Principal Strategic Planner

Good Growth is responsible for delivering and implementing the Mayor's environment, transport and economic strategies and for the effective implementation of the London Plan. The Directorate is also responsible for regeneration, enterprise, growth, capital projects and design work.

The London Plan Team is a friendly and inclusive team of innovators and experts at the forefront of Planning, developing new forward-thinking strategic policies to promote high quality sustainable development in London. Our work involves policy making to bring forward good growth that meets London’s needs in a sustainable way to deliver high quality living for all.

This role is within the housing sub-team of the London Plan. You’ll be a skilled communicator, with a successful track record of policy development and plan-making, ideally with particular experience in planning for housing growth and a firm understanding of the importance and challenges around delivering affordable housing. Experience of working in planning policy at a London borough will be particularly welcome.

You’ll have excellent knowledge of the range of planning issues facing the capital and be able to demonstrate your political awareness. You’ll bring your enthusiasm to work in a role where you can benefit from professional development opportunities and on-the-job learning, as well as wider leadership opportunities.

We’re positive about flexible and hybrid working, with regular attendance at our office at Union Street, SE1 (Mondays) with an expectation that staff may need to attend in person up to 1 or 2 additional days per week.

What your day will look like:

• Lead or contribute to spatial strategies: development, monitoring and review of the London Plan.
• Mayors Briefings and reports for the Mayor, Assembly and other organisations on planning and spatial development issues.
• Lead or contribute to the initiation, design, management and completion of relevant policy development projects and research.
• Lead or contribute to advice on planning briefs, development proposals and the plans and strategies of other agencies.
• Prepare responses on behalf of the GLA to complex issues raised by the public and diverse agencies.
• Lead on or contribute to representation of the Mayor's planning and development policies to examinations in public or representation hearings.

Technical Requirements / Experience / Qualifications:

• Qualification in planning and relevant professional experience as a senior planner within a similar organisation or business environment.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of national, regional and London strategic planning and development issues and trends.
• Technical knowledge at senior level of at least three of the specialisms set out below:

• Strategic spatial planning and urban land use policy;
• Strategic infrastructure planning and funding mechanisms;
• Urban design and heritage;
• Local Plan and development plan document related policy development and monitoring;
• Project management experience and skills.

Behavioural competencies:

• Building and managing relationships.
• Communicating and Influencing.
• Planning and organising.
• Responding to pressure and change.

How to apply:

If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:

• Up to date CV
• Personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words.

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.

Benefits:

In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.