Osborne Richardson

Our client is a Local Authority in the South West of England and they are seeking an experienced Team Leader for their Planning Enforcement Team. Overseeing a team of 10 Enforcement Officers you will assist them in managing their workload within agreed timescales and within expected delivery targets. You will also be heavily involved in improving enforcement processes, documentation and forming working relationships with other parts of the council. 

You will also assist with negotiations on development proposals to achieve outcomes required to meet the Council's objectives. You will also be required to provide timely and relevant advice in relation to developments to Council members, relevant Committees, Public Inquiries, public meetings and local people, ensuring a high standard of customer service.

Applicants for this post must be qualified Town Planners with extensive enforcement experience within a local authority town planning team. Your strong technical knowledge of UK planning legislation will need to be complimented with good management skills and the confidence and ability to direct a team. Critical to this role will be the ability to communicate effectively and to engage in negotiations that can often be sensitive and complex so you will need to be able to engage productively with third parties to develop good relationships that ensure successful development.

The role has initially been released as a 3 month contract, thought there could be extended beyond this. The rate offered is £350/day Umbrella (this role is inside IR35). 

Our client offers hybrid working, but you will need to be in site or in the office at least 2 days a week. 

Closing date for applications is the 4pm on the 16th Feb. 

Please contact us for further details.


Team Leader- Planning Enforcement 

Our client is looking for a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst to take up a contract assignment paying £400/day (inside IR35).

It will be your role to harness the power of data, insights and intelligence-based decision making and collaborative working across the Council, serving to embed a data-driven culture. 

You will be working closely with designated IT resource to develop joined–up system solutions, digital innovation and a systematic approach to data capture. You will be building tools and products to measure and evaluate performance data and you will provide a suite of intelligence and performance data to enable informed decisions and track performance.

We are looking for those with solid experience working within a Local Authority; please do not apply if you do not meet this criteria. You will need experience of conducting analysis with complex datasets and proficiency in Power BI/Tableau reporting.

Our client is based in South London and will offer a hybrid work arrangement. They are close to London Bridge so easily accessible.

The initial contract will be 3 months but it is likely to extend. Full JD available.


Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Our client is a Local Authority in South London. They are looking to recruit a Procurement Officer with a proven background and experience working within a Local Authority.

The role sits in a housing engagement team and as such your work will focus on procurement activity in conjunction with the supply of accommodation, including temporary accommodation, direct lets, and private rented sector accommodation. You can expect to be working closely with the Procurement Manager in developing and implementing new initiatives to PRS landlords to increase the supply of PRS properties to ensure that supply meets demand.

On a daily basis you will be dealing with a range of tenders and you will issue tender documents and evaluate responses and let contracts to providers. You will be responsible for negotiating with managing agents to maximise procurement opportunities in line with procedures to demonstrate best use of financial resources.

We are looking for someone with a strong level of procurement knowledge and a good familiarity with Local Authority procedures. You will need to be prepared to work in the office 3 days per week. 

The rate on offer is £29/hr (umbrella).


Procurement Officer 

We have an excellent opportunity to secure a 6 month contract working within a vibrant Local Authority in Devon. 

Your work will focus on dealing with a caseload of minor and house holder planning applications and you will be providing expert technical advice at every stage. On a daily basis you will be completing reports, carrying out site visits where required and representing the Council at committee. 
 
To apply you will ideally have recent experience within a local authority development management team, however, consultancy experience is also welcome. A good grasp of UK planning legislation is required and you will need to have good communication skills and a positive attitude towards furthering your knowledge and gaining more technical experience. The role is likely to suit someone looking for that first or second move after gaining some solid work experience and feeling ready to take no more responsibility and career development. A relevant town planning degree is required.

The role is based in Devon and will pay £35 - £40/hr umbrella depending on your experience. This role is insider IR35.  

Whilst home working is possible (own laptop would need to be supplied) the officer must be available to attend for site visits on a regular basis – it is likely this could be achieved through one day every 2 weeks. 

Please get in touch for further information.


Town Planner

Our client is looking for a Valuations Surveyor who can take up a role 2 days per week (14.5).

You will join a multi-activity Commercial Estates and Advisory service and you will provide professional property valuation and management advice on the Council's land and property assets. Specifically, you activity will focus on valuations work for residential properties under the Right-to-Buy legislation.

The role will also involve providing valuation advice in other aspects of housing management, including stair-casing valuations for shared ownership properties and leasehold extensions.

We are looking for an established surveyor, capable of managing their own caseload and working effectively to deal with a wide range of property deals and transactions primarily with regard to HRA properties and development project. Previously Local Authority experience is absolutely essential.

The day rate is £442 and our client is based in East London. You will need to be prepared to carry out site work so ideally you will be London based.


Valuation Surveyor

Our local authority client, based in Berkshire are looking to appoint an experienced EH Housing Officer to carry out HMO inspections. You will also be expected to investigate failure to licence cases and taking enforcement action as necessary. Candidate will be expected to take part in early morning multi-agency visits and be on a duty rota.

This role requires you at the very least to hold the HHSRS certificate due to the nature of the work required. It is crucial you have the ability to undertake full range of regulatory functions in relation to private sector housing including HHSRS inspections, property licensing, enforcement action and investigations and representing the Council at Court or Tribunal

This is a full time post, working 36 hours per week and the client has noted that some early starts will be required. The hourly rate will be £45 per hour.


Senior Housing Regulation Officer

Our client, based in Cumbria are looking for an EHO to fulfil the Councils statutory duties relating to pollution control / public health complaints (mainly noise but also smoke, odour, light, refuse, filthy premises, etc), in the locality. Other duties will involve air pollution/noise monitoring, land drainage & flooding and collating / distributing information relating to bathing waters.  This role is to provide administrative and technical support to the team as well as some low-level enforcement. The candidate must have previous experience in EP work and good IT (Civica) and customer service skills. 

To be successful in this work you need to have experience doing the same for another Local Authority as they need someone who can hit thr gournd with little to no guidsance.

This role is to provide cover during a recruitment process for permanent staff and this is a ‘boots on the ground’ job, home and site visits etc in response to low level complaints, based from the Town Hall.  It can be remote on one or two days per week and they are looking to pay around £40 for an initial 3 mpnth contract.  They are ideally looking for someone to do 37 hours/week, with a start date of Monday 29th January 2024.


EHO - Pollution

Our client is a Local Authority in Greater Manchester and they require an experienced Town Planner to join them for a contract role. 

You will be required to take on a large and varied caseload of new and legacy, minor and householder applications. The focus will be on clear and concise decision-making and the ability to clear high volume of cases. You will not be involved in any Major applications, but candidates with experience of dealing with Majors would be welcomed. 

To apply for this role you will need to be a degree qualified Town Planner with a strong development management background. You will need to be comfortable managing your own caseload and have extensive experience of working on a large caseload of applications within a Local Planning Authority. 

Our client will offer between £35 to £42 p/h Umbrella (this role is inside IR35), with an expected 37 hours week. Our client offers a hybrid working arrangement, office / site presence will be expected at least once a fortnight. Initial contract will run to the 1 April 2024, however, there is potential for it to run for 6 months from the start date. 

Our client needs someone who can start ASAP. Please get in touch for more details. 


Senior Planner / Principal Planner 

Our client is looking for 3 DM Planning Officers, 1 post each to be appointed at Officer, Senior and Principal grade.

Rates will vary according to the role but we’d typically expect £25 - £60/hr. 

As you’d expect, workload will vary depending on your level of appointment with the Officer grade role focusing on minor apps and the Principal level role handling the most complex cases. We have JDs available for each level.

You will likely be dealing with a backload when you first start so you will need to be able to hit the ground running and work to ensure you meet agreed targets. You will be expected to manage your own caseload to agreed deadlines, having responsibility at every stage.

Our client will offer 3-6 month contracts but we expect these will extend. They offer agile working and will provide all IT equipment. They are based in Devon.


DM Town Planners x3 - officer /Snr / Principal

We have a client in West Yorkshire that are looking for an Inspector, possibly 2 to carry out work until at least the end of March. This is however a long-term contract and if you wish to continue beyond March then the option is there. The contract has rate increases built in for each year so rates will increase in April.

They have a pretty high volume of work to complete, most of which will be routine Cat C / D / E premises and some Unrated new businesses as required. We can allocate small batches of work to those with limited availability. We pay £53, £48 and £36.50 (C, D and E). You can work outside IR35 if you wish.

The contract spec is very straight forward and simply requires a full hygiene inspection; completion of report documentation and issuing of risk ratings.

We have been working with this client for over 15 years and as a result we have an excellent relationship, they are very supportive of contractors and the project is very easy to work on. 

Please get in touch if you are interested.
