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Homes England
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Bristol, Bristol
Senior Community Engagement Manager
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Salary: £51,258 - £71,761 |
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Overview
This is an overview of the role: Homes England is working towards becoming a mission-based organisation. The key principles for achieving this are: • Agile ways of working. • Teams working in a multidisciplinary way. • Collaboration across Agency departments, particularly Markets, Partners and Places (MPP), Investment and others. • A Single Pipeline and associated process for identifying opportunities to delivering homes. This role sits in the National Planning Team and supports the Head of Town Planning in leading a small team which will directly support community engagement on our strategic sites. The post holder is required to have in-depth knowledge and practical experience of planning and demonstrate effective communication skills and experience in community engagement methods. The post holder will also be responsible for the creation and implementation of an effective community engagement strategy for all Homes England sites based on best practice and case studies. The strategy will ensure a robust approach to community engagement and which is based on local intelligence, local sensitivities and which will reach a diverse community. The strategy will ensure that all key stakeholders are engaged early in the process with the aim of streamlining decision making and guaranteeing successful outcomes. The post holder will lead on creating and rolling out a Community Engagement Toolkit which will incorporate a range of different methods of engagement to support a range of sites, different sensitivities and issues. The Strategy and Toolkit will ensure that residents are well placed to participate in the process, and are kept informed and listened to regarding their views on Homes England’s developments. Engagement and communications will follow best practice and be in line with Homes England’s brand and voice. The Postholder and direct reports will work directly with Project Directors and Managers to develop and deliver engagement strategies for individual projects and will be responsible for maintaining an overview of all community engagement on all Homes England projects, measuring outputs and effectiveness, promote best practice across the Agency and manage the framework of consultants. The Postholder will work directly with Project Managers and will be the primary point of contact for managing public engagement, consultations, monitoring and reporting on outcomes and effectiveness. To work in an agile way supporting the mission-based approach of Homes England. This will involve working collaboratively with partners across the Agency, including MPP and Investment, as multi functional teams to support key deliverables such as the single pipeline. The successful person will be responsible for: - To support National Development Teams, Project Directors and Managers in developing community engagement strategies for Homes England sites and directly supporting events , providing robust planning guidance and expertise to support the promotion of the site. - To plan, maintain and execute a community engagement activity strategy and be the primary point of contact within the team for managing public consultations associated with seeking planning consent. - To create a Community Engagement Toolkit to illustrate different methods of engagement which will support a range of sites, different sensitivities and issues. - Set up and manage the Framework of consultants who will support project managers in Community engagement - Maintain an overview of all community engagement across the Agency, disseminate Best Practice and support Project Managers in site specific engagement In order to complete the responsibilities for this role, the successful candidate will have : - Undergraduate Degree or similar qualification, Knowledge, Skills & Experience in built environment - Chartered member of RTPI - Detailed knowledge, technical expertise and experience of application of the key current Government policies and priorities on planning and housing - Collaborative - Making new networks, not just working with known friends and contacts. Proactively demonstrating key behaviours aligned to the Homes England Way - Learning and Knowledge sharing- Continuous learning and sharing knowledge widely, on going self-development and supporting training.