The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
The Planning Policy Team at Southwark Council are looking for a Climate Change planning specialist who is passionate about tackling the climate emergency within Southwark. The key workstreams of this new role includes:
- Preparing new climate mitigation and adaptation planning policies and planning guidance through the review of the Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents. We will be working at the cutting edge of how local planning policy can respond to ambitious carbon reduction targets. This will include responding to the uplift in carbon emissions required by the Part L Building Regulations 2021, the emerging Future Homes and Building Standards, and new ways of assessing energy performance, as well as monitoring of planning applications.
- Providing specialist and technical input and advice for the Planning Division throughout the planning process, including reviewing energy statements, and other carbon related documents submitted with planning applications to identify and negotiate ways of ensuring the delivery of net zero buildings.
- Embedding climate change as part of our pre-application planning advice service, as part of a review of planning services.
- Upskill planning officers to increase the capacity and expertise in assessing climate and energy aspects of planning applications.
- Establishing collaborative ways to deliver the council’s adopted Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan.
- Working with colleagues from other councils on progressing climate policy across London.
About You:
As a climate emergency planning specialist, you will be part of a dedicated team of planners, graduates and apprentices who are very enthusiastic about tackling the climate emergency by updating planning policy and guidance to ensure planning and development pushes the boundaries of climate change mitigation and adaptation as part of making Southwark a net zero borough by 2030. You will need to report to senior officers and members, and you will need to liaise with the GLA and Central Government responding to new initiatives and policy, and finding ways to implement them effectively at Southwark. Project and team management experience is required
The Planning Policy Team is part of the Policy, Building Control and the Historic Environment team. This team provides specialist advice on planning applications, prepares policy and strategy to guide development and monitors change and improvements. This team is part of the Planning and Growth Division which leads on sustainable change and growth in Southwark.
Additional salary details
This is a 24 months Fixed Term Contract.
Benefits and More Information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59 PM on 13th November 2022
Interview date: 7th December 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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