Principle Planning for Health Officer

Role Responsibility

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, forward-thinking individual for an exciting new challenge, collaboratively working with our Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Service, Kent County Council Public Health and Active Kent and Medway. 

This is a dynamic, collaborative and fantastic role for someone wishing to progress within the planning and/or public health field.

The new Principal Planning for Health Officer role will build relationships with key stakeholders to provide advocacy and influence that ensures places and spaces in Kent are well designed, sustainable and positively impact on the health and wellbeing of communities.

If you have the ability to see the long-term picture, with the ambition, energy and vision to make a real contribution to the delivery of our objectives, this could be the role for you.

Main responsibilities include play a leading role in liaising with external partners, developing a strategic vision around planning for health in Kent, influencing planning policy, planning decisions, sharing evidence, best practice, data and intelligence and developing, designing and implementing procedures to review and respond to planning

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contract: Fixed Term, Full Time to 31st March 2027

Location(s):  Invicta House, Maidstone, (travel required throughout Kent) 
NB: Hybrid working re: office and home working.

Closing Date for applications is 5pm 21st April 2025
Interviews will take place 7th May 2025

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, pleasecontact:

Claire Pamberi, Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Manager on 03000 413320 or claire.pamberi@kent.gov.uk.

Paul Clarke, Public Health Specialist on 03000 413555 or Paul.Clarke@kent.gov.uk

Sophie Ward, Strategic Lead Community & Partnerships on 03000417225 or sophie.ward@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

KCC is transitioning to a new pay structure from 1st April 2025.  More details can be found here - Pay - Jobs & Careers - Kent County Council 

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.