
Conservation Officer
Id Job: 3172304
Id Job: 3172304
Reading Borough Council offers more than just your next job. It’s a place where you can shape your career and we will ensure that you have every opportunity available to you to progress. This includes regular performance appraisals and feedback from your line manager, supporting you to develop your skills and experience.
Reading has played a significant role in the nation’s history and has a legacy of considerable heritage assets, but at the same time is a vibrant town subject to considerable development growth that can place pressure on those assets as well as provide an opportunity to better preserve and reveal those assets.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
About the role
This post is an exciting opportunity to join our Planning service as Reading’s Conservation Officer, and play a key role in shaping how the historic environment of Reading informs the Borough’s future development and change. You will be within the Planning Policy team.
In the role, you will provide conservation advice to the Development Management team on planning applications and pre-application enquiries. You will also be responsible for considering additions to the list of locally-important buildings, as well as engaging with the community on changes to conservation areas. In addition, there will be involvement in planning enforcement on historic buildings, and assisting other services within the Council to best conserve assets in our ownership.
You’ll be part of a team where each individual plays their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed
About you
Qualities and Experience required for this role:
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
To arrange a confidential discussion on this position please contact:
Mark.Worringham@reading.gov.uk
Closing Date: 12th June 2023
Interview Date: TBC
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.