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Reference number

466685

Salary

£37,111 - £45,378

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

Local Government, Housing, Rural Resilience & Sustainability Group

Type of role

Planning

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

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Location

Wales

About the job

Job summary

Planning and Local Government Directorate requires professional town planners with relevant skills and experience to work across three functions related to development management and legislation, depending on the fluctuating levels of casework and ministerial policy demands:

Legislation Support of a Bill Team delivering the new primary legislation being taken forward by Planning Directorate including the preparation of the secondary legislation necessary to implement changes within the wider planning system.
Policy lead for planning casework procedure Undertaking research and consultation as part of policy formulation for planning application and infrastructure consent procedures; monitoring the performance of local planning authorities and statutory consultees; promoting culture change and adoption of best practice across authorities.
Casework Processing applications for a wide variety of consents submitted to the Welsh Ministers.

Job description

Legislation Support of a Bill Team delivering the new primary legislation being taken forward by Planning Directorate including the preparation of the secondary legislation necessary to implement changes within the wider planning system.
Policy lead for planning casework procedure Undertaking research and consultation as part of policy formulation for planning application and infrastructure consent procedures; monitoring the performance of local planning authorities and statutory consultees; promoting culture change and adoption of best practice across authorities.
Casework Processing applications for a wide variety of consents submitted to the Welsh Ministers.

Person specification

The key responsibilities of the Planning Manager (PM) posts within the Legislation and Casework Family are:

Working with internal and external stakeholders, to shape policy on planning system procedures, particularly development management and other casework and also legislation preparation.
The production of draft advice and decision documents relating to planning casework, such as applications for Developments of National Significance, requests to call in planning applications and new casework resulting from the Infrastructure Consent regime.
Under the supervision of a Senior Planning Manager, PMs will be leading on specific policy areas to articulate the policy position within policy instructions to lawyers and drafters in the Office of the Legislative Counsel. This will include formulating policy positions to questions and issues raised by lawyers and drafters during the legislation preparation process.
Drafting of documentation necessary to accompany legislation for introduction to the Senedd, such as Explanatory Notes, Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment, Statements of Policy Intent, Justice Impact Assessment, Integrated Impact Assessments.
Assisting Senior Planning Managers with preparing and implementing engagement exercises with external stakeholders during legislation or policy roles.
Drafting advice for Ministers during policy development, Bill preparation and the determination of casework, liaising with Private Offices.
PMs will assist Senior Planning Managers implement a programme of subordinate legislation and making decisions on behalf of the Welsh Ministers in accordance with the new infrastructure consenting regime, leading on specific policy areas.
PMs will be required to support the Plans and Policy job family within Planning Directorate at times of high demand

Memberships

I confirm that I am either
(1) a member of or, are eligible to join, the Royal Town Planning Institute; or
(2) have at least 2 years planning or environment related casework processing experience.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Working Together
Making Effective Decisions
Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Awareness of the wide ranging and complex environmental, social, and economic issues associated with infrastructure projects.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,111, Welsh Government contributes £10,751 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:

2 stage process

Stage 1

Application Form

Stage 2

Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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