Enforcement and Monitoring Officer - Minerals & Waste

• Permanent position, 37 hours per week
• Flexible and Hybrid working.
• Extensive CPD and peer support
• Opportunity to work on a wide range of interesting projects, offering unique opportunities to develop your experience and skills.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to be a monitoring and enforcement officer within the Mineral and Waste team. 

You will be working to ensure that developers are compliant with their permissions and to investigate any potential reported breaches across Somerset. 

Working within the small but mighty mineral and waste team that sits within the wider planning service, you’ll be supported by a Principal Monitoring and Enforcement Officer, plus Policy and DM Officers. 

There is a significant breadth of work and plenty of interesting projects within Somerset, making it an interesting team to work within. 

We are looking for someone with an attention to detail and ideally with experience of monitoring and enforcement within a Local Authority environment.

It should be noted however that related experience and transferable skills will be considered.  It is also desirable that you would be (or be eligible to become) a Chartered Planner, or member of a similar organisation. 

It would be ideal if you had some direct experience but if you feel ready to step up or across into this role, we’ll support and help you to develop into a more Senior role.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

The salary for this role is £32,597 - £36,363 per annum.

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Helen Vittery, Service Manager - Minerals and Waste at helen.vittery@somerset.gov.uk

When completing your application/ CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you.