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Senior Placemaking and Heritage Officer

Employer
Swansea City Council
Location
Swansea (Abertawe)
Salary
£33,782.00- £37,890.00 (Grade 9)
Closing date
30 Apr 2021

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Housing, Planning
Function
Officer, Planner
Sector
Local Authority

Senior Placemaking and Heritage Officer

£33,782.00-£37,890.00 (Grade 9)

Full-Time: 37 Hours

Contract: Permanent

Location: Swansea Office (with element of remote working)

Summary:

A number of exciting job opportunities have arisen within Swansea Council’s ambitious and high performing Planning Authority, where successful candidates will join teams working at the vanguard of placemaking in Wales.

New positions have been created across the Department for outstanding candidates to join Placemaking & Heritage and Strategic Planning teams, and be involved in shaping and delivering a wide range of exciting development projects coming forward across the city. 

Swansea sits at the heart of Wales’ South West region, and boasts an outstanding quality of life for residents and visitors. The County benefits from internationally recognised natural assets, including an award winning coastline and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  It is also characterised by a rich, historic urban fabric and a City Centre that is currently undergoing large-scale, transformational regeneration. This varied character illustrates the diversity of planning work to be undertaken by successful candidates, who will be join friendly and welcoming teams of planners, placemaking and heritage officers, who collectively play a key role in delivering Swansea’s next chapter of development and enhancement.

Swansea is identified in Future Wales as a significant growth area over the next 20 years, and the Council’s adopted Local Development Plan (LDP) sets out an ambitious placemaking framework to deliver that growth. Many of the proposals set out in the LDP are advancing to the planning application stage and successful candidates will have the opportunity to be involved with shaping a wide range of development schemes to meet the placemaking requirements set out in existing and emerging policy and guidance. Development projects coming forward include: large scale neighbourhood extensions on greenfield and brownfield sites; mixed use commercial-led city centre development; green infrastructure led public realm projects, repurposing and repair of key listed buildings; and the Council’s own home building programme that aims to deliver a thousand homes over the coming decade.

Candidates will need to demonstrate they have the drive, passion and capabilities to take up the role, to maintain Swansea’s excellent record in customer service and performance, and our status as being at the forefront of Wales’s placemaking agenda.

 

 

Details and key responsibilities:

Key duties for the postholder within the Placemaking and Heritage Team include:

-Provide expert placemaking, urban design, heritage, conservation area and listed building advice and guidance on all matters including Council projects, private sector major projects and the processing of planning applications for all scales of development.

-Prepare and review a range of placemaking guidance to inform planning decision making and ensure community and stakeholder engagement.

-Advise on placemaking aspects of public realm projects including concept designs, computer models and artistic impressions.

-Assist in the development, implementation and review of a Building at Risk Strategy, including assessment of building condition, liaison with owners, co-ordination with other departments and promotion to stakeholders and communities

-Assess and negotiate planning and listed building consent applications as directed under the supervision of the Placemaking and Heritage Lead Officer

-Review conservation areas, including character appraisal and management plans, and work with stakeholders to produce new decision making frameworks for such areas

Other Information:

Candidates must be a member, or working towards membership, of the Royal Town Planning Institute or equivalent professional body, and have suitable experience in a planning environment within public or private sectors.

Further information and full job descriptions for the posts are available on the Council’s website.

Closing date: 30 April 2021

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