Salary: £31,537 to £34,434 per annum
Grade: H
Contract: Fixed Term Contracts (12 months) available
Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week
Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Hybrid - We offer Hybrid working and you can work from one of our locality offices bases in Harrogate, Selby, Richmond, Scarborough, Malton, Northallerton, Skipton and from home subject to service needs.
Weekend Working: No
Do you have a passion for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), enjoy working with spatial data, and want to play a key role in shaping the future of North Yorkshire?
We're looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Planning Operations team as a Senior Planning Assistant, with a particular focus on GIS expertise and spatial data improvement.
Our Service:
Our Planning Services team plays a vital role in shaping the natural and built environment across the county. We ensure future development needs are met sustainably, helping to create vibrant, well-designed places where people can live, work, and thrive.
As one of the largest and most diverse planning functions in the country, we cover an exceptional geographical area. From stunning national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty to lively market towns, rural villages, and growing urban centres, our work is both varied and impactful. Joining us means contributing to projects that truly make a difference to the communities we serve.
As part of the Operations Team, you’ll support essential planning functions and play a key role in helping us deliver an accurate, efficient and customer focused service.
The Role:
This role has a strong focus on GIS and spatial data, making it an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys technical work, problem solving, and using data to support decision making.
You will:
- Act as a GIS superuser, helping to develop, maintain and improve our spatial datasets
- Lead and support spatial data improvement projects across Planning
- Manage and interrogate complex datasets to support planning casework, policy work and business intelligence
- Support project work across the service, helping to coordinate meetings, workshops and engagement activities
- Work with colleagues across the service to help improve systems, processes and data quality
What you will bring:
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Skilled and confident with GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS or similar)
- Comfortable working with large, complex datasets
- Analytical, detail focused and able to present information clearly
- Able to manage their own workload and work collaboratively with others
- A good communicator who can build effective working relationships
- Keen to contribute to service improvements and new ways of working
Experience in planning or building control is desirable, but not essential. We’re more interested in your technical ability, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for applying GIS within a planning environment.
Working for us:
- Generous Annual Leave: 28 days of holiday (pro-rata), increasing to 34 days after 5 years’ service – plus public holidays.
- Pension Scheme: Save for your future with our generous Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Fitness Discounts: Discounted Gym memberships at various gyms across the county.
- Lifestyle Savings: Enjoy a wide range of discounts at hundreds of popular high-street and online retailers.
- And more: Additional wellbeing support, employee assistance, and development opportunities.
If you are driven, proactive, and ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you! Apply now to join our team and help shape the future of North Yorkshire.
Contact and apply
For an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Lydia Stones, Delivery & Infrastructure Manager via email at Lydia.Stones@northyorks.gov.uk or on 01423 556342
Applying is easy, simply click on apply now, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload by midnight on Sunday 8th February 2026.
Planning service career opportunities | North Yorkshire Council
Key Documents
Key Dates
Closing Date: 08 February 2026
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.