Senior Planning Officer; OPDC - Mayor

This job is with the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.

Salary: £45,808 per annum

Grade: 8

Contract type: Permanent

Reference: OPDC‑SPO

Interview date: 13 and 14 September 2022

Final date to receive applications: Sunday 28 August 2022 at 23:59 GMT

Join OPDC’s Planning Policy team and help shape the future of one of London’s most exciting and ambitious regeneration projects, the Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area.

Old Oak and Park Royal is one of London’s largest Opportunity Areas and one of only two of the Mayor of London’s Development Corporations, the other being the LLDC formed to deliver the Olympic Park.

The OPDC area spans three London boroughs, the Park Royal industrial estate and has the new High Speed 2 and Elizabeth line station at Old Oak Common at its heart, the only place where the two major new rail lines meet.

OPDC is leading the planning and regeneration of this emerging new district with the potential to deliver many thousands of new homes and jobs over the coming years.

We have a rare opportunity for a talented individual to join our Planning Policy team as a Senior Planner on a permanent contract, helping to deliver a range of new innovative planning guidance following the recent adoption of our Local Plan.

As a Senior Planner, you’ll take a central role in delivering an efficient, effective and pioneering plan‑making service, producing planning and infrastructure guidance with a focus on master‑planning, carrying out research and helping to embed planning reforms to directly shape our emerging suite of guidance documents. You will proactively engage with our community, stakeholders and professional networks and support colleagues by providing policy and strategy advice.

The successful candidate will possess a relevant degree and be eligible for RTPI membership. You will have a good understanding of the working environment of a local planning authority. Experience of developing best practice planning guidance for complex and diverse areas with a focus on infrastructure, master‑planning and mapping will be an advantage. You will also have an excellent understanding of the local, regional and national planning policy context, the legislative framework and forthcoming planning reforms.

You believe strongly in working flexibly as part of a team to get the job done and are confident in your technical expertise and experience to proactively manage your own workload and deliver successful outcomes.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. The role is open to job share and we welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work.

In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

To apply or to ask questions about the role or the recruitment process, please contact a member of the recruitment team via email on  quoting reference OPDC‑SPO.

Please note we do not accept CVs for this role. All applications for this vacancy must be submitted via our online recruitment system.