JOB SUMMARY

Why an Apprenticeship with the Planning Inspectorate?
As an apprentice in the Planning Inspectorate, you will work within one of our casework teams dealing with appeals, examinations, or applications. You’ll have three different 5-month placements across your apprenticeship, working in different teams, learning varied ways of working while building core skills. Where possible, placements will align with your studies, allowing you to reinforce knowledge and apply new skills in a real-world environment.
‘Our Service’ group plays a critical role at the heart of the Planning Inspectorate. Working closely with stakeholders, we deal with national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and ensure appeals are processed effectively and efficiently. You’ll gain experience and knowledge of different teams within these areas, working closely with customers, Inspectors and stakeholders.
We seek enthusiastic, motivated individuals committed to learning and development. You’ll adopt a positive approach, keeping efforts focused on top priorities. You’ll be detail-focused and enjoy the challenge of working at pace with a good level of personal responsibility.
You’ll work in a team of caseworkers in a high-performance culture with the customer at the heart of our work. You’ll collaborate with your team and leaders to deliver casework to quality, time and cost expectations. You’ll gain experience in different areas of the ‘Our Service’ delivery team.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Throughout your apprenticeship, we’ll support your development. You’ll have a dedicated line manager and apprenticeship coach who will regularly check in to support your learning and ensure you’re on track. You’ll be mentored by individuals across the wider team to support your learning across a diverse range of subjects.
The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history in ensuring a fair planning system for England. The work we do has a significant impact on people’s lives, the communities where they live and the economy.
We want our colleagues to be able to work more flexibly and more collaboratively, exploring new and innovative ways to improve the way we provide services.
For further information on the Planning Inspectorate, please visit our careers page at Civil Service Careers

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

In this role, you’ll:

• Prepare files (digital and paper) to meet deadlines
• Make decisions using our policies and procedures
• Review and create documents with accuracy
• Keep databases and websites up to date
• Communicate with people inside and outside the organisation
• Work with colleagues to improve how things are don