GIS and Graphics Coordinator - Planning Services (P00675)

Location: Appletree Court Lyndhurst Hampshire

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Up to £32,536 per annum

New Forest District Council is planning positively for the future and investing in its planning service to ensure it delivers high quality development in one of the most attractive and environmentally sensitive areas of the country. An opportunity has arisen within the Planning Service which covers New Forest District outside of the New Forest National Park.  

You will provide specialist technical support to professional officers in the Planning Service. Your work will include the production of documents, plans/maps and other illustrative material; the collection, processing, mapping, analysing and management of data utilising appropriate software packages, including GIS mapping; and preparing presentation material for meetings and web publication to support the work of the service.  

New Forest District is a wonderful place to live and work. You will be based at our offices are in the heart of the New Forest National Park at Lyndhurst and be able to enjoy the benefits of a National Park on your doorstep, easy access to the coast, and the wide range of amenities on offer in nearby Southampton and Bournemouth. The Council is enabling smarter working practices with a programme of enhanced office-based workspaces, investment in technology, and flexible homeworking arrangements.   

We are looking for someone with proven digital design skills and flair, with an aptitude for handling data and information with precision and understanding.  

Knowledge of the work of a local planning authority and the planning system would be an advantage, and you will need to have good communication and customer care skills.  

Benefits include:

• Up to 26 days leave (plus an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service)
• Good pension scheme (defined benefits)
• Employee Assistance Programme

Up to three small documents that illustrate mapping and graphics skills may be included with your application, please email these separately to Megan.Dollman@nfdc.gov.uk  

Please note, this post is subject to a Basic DBS Check.

For an informal discussion please contact Mark Williams on 02380 285 475 or Mark.Williams@NFDC.gov.uk