DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL

District Lead Planning and Design Officer

Permanent

37 hours per week

Salary: £48,101 - £50,252 inclusive of London Fringe Weighting

Ref: P0792

About Hemel Garden Communities

It is an exciting time to be working on Hemel Garden Communities, a Garden Communities programme centred in and around Hemel Hempstead.

Dacorum Borough Council is working with its partners St Albans City and District Council and Hertfordshire County Council to deliver the Hemel Garden Communities growth and transformation programme.

Over the coming years, the Hemel Garden Communities programme will shape the town of Hemel Hempstead and wider connections, benefiting from a minimum of 11,000 new homes and 10,000 new jobs, excellent sustainable transport network, a revitalised town centre, and opportunities for new and existing residents and entrepreneurs. The plans will help the area’s economy grow and diversify, particularly in environment, tech, and innovation sectors. Investment in open spaces, town-wide walking and cycling routes will support promoting community wellbeing and positive mental health.

Dacorum Borough Council is looking for a District Lead Planning and Design Officer to support the team and progress key workstreams required to develop guidance and strategies and early delivery stages of Hemel Garden Communities programme.

About the role

The District Lead Planning and Design Officer will act as senior officer for the Hemel Garden Communities team. You will be responsible for facilitating progress on behalf of Dacorum Borough Council through regular liaison and collaborative working with partners, stakeholders, and the public. Strong partner relationships with key services such as Strategic Planning and Development Management are a key focus of the role, in order to ensure the delivery of thousands of new homes, and key strategic infrastructure within Hemel Garden Communities.

About you

We are seeking a talented, ambitious, and motivated professional to work with us to deliver key elements of the growth and transformation programme. You will:

•             Have practical and proven experience of developing and managing a range of workstreams related to your role, with a track record of forging partnerships and engaging communities.

•             Be a solution-focused self-starter, with the confidence and proven ability to drive forward complex workstreams through regular liaison with senior managers, elected members, and a wide range of stakeholders.

Dacorum Borough Council offers generous annual leave, employee benefits scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme, and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Hemel Hempstead is situated along the M1 corridor and close to the M25, with easy links to London and the Home Counties.

The deadline for applications will be midnight on 23 January 2022.

The link to the company website is: www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/recruitment