The DfE Planning Team is part of the Estates Legal, Land & Planning Division and sits within the Education Estates Directorate. It plays a key role in supporting the delivery of new schools and the rebuilding of schools and colleges across England. 

The team operates on a regional basis and the successful candidates will be responsible for advising on all planning aspects of new and expanding/replacement school and college delivery in a geographical region (one roles covers the South East, the location of the other to be confirmed in conjunction with successful candidate). The role primarily involves providing initial and on-going advice on strategic and site-specific planning issues; ensuring that planning advice is available through the life of a project; that suitable planning strategies are in place to ensure the timely delivery of planning permissions; and that planning risk is appropriately assessed.

We require an experienced and self-motivated planning professional to join our team, they will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of legal, commercial, technical and project delivery experts to ensure the planning permission is in place when required and that the wider programme objectives are met.

Full details available via the links to the adverts on Civil Service Jobs.

Regional Planning Lead (RPL), National - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK

Regional Planning Lead (RPL), South East - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK