Hours: 37 hours per week, part-time considered

Location: Kendal, with opportunity for some home working

Salary: £35,453 to £41,178 pa (pending 23/24 pay award)

Looking for an opportunity to make a difference in one of the most stunning areas in the UK? Do you have a passion for conservation and sustainable development? 

We’re looking for a keen and confident Strategy Planner to take on a rewarding planning policy role in one of England’s most spectacular landscapes and largest World Heritage Sites – The Lake District.

You will have the opportunity to lead the preparation of the next Local Plan from vision to implementation. With an up-to-date Local Plan, adopted in 2021, the review will commence towards the end of 2024 giving you time to start thinking about the big questions the Plan might address. As a National Park we don’t have a housing delivery requirement, but we choose to set a local housing need target to support the delivery of sustainable development. Our team won national planning awards in 2019 for stakeholder engagement on our Local Plan, and we are currently part of DLUHC’s Design Code Pathfinder Programme.

You will also support the delivery of the Partnership’s Management Plan 2020-2025. Through building a network through the 22 members of the Lake District Partnership, you will support the preparation of the next joint National Park and World Heritage Site Management Plan. 

You’ll have the day-to-day support of great peers in your team and the wider service, and a strong group of members and councillors who value your work, giving you confidence and stability for strategic planning. 

Please read the attached Role Profile for the full person specification on this post.

We’re looking for someone who’s a forward thinker, comfortable with people, a great communicator, highly organised in their work, and someone who can inspires others. If that’s you, we would love to hear from you. 

• Generous Pension Scheme with an 18% employer contribution
• Electric car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Paid time off so you can volunteer
• Subsidised healthcare scheme

See our website for a complete list of our employee benefits.

For an informal discussion please contact Rob Allison (Team Leader – Strategy, Partnerships and Policy) 01539 792672 or email [email protected] 

The closing date for applications is 26 June 2023, however we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient applications - so please apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity. 

As an equal opportunities employer, the Lake District National Park Authority is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. These groups are under-represented at the LDNPA, particularly at senior level.

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide evidence in your application which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required under each of the essential criteria, as well as meeting any of the qualification, skills or experience defined as essential.