Job Description

Carrington West are assisting a local authority client based in London in the search for a Principal and/or Team Leader to support on the councils CIL & S106 functions on an initial 6-month contract.

Key Responsibilities:

·Help implement the Councils Community Infrastructure Levy and policies towards developer contributions and to contribute to the development of effective policies and procedures

·Identify the implications of government policy and new legislation, co-ordinate responses to consultation documents and ensure compliance with statutory regulations.

·Support the Development Team process with prospective developers including negotiation, agreement (in association with others), and monitoring of planning obligation agreements and to liaise with senior officers in other corporate service areas in order to identify and secure the provision of appropriate infrastructure, projects and services in the District and to ensure that the planning service performance targets are achieved.

·Help monitor the Developer Contributions Database, the CIL Database and other records and systems to ensure the proper organisation and presentation of material relating to all developer contributions and CIL receipts.

·Support with the invoicing and monitoring of developer contributions in order to ensure that agreed contributions are allocated to appropriate projects within the Councils corporate scheme for planning obligations in order to meet agreed timescales

·Ensure that the CIL charge collected is correctly allocated to parish and town councils and to identify projects in accordance with corporate programmes and local infrastructure need.

·Attend internal and external meetings and to give advice on developer contributions and CIL, including committees, sub-committees and advisory groups of the Council.

·To analyse and interpret Section 106 and CIL data and information and present this in various formats and reports for internal and external audiences to facilitate review, planning, monitoring and intervention.

·To administer and enforce section 106 agreements between the Council and developers to ensure that agreed contributions are paid and other obligations carried out.

·To keep accurate records of Section 106 agreements and the status of schemes and compliance individual planning obligations.

To apply for this role, it is essential that you have worked in a similar position whilst at a local authority planning department. It would be beneficial to hold a Post-graduate degree in planning, regeneration or a related discipline, and have the eligibility for membership of RTPI.

The council are looking for candidates who will be able to hit the ground running and are offering flexible hybrid working arrangements.

Pay Rate - £45per/hour (Negotiable depending on experience)

Job Ref - 54910

Please call Cameron de Wit on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion on this role, or email myself or our planning team if you are short of time to chat:

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Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK wide on both a permanent and contract basis and all levels of seniority. If this role is too senior, too junior or in a location that is unsuitable, but you are keen on options, please still feel free to apply and we can discuss other, often unadvertised roles with you