Enforcement and Monitoring Officer (Building Safety Levy)

What will you be doing?

You’ll be responsible for monitoring development activity and ensuring compliance with building regulations, planning approvals and regulatory requirements, with a primary focus on the Building Safety Levy. You’ll work independently to manage cases, track and collect developer contributions and take appropriate enforcement action where required to ensure compliance. While your main focus will be the Building Safety Levy, there will also be opportunities to support the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 functions, giving you a broad and varied experience across developer contributions.  Alongside this, you’ll carry out site visits, review plans and records, liaise with developers, stakeholders and the public and provide clear advice on Building Safety Levy and enforcement matters. Through your work, you’ll contribute to maintaining high professional standards and supporting the effective delivery of development across West Northants.

About you

You’re a proactive and organised individual with an interest in planning, building, development and regulatory work. You’re confident analysing information, interpreting plans or legislation and making sound decisions in a fast-paced environment. With strong communication skills, you can engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, from developers and agents to members of the public, always delivering a clear and customer-focused approach. You’re comfortable managing your own workload, prioritising tasks and working both independently and as part of a team. Most importantly, you bring a positive, solutions-focused mindset and share our ambition to deliver high-quality services that support thriving communities, reflecting our THRIVE values in everything you do.

Our benefits

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. 

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us. 

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Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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