Spatial Planner Manager

• Shape future development by managing National Highways’ role in the spatial planning system across the East of England, making sure local authority and stakeholder plans consider the strategic road network.
• Be the go-to expert for the region, leading on statutory and regulatory duties while creating efficient processes and managing resources across both in-house teams and external consultants.
• Drive collaboration by managing our specialist spatial planning consultancy contract and ensuring we get the best value and expertise to support our ambitions.
• Lead and inspire a talented team of Spatial Planners and Assistant Spatial Planners, fostering a culture of high performance, recognising and developing potential, and promoting best practice in people management.

• Chartered Transport or Town Planner, or demonstrates equivalent relevant experience.
• Awareness and knowledge of the Spatial Planning system in England and the duties and obligations of the parties involved.
• Proven track record in a leadership role and significant experience of managing a team.
• Proven practical understanding of the complex requirements of infrastructure development and the prioritisation of needs required to develop, manage and maintain a safe and efficient world-class asset.
• A clear communicator with proven negotiating and influencing skills, able to direct and motivate a diverse range of colleagues, stakeholders and customers.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.