Commercial Planning Manager CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration in a number of areas including specialist crime and operations to deliver even greater efficiency and effectiveness, improving services and resilience at a reduced cost. This includes a joint operation across all estates services and property management working out of their two main HQs at Guildford and Lewes. Reporting to the Head of Estates Services, the role is responsible for promoting and monitoring both Sussex and Surrey’s Police Force’s interests in the statutory planning system, ensuring that both Force’s future commercial growth requirements are identified, recognised and where possible funded through the Local Authority planning system or external income generating opportunities.
The main responsibilities include:
• Identifying the Force’s requirements to respond to future community growth impacts, ensuring that the implications of future growth/new development across all the Local Policing Areas (LPA) across Sussex and Surrey are assessed and clearly understood. • Develop and review plans of each LPA and meet Local Authority information requirements in support of claims submitted either in response to planning applications or the development of Infrastructure Delivery Plans and Community Infrastructure Levy’s.
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE Joint Commercial Planning Manager
JOB PURPOSE Promote and monitor both Sussex and Surrey’s Police Force’s interests in the statutory planning system, ensuring that both Force’s future commercial growth requirements are identified, recognised and where possible funded through the Local Authority planning system or external income generating opportunities. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 1. Identify the Force’s requirements to respond to future community growth impacts, ensuring that the implications of future growth/new development across all the Local Policing Areas (LPA) across Sussex and Surrey are assessed and clearly understood. Develop and review plans of each LPA and meet Local Authority information requirements in support of claims submitted either in response to planning applications or the
development of Infrastructure Delivery Plans and Community Infrastructure Levy’s. 2. Monitor national & local planning policies and to influence and respond to appropriate consultation opportunities in order to protect and promote the Force’s interests in relation to existing property holdings and the implications of future planned population, housing and economic growth. Engage with Local Authorities in development of LDF (Local Development Framework), community and economic strategy documents and Community Infrastructure Levy activity. 3. Monitor submitted planning applications to ensure relevant applications are identified and appropriate representations are submitted, in liaison with the Force’s Crime Prevention Design Advisers and others as necessary, to ensure co-ordinated responses are made covering scheme design, CCTV requirements, on-site Police facility requirements and/or financial contributions
for the cost of off-site Police infrastructure (e.g. premises, vehicles, staff set up costs and equipment and Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera systems). 4. Negotiate and secure developer/planning contributions in the form of s106 Agreements, Community Infrastructure Levy and by private treaty as appropriate, and to engage in planning appeals where required, in liaison with consultants and others as needed e.g., monitor local authority registers and engage with pre application activity on major schemes to highlight on and off-site force requirements’ 5. Engage, collaborate and build trust with stakeholders to influence planning policy development with external partners (fire services, local authorities, health service etc) and internal partners (Police and Crime Commissioners, Crime Prevention Design Advisors and relevant police staff) to promote the profile of Community Safety Partnerships (CSP) within planning policy.
LOCATION Lewes HQ, Guildford HQ or as agreed with Line Manager
DEPARTMENT Estates and Facilities
GRADE Band 2/M2
WORKING HOURS 37/36 hours, 5 days per week, normal hours plus evenings and weekends as required.
REPORTS TO Head of Estates Services
PERSON SPECIFICATION
6. Collaborate with services in other forces to generate commercial income. Collaborate and develop relationships with other forces and organisations involved in planning work to raise the profile of the Police nationally. e.g. NPCC (National Police Chief’s Council), Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, Department for Communities and Local Government policy officers. Periodically review/contribute towards the ACPO planning toolkit. 7. Support the Head of Estates Services and other Estates teams as required in relation to other town planning work inputs (e.g., promoting existing Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner property interests through master planning and other planning policy activity, enabling work linked to delivery of both Force’s Estates Strategies. 8. Internal reporting and monitoring that ensures work programme outputs are reported for information and relevant decisions, by preparing reports to the Chief Constables Meeting (COM), Best Use of Resources Board (or similar Boards) and Police and Crime Commissioners on progress with key work strands. 9. Develop a Commercial Policy and 5-year Commercial Plan for both Forces in order to realise income generation and funding opportunities across all areas of the estates and commercial operations. 10. Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may be reasonably required, including specific duties of a similar or lesser graded post. BUDGETARY ACCOUNTABILITIES 1. The post holder will manage income generation as a growth-related activity in order to maximise income. There is an income generation target of at least £1 million per year.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential • Educated to at least Degree level or equivalent i.e. Building/surveying. • BSc Hons in Town Planning and/or professional qualification in a town & country planning related discipline with membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) or similar qualification.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Essential • Relevant and recent experience of close liaison between internal clients and external contacts, including professional advisers and representatives of other large scale public organisations • Knowledge and proven ability to appraise relevant planning policy documents and to submit required consultation responses • Fully proficient in the use of IT including Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with particular attention to detail. Proven experience of recording and managing data • Recent or relevant knowledge, understanding & experience of providing planning inputs/advice into estate management related activity (e.g. site disposals) • Proven experience of income generation in a secure and commercial environment. • Recent or relevant knowledge, understanding & experience of representing a public sector infrastructure provider, such as the Police in relevant planning issues.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE CHART
Head of Estates Services (M3)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Essential • Requirement for a full UK driving licence.
Joint Commercial Planning Manager (M2)
COMPLIANCE
The post holder should note that some or all of the duties and responsibilities detailed in this Job Profile require compliance with nationally agreed operating rules for accessing PNC and other information systems.
• PNC Code of Connections Volume 1 (Version 2.1) • GDPR 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation)
• Computer Misuse Act 1990 • Official Secrets Act 1989
VETTING
Everyone working in a police environment will be vetted to the requisite level in keeping with the National Vetting Codes of Practice. The level of vetting required for a person, for both force vetting and national security vetting (NSV) will be proportionate to the role the individual carries out. Changes in an individual’s circumstances must be reported to the appropriate vetting authority as soon as possible.
TRAVEL
This role may involve travel to meetings and locations within and beyond the counties of Surrey and/or Sussex for which public transport may not be suitable. Therefore the post-holder must have access to transport and be insured for business use. Where the transport involves the driving of police vehicles, you must have a full driving licence and the ability to attain a Force Police Driving Permit.
WHY WORK FOR US
A MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF CONSTABLES
We have the great privilege of leading two ambitious police forces that have been able to improve services to our communities by working together over many years. We are looking for colleagues who will thrive in a collaborative environment and can bring a wealth of experience and fit in well with our talented and highly motivated Estates & Facilities Senior Management Team. We have a shared ambition of making Surrey and Sussex as safe as they can possibly be, by preventing crime and disorder, protecting vulnerable people, and pursuing offenders. Equally important to us is how we go about doing this and what it feels like to work in our organisations. We are looking for people who are passionate about inclusion and will be engaging with our officers, staff and local partners, to develop and implement ideas for improvement, with a relentless focus on the needs of users as the basis for delivering positive outcomes for all. We have a shared reputation for innovation, particularly in new technology, and we have real ambition to create new partnerships that offer preventative services. We can only do this by creating
a supportive culture, and deploying effective technology, to realise the full potential of our people. With our proximity to London, easy access to two international airports, major motorway networks, coastal ports, mix of urban and rural communities the two counties have more than enough professional policing challenges. Our strong partnership broadens the policing opportunities. This arrangement will appeal to someone who thrives on building relationships and working in a collaborative environment. Both counties are wonderful places to live. You will have all of the cultural opportunities offered in London and Brighton, alongside the beautiful villages and beaches, market towns, a National Park and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The opportunity is genuinely open to all, and we are keen to grow a diverse team in every respect, capable of supporting and challenging us to achieve more for our communities. If you are someone that really enjoys working in collaboration, has got a real passion for looking after communities and engages with staff to get the best out of them, then we would love to hear from you.
JO SHINER Sussex Police Chief Constable
TIM DE MEYER Surrey Police Chief Constable
HOW TO APPLY Surrey Police and Sussex Police are being supported on this recruitment campaign by the search consultancy The Management Recruitment Group (MRG.)
To arrange a briefing conversation contact our advisor:
Stephanie Howe stephanie.howe@mrgglobal.com
Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV and a covering letter and should be sent to stephanie.howe@mrgglobal.com
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