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On behalf of Sport England, we are looking for a Land Use Planning Assistant (Inside IR35) for a 9 month contract based REMOTELY.

As a Land Use Planning Assistant, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Proactively manage a caseload of statutory and selective non statutory planning applications, responding within the designated timeframe, carrying out negotiations with local authorities and developers as appropriate and ensuring that the Planning Information Management System (PIMS) is kept up to date.
• Respond to local plan and other policy/strategic planning documents within the designated time frame.
• Proactively work with selective local authorities in developing a needs and evidence base for sport and recreation, offering advice on tools and techniques such as the Facilities Planning Model, Active Places Power and Playing Pitch Methodology
• Proactively contribute to national planning work to help drive forward innovation, efficiencies and deliver improved planning guidance and tools.
• Work flexibly to carry out any other duties that your skills can be applied where directed and capacity allows.
• Follow policies and procedures in relation to other matters e.g. Health and Safety, procurement

You'll have:

• Under-graduate degree in Planning (RTPI recognised course) or post graduate degree or diploma in planning (RTPI recognised course)
• Experience of working in a local planning authority, private sector consultancy or other relevant agency in such areas as policy development, regeneration, or development.
• Previous experience of contributing to policy and strategy preparation, such as local development plan.
• Previous experience in using multiple data sets, tools and techniques to support the production of robust strategies.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply Planning Law.
• Knowledge of National Planning Policy Framework and Sport England’s policy and statutory role in relation to playing fields.
• Knowledge of Sport England’s wider policies in relation to planning.

Desirable:

• Experience of using Geographical Information Systems and associated data analysis.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply Planning Law.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability confident 

As a member of the disability confident scheme, Sports England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".