Job Description

About this role:

We are looking for an efficient and enthusiastic individual to join our dedicated Planning and Growth Technical Support Team at West Suffolk Council.



As a key member of the operational support team within planning, you will be assisting with the delivery of effective and efficient administrative and technical support for the planning service.

What

you will need:

The successful candidate will be:
a highly motivated self-starter with enthusiasm able to work as part of a team. flexible in their approach to work with a 'can do' attitude. an excellent administrator and communicator skilled in IT and able to move between different systems. able to work under pressure and meet deadlines. organised with high attention to detail and accuracy.




If you believe you would add value to the work we do at West Suffolk Council but don't have knowledge of planning, we would welcome your application.



If you can embrace the opportunities that working in such a dynamic environment brings, then we can offer you a fascinating, challenging, supported and always interesting workplace here in West Suffolk.

Why work for us?

Our benefits include:

annual leave entitlement of 25 days per annum (pro rata if part time) plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days plus bank holidays after 5 years' service (with an option to buy up to an additional 10 days annual leave each year subject to approval) a generous pension scheme (LGPS) including life assurance (a payment of three times your annual salary) flexible working options to enable work/life balance agile working (ability to work in the office and from home) with work being an activity we do, not a place we go access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services Rail and bus staff discounts a range of Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres a culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning Modern office accommodation

For more information:

For further information please email Dawn Hale, Planning Business Support Manager on dawn.hale@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Closing date:

5 June 2025

Interview date:

12 June 2025



West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 councils for climate action and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities. The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2030.