Senior Infrastructure Planner PO2-PO3 £39,951-£46,041 per annum About Us The Planning & Development service is shaping the places our residents and businesses use every day. We do this by working with and holding developers or land owners to the high standards in our bold Local Plan and the London Plan. The newly established Development Delivery team is building on the aspirations of our residents and members. We want to ensure our residents can benefit from genuinely affordable homes, have access to beautiful and truly accessible public spaces, can secure the new jobs being created in a range of industries, and have access to the social infrastructure for everyone to thrive. Our strategic sites will create new communities that must truly connect with their neighbours. The Development Delivery team want to forge more productive relationships with stakeholders to help with the delivery of development alongside adequate infrastructure. Our borough is growing and so is our team. About the Job This is a role in our newly established Development Delivery team – leading on infrastructure planning within a team of two others but embedded within the wider Planning & Development service. We are a growing and ambitious borough. We want the best for our residents. Our team need to ensure that where development is happening there is commensurate infrastructure and council services. This is a new team – so you can make your mark in Newham with your experience from other teams or authorities or other sectors. Our approach to infrastructure planning will be evolving as you join the team, there are pockets of amazing practice and relationships between the planning service, the wider council, the third sector and infrastructure providers – but the creation of this team will bring all of those threads together. The team will take over the updates to the infrastructure delivery plan and establish a network of connections internally and with external infrastructure providers to more acutely understand their business plans and investment decisions; the team will also lead on the establishment of an updated CIL infrastructure list and work with colleagues in finance to start to establish a process for prioritising infrastructure (to inform part of our ongoing iterative local plan evidence base and a material planning consideration of infrastructure sufficiency). You will be able to support the progression and adoption of the local plan at any future examination in public as an expert witness on infrastructure planning; or equivalent settings. You will be committed to retaining the integrity of our local plan in dealings with developers, infrastructure providers and others – scrutinising and critiquing the assumptions made by others which may not align with or complement our evidence base or plans. Building relationships with developers and infrastructure providers to facilitate and unlock sites may also become part of this team’s function as things evolve during the year and beyond. Supporting development management with infrastructure sufficiency and prioritisation judgements will also follow. About You You are a passionate and informed advocate for the council in relation to your infrastructure planning expertise as an MRTPI planner or working towards membership of the institution. You will be keen to learn and develop. You will be confident in your own abilities but not afraid to be honest if something does not go to plan. You will be confident in preparing and presenting reports to a range of audiences to inform, influence or engage on planning obligations, planning policy and site specific considerations. You will use your initiative in creating relationships and networks beyond your team, service or the authority. You will already be a part of or quickly become familiar with a range of pan-London infrastructure planning thematic groups and in negotiation with planning policy you will become the borough’s representative for these forums. You will have experience of or feel comfortable presenting the authority’s position on infrastructure planning in conversations with residents, members, senior leaders, developers, land owners, and infrastructure providers. As a non-negotiable you will be committed to the achievement of equality, diversity and inclusion in both employment and service delivery. https://www.newham.gov.uk/downloads/file/7558/senior-infrastructure-planner-jd-3828- Additional Information Closing date: 26 August 2024 Interview dates: week commencing 30 September 2024 To complete a successful application please carefully review the person specification and ensure you offer examples of your work experience. Should you require any help or advice with your online application, please contact the Recruitment Help Desk on: 0203 373 0909. Should you wish to have a confidential conversation about this job you may contact the Hiring Manager Jennifer Bishop Assistant Director Development Delivery on 02033731168 or [email protected]. The council is committed to the development of colleagues. During the course of your employment, subject to you meeting entry requirements and based on the exigencies of the service, the Development Delivery team will support the progression of an apprenticeship achieving a chartered town planning standard at level 7. If you are currently on an apprenticeship levy funded course please contact us so we can discuss how this could be transferred to Newham. We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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