Infrastructure Planning Policy Officer

Infrastructure Planning Policy Officer

This post is within the Strategic and Neighbourhood Planning Team which is part of the Council’s Economy and Environment Service.  The service leads the Council’s infrastructure planning activity, actively contributing to the development of the area, future growth, business investment and connectivity to support the local economy and protect the environment.

We invite you to join our friendly, committed and hard-working team in providing new and improved infrastructure to deliver growth in the area.  Our exciting and challenging programme of work includes: responsibility for producing the spatial strategy and infrastructure elements of the new Herefordshire Local Plan.  The timely delivery of high-quality infrastructure is fundamental to supporting development and ensuring Herefordshire is a great place to live, work, socialise and invest.

The Council seeks a highly organised individual with a good knowledge of the development industry and infrastructure provision to support the delivery of development and the Herefordshire Local Plan. The role will require liaison with teams across the Council as well as third party infrastructure providers to ensure that the infrastructure required to support the growth within the county is identified along with delivery timescales and appropriate funding sources.

You will have a good knowledge and experience of current planning issues, legislation, planning policy drafting and working on supporting evidence .  An understanding and practical experience of working with, Section 106, the Community Infrastructure Levy and viability evidence is preferable.  This post will play a significant role in ensuring the right infrastructure is secured and delivered to support development and help the Council to meet its corporate priorities.

The postholder will be capable of building strong relationships with all infrastructure providers to understand their needs, and then ensuring this is reflected within our key policy document, the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).  This is an important role which will contribute to the Council’s vision and priorities to tackle inequality, share wealth and support a better standard of living; to best use Herefordshire’s collective resources.

Benefits of working for Herefordshire Council:

• A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)

• Generous Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum
• Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

•Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme;

•Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant;

•Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.   

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.

To apply, please submit your CV and complete the supporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you would like to obtain details regarding feedback on your application please contact Hoople Resourcing at: [email protected]