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) Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supplies clients UK-wide on both a permanent and contract basis at all levels of seniority. If this role isn't quite right, please get in touch to discuss other opportunities