Principal Urban Design Officer (PO5)

Job Category : Planning.
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Salary: £35.40.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
This is a maternity cover post which will run from March 2021 – November 2021 (precise end date TBC).

To provide bespoke specialist input into the service’s planning application process, optimising quality design outcomes for a range of new development types across the borough, through the application of architectural design / urban design best practice in accordance with planning policy.

To provide lead specialist design advice on pre-application discussions and Planning Performance Agreement schemes in relation to architectural design / urban design.
To contribute to the preparation of design policy and design guidance, and to manage more junior design colleagues on this work.
To contribute to the promotion of best practice through work with Lambeth’s Independent Design Review Panel.

Key Knowledge
Thorough knowledge of all relevant planning legislation, policies and procedures and thorough knowledge of architectural and urban design best practice.
Relevant Experience

Experience of town planning process, and the role of the post as a specialist consultee within that system.
Experience of providing design advice to applicants, developers and their agents and negotiating on the delivery of design excellence in architecture and urban design.
Experience in working in programs such as: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign), Sketch up, AutoCAD and VU-City.
Experience of giving evidence at public inquiries, examinations and/or hearing and working at a high level of advocacy and sensitivity in dealing with contentious information, combined with a particular awareness of political sensitivities.