Senior Planning Officer - Policy

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Are you ready for a new challenge? Dudley MBC has a Senior Planning Officer role in the Planning Policy Team. Dudley is considered the historic capital of the Black Country. An area with a rich heritage, located near many towns and cities, as well as green spaces, making it the perfect place to work and live. Dudley is currently undergoing a period of growth, which will continue with the extension of the Midland Metro, the new Dudley Interchange and the completion of Health Innovation Dudley providing a new higher education facility within the borough.

The Council has been successful in securing funding (including heritage and Local Regeneration Funds) to support a number of regeneration and public realm projects across the borough’s towns. Alongside this, the Dudley Local Plan is now adopted, and work is commencing on both a new Local Plan under the new planning system and the West Midlands Spatial Development Strategy. The position offers an ideal career opportunity to gain valuable experience working in an urban authority.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual who has excellent negotiation and communication skills, as well as a flair for problem solving. You should be a RTPI accredited professional or have sufficient post qualification experience to be eligible for chartered membership of the RTPI, as well as having experience working within a planning policy environment. You should also have a full UK driving licence, please state this in your application.

Working within the planning policy team, you will play an important role in the preparation of the Local Plan and other policy documents, including research, policy formulation and participation in consultation events and independent examinations. Changes in planning policy also present fantastic opportunities to work on strategies for growth at both the local and regional level. You will also be involved in the preparation of supplementary plans, masterplans and development briefs.

You will provide advice on planning policy issues to a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders - including elected members, developers and government agencies. You should have experience of working within a planning policy environment.

37 per week

£42,839 - £46,142 (pay award pending)

Full Time Permanent

Hybrid working – from home and office:
Council House, Priory Road, Dudley

• Planning Services operate an agile working environment and offer flexible working time with the ability to accrue flexi-time leave.
• Leave entitlement of 30 days, rising by 4 further days after 5 years continuous service.
• Season tickets for car parking facilities are provided along with mileage allowance.
• The service offers a supportive environment with the ability to experience a wide variety of work streams and application types within an experienced and diverse team. Continued professional development is a strong part of the planning services ethos and is actively encouraged.

Elizabeth Vesty, Principal Planning Officer, on email: e

Kaliegh Lowe, Principle Planning Officer, on email:

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note:

Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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