Team Leader - Bradford, United Kingdom - Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Bradford Metropolitan District Council

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Bradford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Department of Place

Planning Transportation & Highways

Local Plan Team Leader

PO6:
£46,549 - £49,590 pa

1 x 37 hours per week

Permanent

Based at Britannia House, Bradford City Centre

Bradford (the 5th largest metropolitan authority in England and UK City of Culture 2025) is a thriving, diverse and multi-cultural District with one of the Country's youngest populations.

Combine a UNESCO City of Film, and Saltaire UNESCO World Heritage Site, with wild and beautiful moorland, a wide mix of attractive villages and towns, throw in world class artists such as David Hockney, literary greats such as the Brontës, coupled with a city packed with a rich and varied mix of cultures and heritages and you have Bradford

The role provides an exciting opportunity to lead one of the largest new Local Plans in the country and develop a clear vision for Bradford City and its varied District - maximising opportunities for clean growth and carbon reduction and ensuring the delivery of an up to date comprehensive statutory plan, which supports investment including transformational opportunities such as the Southern Gateway and a new city through railway station, as well as new mass transit.

This is a key and high profile position within the Council, which includes managing a team of skilled and experienced professionals in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the Local Plan and working with senior officers, members and a varied range of stakeholders towards delivering shared ambitions and representing the Council.

The Post will require extensive experience at a senior level in the Planning field - of at least 5 years, which includes experience of delivering complex planning projects and working with members and stakeholders on plan development.

Current key projects include:
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Local Plan work to publication and submission/examination:

Supporting regeneration, housing delivery and master planning:

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Raising the quality of housing / design including being a Design Code Pathfinder:

Supporting delivery of key infrastructure including rail and mass transit improvements:

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Monitoring land supply and delivery:

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Neighbourhood Planning:

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Strategic planning and Duty to Cooperate:

GIS and data development

Requires experience of:

Leading, managing and motivating staff to deliver high quality services; and
Project management for complex projects/programmes to ensure the successful delivery of projects within predetermined timescales and budgets would be desirable.

Together with a proven track record of:

Generating resources, managing budgets and bringing these in on target, and
Coordinating and developing corporate programmes aimed at specific objectives and outcomes, and working with professional staff from other disciplines.

The post requires a degree and eligible to be a corporate member of Royal Town Planning Institute and NVQ Level 5 in Management or demonstrable equivalent experience.

Some of the great benefits we offer are: