Area Manager Regeneration, Investment & Jobs

• 2-3 days in the office per week
• at the offices in Ealing, London
• in the newly created Regeneration, Economy & Skills Department

Area Manager Regeneration, Investment & Jobs

This role is based in the newly created Regeneration, Economy & Skills department and within the Economy & Sustainability Directorate, which is under fresh and ambitious leadership.

This role presents an excellent opportunity to expand your career by managing initiatives to grow the local economy, deliver jobs and drive ambitious change for Ealing’s seven unique towns. Your work will unlock jobs-led regeneration for the borough and may involve bringing forward strategic sites with partner organisations, high-value and complex master planning, catalysing meanwhile uses, intensifying employment uses and diversifying the borough’s commercial and industrial offer.

You will contribute to the delivery of Ealing’s new Jobs and Skills Strategy, Economy after 6pm Strategy, and Local Plan to help unlock new good jobs and leverage more inward investment into the borough.

You will be proactive and adept at collaborative working. You will take an inclusive approach to engaging partners, businesses, stakeholders and Ealing’s diverse local community.

The purpose of the job is to:

• Work with the Head of Regeneration, Investment, and Jobs in the development, resourcing, delivery, and monitoring of a complex and high-profile portfolio of specialist activities and services across an area-based regeneration and economic development programme of work.
• Support the Head of Regeneration, Investment, and Jobs in developing and maintaining strong relationships with one or more boroughwide high-growth sectors and key businesses and large employers in one or more towns.
• Work with the Head of Regeneration, Investment, and Jobs to proactively grow and manage a team of regeneration, investment, and jobs officers who possess the necessary skills and capacity to deliver the council’s strategic regeneration and economic development objectives across the borough’s seven town areas.
• Lead on developing boroughwide plans and strategies that will enable greater economic growth, investment, and productivity across the borough’s seven towns and help identify and secure sources of commercial income for the council. This could include the council’s inward investment programme, High Streets Taskforce and/or industrial, commercial and economic growth strategies and delivery plans.
• Lead on developing opportunities to unlock public and private land and assets for new mixed-use development. This will be predominantly within town centre and industrial area locations. The delivery of these capital projects will be mixed, comprising Joint Ventures, Development Agreements, and council self-delivery.
• To be a participating member of the service positioning Ealing as a leading London borough open for good growth and inward investment whilst achieving the outcomes in the Council Plan.
• To play a key role in ensuring the borough becomes carbon-neutral by 2030 by helping deliver the Climate Commitment Strategy and Action Plan.

Reporting:

• You will report to the Head of Regeneration, Investment and Jobs.
• You will be line managing up to three Regeneration, Investment and Jobs Officers.

To be considered for the role, you must meet the following essential criteria:

• Sound understanding of project/programme management methodologies, such as PRINCE2 and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and the techniques involved in managing large and complex regeneration projects.
• Sound knowledge of the scope and content of current legislation and policy (at national, regional, and local levels) and trends which affect and influence regeneration and economic development programmes and projects.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the site appraisal and development process and various forms of delivery and financing methods, as demonstrated by previous commercial experience.
• A good understanding of funding opportunities from both the public and private sectors and the process of securing and spending that funding.
• Financial management, including budget preparation, resource planning, and income monitoring, in addition to the base budget.
• Managing development programmes and the development procurement process.
• A degree and/or chartered membership linked to one of the built environment professions, including urban regeneration, planning, architecture/urban design, surveying, construction, or economic development.

• Salary band of £59,739 - £63,157 per annum
• 12-month fixed-term contract
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 252 hours of annual leave

To apply for this role, you will need to create a profile on LB Ealing's applicant tracking system and provide a personal statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the personal specification in the role profile. This should be no longer than 1,000 words. Full details of the application process can be found on their website.

Access & Inclusion

The London borough of Ealing is a diverse, multicultural London borough. The council recognises and values the diversity of all people and communities in the borough and in their workforce and is committed to meeting the needs of all of their residents and our employees. They are an equal opportunities employer; they respect everyone's right to be treated fairly and do not tolerate discrimination in any form.