Principal Infrastructure Planner

Principal Infrastructure Planner Working within a busy Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Team , this post will play a significant role in ensuring the right infrastructure is secured and delivered to support growth, in line with the projects identified in the Councils Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).

• Principal Infrastructure Planner Managing the programming and delivery of projects and programmes listed in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).
• Contributing to the delivery of circa 300m of infrastructure project/programme commitments.
• Supporting the systems which store all the financial and project data in relation to the 300m project/programme commitments; this includes the input of data and data analysis.
• Working on the review of the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) and Charging Schedule processes. This includes the relevant statutory consultation process and obligations and document preparation.
• Facilitating and service the governance (decision-making) processes for infrastructure planning and delivery; including managing meetings and relevant documentation.
• Preparing income forecasting reports (relating to developer contributions), to assist the Team Leader in securing funding to support the Infrastructure Planning Team.
• Promoting the image of the team, both internally and externally to the Council.
• Managing own workload, consisting of multiple large-scale projects/programmes with large budgets.

Minimum education/ qualifications: Principal Infrastructure Planner

• Principal Infrastructure Planner Degree level or post graduate level with formal qualification in relevant subject (including Town planning, Regeneration, surveying (or another relevant property-based subject) Business Management, or Financial/Accounting
• Where there is evidence of significant experience of leading on CIL and Section 106 work in other Local Authorities, a formal qualification may not be required but you will need to demonstrate a willingness to acquire a relevant qualification
• Eligible for membership of RTPI/RIBA/RICS or similar professional body
• Substantial Experience in either planning, surveying or a field related closely to infrastructure planning