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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.

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.

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., 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. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload., The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre
in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.

Newham has a large housing regeneration programme that will build over 1,000 new council homes by 2022.