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Local Government Jobs Ireland Hiring for Assistant Planner Job at Limerick Full Time
Professional and Technical
Assistant Planner
Salary scale: €40,422 – €63,365 per annum, inclusive of LSIs.
Advertised Date: 27 May 2022
Annual Salary
Limerick
Permanent/Temporary
Closing Date: 13 Jun 2022, 11:59 PM
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Job Summary
Limerick City and County Council invites applications from suitably qualified persons, who wish to be considered for inclusion on a panel from which temporary and permanent vacancies for Assistant Planner may be filled throughout the lifetime of the panel.
The Position & Duties
The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated person, with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services and shall demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of
- Local authority services, its key stakeholders and relationships
- Local government structures and its democratic role and mandate
- Current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the sector, particularly in relation to planning policy and practice
- National, Regional and Local planning issuesLimerick City and County Council invites applications from suitably qualified persons, who wish to be considered for inclusion on a panel from which temporary and permanent vacancies for Assistant Planner may be filled throughout the lifetime of the panel.
Assistant Planner will be expected to carry out the following non-exhaustive list of duties:
- An ability to engage a wide and varied planning application caseload of
developments, including Strategic Housing Developments (SHD), as required;
- Assess and make recommendations on planning applications in line with all relevant
national, regional and local plans and policies and in accordance with appropriate
legislation and guidelines;
- Conduct pre-application consultations and provide planning advice to members of
the public, internal departments and elected members;
- Undertake site visits related to planning applications, condition compliance planning
enforcement, derelict sites, vacant sites etc., as required;
- Provide reports on enforcement cases, derelict sites, and vacant sites, as required;
- Prepare Development Plans and Local Area Plans and other planning policy reports
and studies;
- Analyse spatial and demographic information to discern trends in population, landuse employment etc., to inform policy development;
The above specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.
Further Information is available on our website.
Contact Details
Limerick City and County Council
Corporate Headquarters
Merchants Quay
Limerick
V94EH90
recruitment@limerick.ie
