Conservation Officer

Conservation Officer - Planning & Historic Environment Hybrid working available Competitive hourly rate - DOE Initial contract 37 hours per week Job Ref - 68978

About the Role

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Conservation Officer to support a busy Planning and Historic Environment Team, providing additional capacity across planning and listed building applications and delivering specialist heritage advice.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess planning and listed building consent applications
• Provide specialist conservation and heritage advice on planning proposals
• Respond to pre-application planning enquiries
• Undertake site visits and prepare reports and recommendations
• Support conservation area, heritage policy and Buildings at Risk work
• Liaise with Historic England, applicants and key planning stakeholders

Requirements

• Relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in conservation, historic environment, planning, architecture or a related discipline
• Experience working as a Conservation Officer or in a similar planning/historic environment role
• Strong knowledge of listed buildings, conservation areas, the NPPF and Historic England guidance
• Experience assessing heritage proposals and preparing written planning recommendations
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Please call Jake Herrington on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion on this role, or email: (url removed) (url removed)

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