Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 13 May 2024
Closing Date: Monday 6 May 2024
Contract Type: Temporary for 2 years (2 posts available)
Salary: FC7 £31,179.34 - £38,950.71
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Job Details
Would you like to work for an award winning Planning Service? If you are about to graduate or have recently graduated or looking to develop your career in Planning, Fife has a lot to offer.
Our systems and technology have been developed making it easy for our staff to work from any location. That means that whilst we are based in Glenrothes, the posts are offered on the basis of a blended working arrangement, which can include a significant element of working from home.
The Graduate Planner post provides a great opportunity for a graduate to gain experience of a wide range of activities across the teams within the Planning Service. The successful candidate will be dealing with planning applications for a varied range of development types and contribute to the progression and monitoring of the development plan.
Over the 2 year term, the successful candidate will be supported in the completion of their logbook to demonstrate professional competencies in support of their application for Chartered Membership of the RTPI.
The post will allow you to work within different areas of the Planning Service so there is a great opportunity to expand your range of experience. Opportunities are available for postholders to be involved in areas like validation and processing of planning applications, policy development, and to gain experience of specialist areas such as archaeology, built heritage and climate change. Personal development is supported through our extensive CPD programme and our network of professional mentors.
The Person
We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals with a positive attitude to customer care; applicants must be able to demonstrate a level of competence and knowledge of planning and experience commensurate with the post/grade applied for.
Applicants must meet the specified criteria on the post applied for and must demonstrate this within their application.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
- Directorate Information - Council Department information
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
We are holding a Fife Council jobs fair on 15th May 10am - 2pm at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. We will be on hand to talk about the vacancies we have on offer and what it's like to work with the council. There will also be a chance to get support from our job clubs and employability teams and can offer help with the online application process. Please pop along on the day to find out more.
For further information please contact: Alan Blackie – alan.blackie@fife.gov.uk
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