Senior Natural Environment Officer

Seven Resourcing are looking for a temporary Senior Natural Environment Officer to work within Northamptonshire.

This position is initially for a period of 2 months and are paying £29.23 (PAYE) or £38 (Umbrella)

The working hours are 9 am to 5pm Monday to Friday, this role promotes Hybrid working.

The role:

To support the provision of appropriate specialist advice on natural environment issues, with a technical specialism in ecology. To support the production and maintenance of an up-to-date suite of policy documents to guide and set high standards for future development in the area, including developing, maintaining, and reviewing local plans, neighbourhood plans and other planning policy documents. To support specialist monitoring, research, and statistical activities to support the Planning Service.

Key Responsibilities:

• To make a proactive and positive contribution to the effective delivery of the Planning Service, this will include working flexibly and positively to achieve the objectives of the council.
• To respond in a timely and professional manner to requests for support from members of the public seeking to engage with the Planning Service. This will include providing support to the Customer Contact Centre and the Complaints and Customer Feedback teams where required.
• To support timely responses to customer, MP and Councillor complaints, feedback, FOI and EIR requests to ensure the Planning Service is consistently meeting corporate service standards.
• To implement the Council’s place shaping agenda and its objective to be positive and proactive in terms of allowing the ‘right schemes’ in the ‘right place’ at the ‘right time’.
• To provide a high standard of timely natural environment advice to the development management service and other relevant services across the Council and in the Place Directorate.

Applicant Requirements:

Qualifications: Relevant undergraduate degree and postgraduate qualification and a Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

Experience:  Extensive experience of working in local government providing a high standard of timely ecological advice to the development management service and other relevant services

Compliance:  Proof of right to work in the UK and 2 x references. 

Travel:  Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.

Hours:  37 hours p/w.

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