Trainee Planning Assistant (Student Placement)

Fife Council

  • Glenrothes, Fife
  • £23,633-25,829 per year
  • Temporary
  • Full-time
  • 19 days ago
Job Description:Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 13 May 2024Closing Date: Monday 6 May 2024Contract Type: Temporary for 1 year (2 posts available)Salary: FC4 £23,633.23 - £25,829.49 (Pro-Rata)Working Pattern: 14.4 hours per week (with extended hours up to 36 per week between terms)Location: Fife House, GlenrothesSupporting StatementAs part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at .Job DetailsWould you like to work for an award winning Planning Service? If so the student placement post provides an opportunity for a full time student to gain practical work experience in their chosen field of study. The placement will normally take place immediately prior to the final year of under graduate study, although a placement earlier in the academic course would also be possible.The post will allow you to work within different areas of the Planning Service so there is a great opportunity to expand your range of experience. Opportunities are available for postholders to be involved in areas like validation and processing of planning applications, policy development, and to gain experience of specialist areas such as archaeology, built heritage and climate change. Personal development is supported through our extensive CPD programme and our network of professional mentors.The PersonApplicants must be actively engaged in a full time course of study, leading to a qualification at Degree level in town planning or a related discipline.We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals with a positive attitude to customer care; applicants must be able to demonstrate a level of competence and knowledge of planning and experience commensurate with the post/grade applied for.Applicants must meet the specified criteria on the post applied for and must demonstrate this within their application.Further Information
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