Graduate Planner (Work Experience)

About the role:

Horsham District Council is offering a 3-month placement as a Graduate Planner (Work Experience) to students or recent graduates of a planning related course within the Development and Building Control department. This opportunity will give you valuable practical planning work experience for your future career.

As a Graduate Planner you will have the opportunity to contribute to the day-to-day work of the Development Management team through the processing of a variety of planning applications and carrying out other duties associated with the planning application process. Such duties include dealing with householder pre- application enquiries, planning history requests, duty phone calls and determination of householder applications including the preparation of Officer reports and site visits.

About you:

To succeed as a Graduate Planner, you will have a degree in a subject relevant to planning or working towards one, and you will have a professional attitude, good communication skills and be capable of working on your own initiative to meet deadlines. A full current driving licence, with recent driving experience is essential for the role as you will be visiting development sites and attending meetings across the Horsham District. An understanding of town planning legislation with experience of working in a local planning authority is not essential but would be an advantage.

For an informal discussion about this role please call Guy Everest Applications Team Leader on 01403 215633.

About us as an employer:

We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody.

We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work life balance by, offering 28 days’ (207.2 hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable.

We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary.

To support employees’ professional development the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Visit our Jobs and careers page to find out more about Working for Horsham District Council and Our employment commitments.

To apply:

If you would like to apply for the role, we highly recommend you show clearly within the ‘Experience Section’ of the application form how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the Role Profile when applying. If you do not make this clear, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for interview.

Internal applicants, if you would like to apply for the role, please submit an expression of interest to HR@horsham.gov.uk explaining clearly how you meet the criteria and what you feel you can bring to the role.

Suitable applicants will be contacted for interview on an ongoing basis therefore this advert may close early.