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Consents Officer
Consents Officer – Permanent Role
Application Deadline: 10 July 2026
Department: Development
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Cardiff (Hybrid Working)
Reporting To: Laura Williams (Consents Director)
Compensation: £38,000 / year (starting salary, dependent on skills and experience)
About the Role
At Green Gen Cymru, we are building and operating a green energy network for Wales, ensuring 100% renewable energy can reach homes, hospitals, schools, businesses, and communities.
Our mission? To provide a reliable, resilient energy distribution network that tackles the energy crisis, climate crisis, and cost-of-living pressures—while empowering rural communities through investment, jobs, and skills. The potential for renewable energy in Wales is vast—especially wind—but it must reach those who need it most.
By 2035, we’ll develop a stronger, more robust renewable electricity network, delivering clean, green energy to Wales and beyond.
Key Responsibilities
Accountable To: Consents Director
Team: Consents Team
You’ll play a crucial role in coordinating planning and consenting activities across Development Consent Orders (DCO), Infrastructure Consent Orders (ICO), and Transport and Works Orders (TCPA)—from feasibility studies, routing, and application submission, examination to determination, and pre-construction.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide on-the-ground support to the Consents Director and Consents & Planning Manager, ensuring planning and consenting workstreams align with project strategy from routeing to final consent and pre-construction.
- Coordinate planning and consenting documentation across DCO, ICO, and TCPA, ensuring deadlines, responsibilities, and actions are tracked and managed efficiently.
- Maintain the portfolio consistency tracker, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, and improvements while enforcing agreed templates, standards, and terminology.
- Store and manage application document registers, version control logs, traceability trackers, and submission records—ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and compliance.
- Support the preparation of examination libraries, issue trackers, hearing materials, and response documents.
- Coordinate stakeholder, consultation, and statutory authority inputs crucial for securing planning permission and associated consents.
- Monitor third-party planning, consenting, and infrastructures decisions, identifying risks, opportunities, and relevant precedents to share with the Consents Team and wider project teams.
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The Consents Team is the backbone of shaping nationally significant infrastructure projects—from early consultation to submission, examination, and final approval. Success depends on collaboration, clarity, and credibility in building strong consenting cases.
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
Essential
- Planning Process Experience: Knowledge of Town & Country Planning Act frameworks, Development Consents (DCO/ICO), and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
- Strong Communication: Excellent written, verbal, and numerical skills, with a keen eye for detail.
- Organization & Coordination: Proficient in document management, quality assurance, and workload prioritization.
- Interpersonal & Technical Skills: Ability to handle specialist inputs from external consultants and project teams, manage emerging issues, and problem-solve.
- IT Proficiency: Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project.
- Travel Requirement: Holding a full UK driving licence and being willing to travel across Wales (nationally if needed).
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Desirable (But Not Essential)
- Knowledge of Grid/Renewable Infrastructure: Familiarity with large-scale linear or grid connection projects is a plus.
- GIS & Spatial Data: Working knowledge of GIS tools and constraint mapping to assist with consultation and application preparation.
- Planning Qualifications: An MRTPI (or working towards it) adds strong value.
- Welsh Language Skills: Could enhance community engagement.
- Infrastructure Experience: Working on major planning, management consent, or large-scale EIA projects—either in-house or as a consultant.
Benefits
- Hybrid Working Structure: Flexible working hours with optional time in lieu.
- "No-Meeting" Fridays: To encourage work-life balance.
- 28 Days Annual Leave: Plus bank holidays.
- Private Medical Insurance: Covered from day 1 for all family members (mental health support included).
- Annual Pay Review & Bonus: Discretionary performance-based incentives.
- Pension Contribution: Employer matches up to 7%.
- Electric Car Scheme: Via salary sacrifice.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Tech Discounts: Discounted laptops, phones, and tablets for personal use.
- Financial Protections: Life assurance, income protection, and travel insurance.
- Supportive Policies: Grief, retirement, parenting, health strengths.
- Team Culture: Regular socials, sports events, and charity fundraisers.
Why Join Us?
We’re building a sustainable future—where clean energy powers Wales. Isn’t it time you joined the movement?
Apply by 10 July 2026 to shape the next era of Welsh energy. Your skills matter.
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