Head of Strategic Projects - London, United Kingdom - Homes England

Homes England

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Head of Strategic Projects - Planning Super Squad:
Application closing date: 12th June 2024.

Interviews will take place: 24th June 2024.

The Markets, Partners and Place (MPP) Directorate leads Homes England's delivery of major projects in priority places. This includes 'Garden Settlements' and projects that achieve transformative urban regeneration throughout England.

The Directorate also leads our response to devolution and the establishment of long-term partnerships with Combined Authorities via our Strategic Place Partnership (SPP) model already in-place with Greater Manchester and now being rolled out across other Combined Authority areas.

MPP works closely with the Planning Capacity and Capability Team in the Department for Levelling Up Homes and Communities (DLUHC) to support and upskill town planners in local government in building the skills and resources needed to deliver a more efficient and sustainable planning system, which can adapt to and successfully implement change.

A key part of the programme is the newly forming Planning Super Squad (PSS) which aims to support Local Authorities by building capacity and enabling project delivery for large sites.

The PSS is a joint team between DLUHC and Homes England, leveraging our expertise, knowledge, and existing relationships with Local Authorities and places.

Homes England are also responsible for managing the overall programme of activity.

PSS will be responsive to the needs of individual large scale projects and undertake a wide range of bespoke tasks at all stages of the planning process.

PSS will be made up of dedicated staff with extensive planning and development experience.

We are recruiting a range of experienced specialists with extensive experience in the planning phase of development to help support the main team based in DLUHC and coordinate with our Homes England (HE) Regional teams.

The roles will sit within the newly formed HE National Team in MPP Directorate.

We are seeking professionals with large scale mixed use site planning and delivery experience including town planners, economic planners, regeneration specialists, infrastructure specialists (particularly strategic transport), viability and property experts.

The team will work on all types of large scale development including new settlements, urban extensions and urban regeneration with a mixture of Investment Zones and hot spots for housing and regeneration delivery.

The team will focus its combination of momentum, speed, capacity, quality and specialist technical support into local authority services.

Whilst project delivery is the main focus of the team, it also has an important role, working with the PSS Core Team, in capturing and disseminating its learning and using this knowledge to assist the overall development of the planning system and support the delivery of the Homes England wider strategy.

A bit about the role

Key internal relationships will be with colleagues in the Markets, Partners & Places Directorate and the Planning Super Squad team based in DLUHC.

You will be reporting directly to the Senior Responsible Officer in Homes England and regularly liaising with the PSS Area Coordinators in DLUHC.

This is an important HE national role and requires engagement with key individuals in the DLUHC operational teams in PSS and wider stakeholders in DfT, HMT, IPA and other government delivery agencies such as Network Rail and National Highways depending on project requirements.

Relationships will also need to be built with development industry experts, construction innovators, developers, house builders, property agents and local partners in relation to site specific matters.

You will be a trusted key point of contact for the Planning Super Squad Operational Team in DLUHC and HE regional teams, responsible for coordination of advice on projects in one of our regions.

You will be responsible for a small team of advisors and managing quality of outputs.

The Planning Super Squad operates across England, therefore the role will require regular travel for to sites and internal meetings.

A bit about you.

Acting as part of the Squads leadership team, reporting to the Planning Super Squad Senior Responsible Officer, Abigaile Bromfield, in Homes England.

You will be a trusted key point of contact for the Planning Super Squad Operational Team (based in DLUHC) and Homes England regional teams, therefore we are seeking strong leadership experience of managing multi-functional teams on complex development projects.

You will hold a degree level qualification or equivalent experience and ideally a professionally relevant chartership, for example: Surveyor (MRICS), Town Planner (MRTPI), Transport Planner (CIHT), Engineer (MICE), Urban Economist.

Extensive experience of working on complex development property and/or infrastructure projects in the planning phase of development is an in essential requirement.

You will also have an understanding of the factors that d