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About the Role

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape sustainable, mixed-use communities that revitalize high streets, support economic development, and deliver lasting environmental, health, and social benefits as Barnet undergoes ambitious growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic placemaking across major growth areas.
• Develop shared visions with stakeholders.
• Lead complex partnerships, including BIDs, to support growth programmes.
• Translate strategic objectives into practical, deliverable initiatives.
• Develop and deliver area-based plans.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams and advisors.
• Oversee the delivery of regeneration projects from a placemaking perspective.
• Secure external funding.
• Negotiate with developers.
• Commission consultants.
• Ensure strong governance, risk management, and programme delivery.
• Build strong internal and external partnerships within the Placemaking Framework.
• Influence senior decision-making.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.

Requirements

• Experienced and driven professional.
• Must have experience in developing and delivering area-based plans.
• Must have experience managing multidisciplinary teams and advisors.
• Must have experience overseeing the delivery of regeneration projects from a placemaking perspective.
• Must have experience securing external funding.
• Must have experience negotiating with developers.
• Must have experience commissioning consultants.
• Must have experience ensuring strong governance, risk management, and programme delivery.
• Must have experience building strong internal and external partnerships.
• Must have experience influencing senior decision-making.
• Must have experience ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.
• All staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
• All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months.

Skills

• Placemaking
• Strategic planning
• Stakeholder engagement
• Partnership management
• Project delivery
• Risk management
• Governance
• Negotiation
• Commissioning
• Funding acquisition

Location

• Barnet

Work Type

• Hybrid working
• Flexitime
• Job share
• Home working
• Part-time
• Flexible working

Experience Level

• Experienced professional

Benefits

• 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Work-life balance options
• Lifestyle discounts
• Payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Employee well-being training programs including confidential employee assistance

About the Company

• Barnet is a borough with excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities.
• The council wants to build on these strengths and is growing and developing to meet challenges.
• The organisation's staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative.
• Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
• Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance.
• Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

Equal Opportunity

• To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
• We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
• We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities.
• If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert.
• We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process.
• We support the access to work scheme.