Senior Tree and Landscape Officer
(Full Time, Permanent, Grade 7 - £33,799 - £37,849 per annum)

We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic individual for this key role within the Development Management Team.

Professionally qualified or with relevant experience in Arboriculture, you will have a proactive approach, be open to new ways of working (we operate a paperless approach to planning) and be driven to provide excellent customer service. You will have experience of dealing with a caseload of applications for consent in relation to trees, planning processes as well as the administration of planning controls and tree regulations.

East Northamptonshire is a very attractive part of the world.  The River Nene runs through the district and we have 28 Conservation Areas and around 1,400 Listed Buildings. 

• Essential Car User Allowance
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Between 24 and 34 days annual leave (dependent on length of service) plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours available
• Free on-site car parking 

Our offices are in Thrapston, at the junction of the A14, A45 and A605. 

If this excellent opportunity sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: Roz Johnson - Planning Development Manager - on 01832 742045.
 

Closing Date: 5 January 2020 at 11:59pm

Interview Date: Anticipated to be w/c 13 January 2020

At East Northamptonshire Council we believe that our staff members are our most valuable asset. We are committed to attracting and retaining the very best, and utilising all the talent and experience available. We recognise the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities. These include; part-time working, home-working, compressed hours and job sharing.

Changes are on the horizon across Northamptonshire in which the county council and all the district and borough councils will join to create unitary authorities covering populations of over 300,000 each. This transformation could open the doors to new and exciting career opportunities for all our employees.

All applications for this role must be made through the NN-JOBS recruitment portal.  We are unable to accept CVs.