Trainee Technician

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement: Job Details Fife Council Planning Services is committed to providing pathways into the planning profession. As such we are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to gain valuable planning experience within our Gateway Team. This post provides an opportunity for a full time student, who is currently engaged in study in a relevant subject at college who is interested in making the next step through a pathway to a qualification in Town and Country Planning or equivalent. The post will be located within our Gateway Team, which is our main point of customer contact within Planning Services. The postholder will be involved in: -

• Validating planning applications
• Providing advice to members of the public on planning related matters
• Digitising planning application boundaries
The Person If you meet the essential qualification criteria outlined below, we'd like to hear from you: We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals with a positive attitude to customer care; applicants must be able to demonstrate an understanding of what makes a great place and be keen to be involved in a profession where they can help to improve places across Fife.. Applicants must meet the specified criteria on the post applied for and must demonstrate this within their application. We pay the Scottish Local Government Living Wage of £12.67 per hour for this post. Further Information
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