East Ayrshire Council

A Development Planning role with East Ayrshire Council focused on producing local development plans, supporting public sector planning activities, and gaining professional planning competency within local government.Job DescriptionWork as part of a team to produce the East Ayrshire Local Development Plan and provide a range of professional planning activities delivered within the Development Planning section, whilst undertaking the Assessment of Professional Competence. At all times, working to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the Council’s key objectives; specifically in relation to the Community Plan, Shared Commitments, Single Outcome Agreement and Best Value. ResponsibilitiesWe 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. The IndividualThis is a full time permanent post and the admin base is Opera House, Kilmarnock.The hours of work are 35 per week working: Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4pmThe salary for the post is £35,654 - £38,675 per annum.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.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 locationsEast 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.

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