Looking to make an impact in Development Management?

Join our team and experience the best of both worlds working for a private/public sector partnership in the heart of Norfolk.

We are looking for an Graduate DM Planner to join Capita at an exciting time for the Breckland District Council/Capita Partnership. We are currently looking to recruit a motivated individual to join our successful Development Management (DM) team based in Dereham. As our Graduate D M Planner , you will be part of an ambitious, successful team providing our core client with high quality, timely and outcome based development management services.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Manage a personal caseload of Planning applications including: assessment of the need for planning permission, pre-application assessments, planning applications and appeals.
  • Attend Planning Committee and present applications, as required
  • Provide support and assistance to colleagues within the Planning Enforcement and Technical Support Teams as required
  • Keeping up to date with current legislation and policy changes
  • Dealing with all aspects of the Development Management processes to include site visits, consultations and negotiations
  • Providing timely, well written reports and recommendations to the managers of the development management and enforcement teams

    • What we are looking for:

  • A degree in Town and Country Planning/another relevant Degree or experience working in a Planning environment
  • A desire to work towards membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute
  • Some knowledge of current legislation relating to planning
  • The ability to prioritise and manage a workload, and to work flexibly to meet the commercial and contractual requirements of the business
  • The ability to use personal initiative to solve challenges
  • Hold a current driving licence and access to your own vehicle

    • What’s in it for you:

  • A competitive basic salary
  • The successful candidate would have the opportunity to work either in the field, from home or another location rather than being restricted by coming into a central office daily but would need to be able to visit the District on a regular basis for site visits, office and client/customer meetings or as directed by the business
  • Fees paid for chartered RTPI membership
  • Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
  • Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
  • Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.

    • You’ll be joining a network of 55,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

    What we hope you’ll do next:

    Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

    To view our Covid-19 and process adjustments information, please visit the Capita Careers site.

    Equal Opportunities

    We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.