Senior Development Viability Officer
*contract / ongoing role*
*Remote working available*
*££ negotiable, inside IR35*
The role:
The Senior Development Viability Officer will assist in the delivery of a high quality, robust and transparent service within the Spatial Planning Service, ensuring decision making within tight time frames.
With a focus on affordable housing the main responsibilities include:
- Providing advice on Financial Viability Appraisals at pre-application stage
- Reviewing Financial Viability Appraisals submitted as part of planning applications,
- Scrutinising the outputs from the external viability consultants,
- Securing financial contributions and ensuring the Spatial Planning Service is well equipped in assessing and where necessary challenging viability appraisals and outputs.
Key Skills and experience:
- Comprehensive knowledge and excellent understanding of development viability and Section 106 legal agreements, including related legislation, policy guidance, practice and case law, and the ability to apply that knowledge to delivering a responsive and high-quality service
- Proven experience in undertaking economic appraisals, including reviewing Financial Viability Appraisals as part of the planning process, including experience in analysing and interpreting data and outcomes.
- Ability to understand complex affordable housing and viability matters in planning, how this fits into the planning process and opportunities to challenge and secure improvements to support affordable housing delivery.
- Be able to confidently query and challenge as appropriate viability appraisal assumptions.
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Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.