London, UK
Senior placemaking projects officer
at London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Bexley is seeking a senior placemaking projects officer to join its team in London.
Management grouping: place
Team: Placemaking projects team
Location: Bexleyheath
Salary: £36,507 – £42,945 per annum
Contract: permanent/36 hours per week
Closing date: 26 October 2021
Job reference: PL00000268
We’re currently recruiting a senior placemaking projects officer to play a central role in delivering the council’s regeneration programme, specifically leading projects within the council’s programme of Good Growth Fund projects.
Bexley’s growth strategy for the next 30+ years sees the potential, with the right infrastructure investment, for unprecedented levels of new development including up to 31,500 new homes. The council is continuing to deliver the greater Erith regeneration programme, adopt a new Local Plan, as well as and developing two of London’s opportunity area planning frameworks.
Working within the placemaking projects team, you will be managing multi-disciplinary delivery teams and working closely with communities and local stakeholders. You will have an ability to work to agreed timescales and budgets, demonstrate programme and financial management and skills in quality assurance and risk and issue management. You will be able to help cultivate good working relationships with key internal and external partners including communities, the GLA, stakeholders and consultants.
The team delivers the council’s regeneration and urban design functions and is responsible for the conception, development and delivery of high profile public realm and building projects within the borough, as well as masterplanning and urban design. You will be part of a busy team implementing projects on the ground and developing longer term strategies.
Given the breadth of expertise in the team and the nature of projects we undertake we promote collaborative working and continual CPD, with a programme of learning from colleagues and external partners.
We are looking to appoint at a senior level with this career grade post, which will require demonstrable project management experience in relevant projects.
If your application is successful, you will be appointed at the appropriate scale and starting salary, depending on your skills and experience. The job specification for the role explains the expectations for the post holder at each job level within the scope of the post.
For an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Tom Fox, placemaking projects manager, on 020 3045 4945 or by email.
What we offer:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from flexible and home working, a local government pension scheme and many other benefits.
- relocation package up to £8,000
- career average revalued earnings pension scheme
- performance related pay
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 28 days pro rata after five years’ service) plus bank holiday entitlement
- annual leave purchase scheme
- an excellent working environment at our fantastic new offices
- opportunities for flexible working with excellent ICT facilities
- MyChoice staff benefit scheme – Includes cycle to work scheme, access to high street shopping vouchers and online discount codes
About us
Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.
Your application:
- closing date for your application: 26 October 2021
- CVs will not be accepted unless they are submitted with a completed application form
- anticipated Interview date: 1 November 2021
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The Council reserves the right to withdraw this vacancy and may do so at any point up to and including where offers of employment have been made, if a suitable redeployee who is otherwise at risk of redundancy is identified for this role.