Consents Project Manager

This is an exciting time to join Cambridgeshire County Council's Consents Team. This role sits within the Consents Team in the Planning Service, part of the Place and Sustainability Directorate. The team oversees all the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and Transport and Works Act orders (TWAOs) (Consents) within Cambridgeshire and neighbouring authority areas. We act as a central point of contact between the County Council, its technical officers, and developers of NSIPs and TWAOs to ensure the Council's interests are represented throughout the process. Cambridgeshire is experiencing accelerated growth, and the number of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects has increased in recent years. This role will project manage the Council's responses to NSIPs and TWAOs, to support the delivery of the growth agenda. The role will manage input from all relevant County Council services and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, seeking to protect Cambridgeshire's existing assets, secure enhancements and benefits, and support growth to come forward in the best ways possible for Cambridgeshire and its communities., The role involves project managing the County Council's responses to NSIPs and TWAOs, ensuring effective coordination, and instilling project management best practice throughout the process. This will involve working to strict and often competing deadlines, undertaking information management, and providing updates and reports to senior officers and Elected Members. The role will require working collaboratively across the Place and Sustainability Directorate, as well as with colleagues and stakeholders in the wider County Council to support the operational delivery of the organisation's objectives. You will collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders, including extensive liaison with developers, their consultants and agents, and relevant external partners. You will work with partners to ensure there is a shared understanding of the issues and risks, seeking to achieve successful outcomes for the Council and Cambridgeshire throughout the NSIP and TWAO processes., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

You will be capable of delivering a range of projects of varying complexity, working to strict deadlines. You will have to perform within a statutory framework of providing responses and reports. You will be able to operate within a political and technical environment. Ideally you will have previous experience of project management or Planning and be aware of Planning legislation relevant to NSIPs and TWAOs. The projects you may work on include Energy and Water projects, so experience in these fields would be beneficial. You will be able to smoothly manage projects and planning processes with a high level of attention to detail. You will have strong communication skills and experience of working in partnership across organisations to achieve strategic ambitions. You will be an excellent communicator, with experience of working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes