and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

Equalities:

CNPA is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities, as they are under-represented in the environment sector.

We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances CNPA appoints on merit-based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.

CNPA Benefits:

Civil service pension scheme – some of the benefits include:

member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector

tax relief on your contributions

generous employer contributions

a secure, inflation-proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty

the option of tax-free lump sum on retirement

potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work

life assurance cover

benefits for loved ones and dependants

options to increase your pension

keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere

support from our trusted charity partners

25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays

Professional development

Flexible working

Cycle to work scheme

Use of pool cars

About You:

To be considered as one of our Graduate Planners, you’ll need:

A recognised degree in Town Planning or closely related subject area and eligible for Licentiate Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Ability to accurately interpret and analyse maps and data using geographical information systems e.g. ArcGIS Pro, QGIS.

Computer literate and have a good knowledge and experience of using Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Ability to work unsupervised and to own initiative, delivering to agreed deadlines.

Ability to adapt and to learn new skills.

Ability to prioritise and deal with a varied workload and meet deadlines.

Full UK driving licence or access to driver if disability prevents driving; and

Permission to work in the UK.

How to apply:

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button

Please note, we do not accept Curriculum Vitae (CV).

If you require more information, or if you require any adjustments to be made to the application process due to disability please contact us on 01479 873535 or email: recruitment@cairngorms.co.uk

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