Head of Place Shaping

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Shared Services Partnership Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead our Place Shaping team. As Head of Place Shaping, you will be responsible for developing and delivering high-quality places throughout Westminster, working collaboratively with members, residents, services, partners, and stakeholders to drive positive place-based change.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and deliver strategic place-based programmes of change, maximizing the potential of public assets in areas facing growth, challenge, or change.
  • Lead a service dedicated to creating and delivering high-quality places, adopting a strategic place-based approach to develop and deliver positive outcomes for residents, businesses, and visitors to the city.
  • Maximize opportunities for residents to shape the creation of vibrant and inclusive spaces in their neighbourhoods, fostering relationships with community groups and stakeholder organizations.
  • Integrate public art and culture into the public realm, championing the link between culture and place to animate spaces, improve access and participation, celebrate the heritage of our communities, and attract investment.
  • Provide strategic leadership for the creation of management plans across delivered projects, collaborating with colleagues and partners to ensure effective management, maintenance, and animation plans are in place to protect up-front investment and ensure intended outcomes are secured.
About You

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional with a degree in Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, or a similar discipline, or relevant knowledge and experience. You will have worked in a complex organization and led and delivered significant place-based programmes of change, capable of developing and delivering projects in the built environment and leading the development and execution of multi-disciplinary programmes and projects.

You will have the skills to establish and build productive working relationships with a wide range of senior colleagues and stakeholders, managing large budgets, business planning, quality and performance management, and an understanding of the role of local government in advancing place-based programmes of change.

An innovative thinker with experience of delivering cross-cutting outcomes through high-quality and creative place-based programmes of change, you will also have the ability to manage political and cultural issues to ultimately deliver successful projects and programmes.

What We Offer

Westminster City Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and will utilize the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit.

We offer a range of benefits, including flexible working patterns, Agile working, and a Disability Confident Employer status. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job.

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