Responsibilities:
- Responsible for preparing all applications for development consents, authorisations and approvals according to applicable law and guidelines, including use of external planning lawyers
- Define and manage delivery of consent application documents to authorities, ensuring required inputs are included from the
- Project development, EPC, O&M and other project interfaces
- Provide a continuously updated consents register containing an overview of all required consents, conditions & obligations
- Responsible for keeping updated on all planning & consenting policy, guidance, and key stakeholder initiatives and representing the project's interest within those initiatives.
- Provide application & consent risks to risk register
- Responsible for preparing all required processes within the development schedule.
- Communication, reporting and exchange of information with the authorities on applications as directed by the Project Development Manager
- Manage and regularly update a consent register with an overview of all consents, conditions and obligations; record all correspondence & approvals from consenting stakeholders
- Agree programme for deliveries to authorities after agreement with the Project Development Manager
- Track the consent release process/ permission to construct under the various consents and authorities. Record proof of consent compliance in consents register
- Ensure programme for pre-construction consent release is communicated to the project and kept up to date
- Monitor and record how any requirements from authorities are incorporated into the construction project
- Prepare input to the handover to O&M outlining all consents; specific conditions, obligations, records of authority correspondence and approvals to consent conditions
Requirements:
- Educated (M.Sc. or B.Sc.) in planning, law or similar
- 5 - 10 years of relevant experience within planning application and environmental permits work,
- Local experience from project country, including strong language skills
