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Inclusive Growth Project Manager
Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver inclusive growth initiatives that create real change for east London communities. Working across a collaborative directorate, you will play an important role in supporting delivery of key projects within our new Framework for Inclusive Growth, ensuring they deliver measurable benefits for local people and contribute to the long-term success of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
You will coordinate delivery across a range of priority workstreams, including employment and skills initiatives, inclusive growth assets such as Build East and the Good Growth Hub, impact measurement activity, and partnership development with our key partners. The role will involve developing and maintaining project plans, contract management, managing budget information, coordinating stakeholders, monitoring progress, and producing clear, high-quality reporting that helps demonstrate impact and support evidence-based decision-making.
Is it for you?
You are an experienced, organised project manager who thrives in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and is genuinely motivated by the mission to deliver inclusive growth and meaningful change for east London communities. You have proven experience managing projects from conception through to delivery and evaluation — ideally in regeneration, employment and skills, inclusive economy, or a related field. You are evidence-driven, deeply committed to equity and co-production, and can quickly build trust with partners at all levels, translating complex information into clear, compelling narratives.
Senior Planner x3
Job Description
About the role
The role supports the establishment and operation of a new planning service within the Oxford Street Development Corporation (OSDC), covering a strategically important area of Central London. With Oxford Street as its focus, the Development Corporation will receive a wide range of planning applications, making the role central to the effective delivery of development management, high-quality customer service, and the achievement of the Mayor’s strategic objectives for the area.
Working closely with the Head of Planning Delivery and Place Shaping, the post contributes to the efficient, proactive operation of the OSDC’s development management function. Key responsibilities include managing and determining a varied caseload of planning applications, including major schemes and appeals, providing pre-application advice, supporting enforcement activity where appropriate, and contributing to the preparation of the OSDC Local Plan.
The role sits within the OSDC development management team, reporting to senior planning leads and supporting both planning delivery and policy functions. It involves the proactive assessment of planning proposals, provision of professional advice, and effective negotiation with a broad range of stakeholders, including applicants, consultees, elected members, Government bodies, residents and landowners. The post also assists in monitoring and managing the performance of the Planning Directorate against agreed targets and priorities.
What your day will look like
- Manage a varied caseload of planning applications, pre-application enquiries and appeals, ensuring that cases are progressed efficiently and in accordance with agreed performance targets.
- Assess, evaluate and determine planning proposals, including preparing high-quality reports and recommendations for decisions under delegated powers or by Planning Committee.
- Provide pre-application advice and guidance to applicants and agents, helping to shape proposals in line with planning policy, design expectations and the wider objectives of OSDC.
- Negotiate effectively with applicants, agents, consultees and other stakeholders to secure high-quality planning outcomes.
- Respond to enquiries from members of the public, elected members and other stakeholders in relation to planning proposals, processes and timescales.
- Prepare clear, accurate and well-reasoned reports, appeal statement briefings, presentations and other written material for internal and external audiences.
Head of Procurement & Commercial
Job Description
Our Procurement & Commercial function is central to ensuring value, resilience and social impact across all TfL delivers. With a portfolio of multi‑billion‑pound capital programmes combining cutting‑edge technology with major civil engineering, this is a pivotal moment to join a leadership team operating at genuine strategic scale.
As Head of Procurement & Commercial, you will be a key adviser and influencer at Director level, shaping commercial strategy, supplier partnerships and investment decisions. You will lead multiple embedded commercial teams, delivering end‑to‑end services across procurement, contract management, supplier relationship management and negotiation. You will drive strategic change and continuous improvement, embedding a strong commercial mindset and capability across the organisation.
You will guide the team’s strategic direction, while personally intervening on the most complex and sensitive commercial matters, ensuring clarity, strong challenge and disciplined decision‑making. You will also be a visible leader in strengthening commercial capability across TfL and in driving long-term, collaborative supplier partnerships that support an affordable, sustainable and world‑class transport network.
Senior Sustainability Manager x2
Job Description:
Places for London is Transport for London’s property company. We’re creating thriving, sustainable places as custodians for one of London’s largest and most diverse estates. We’re also a highly responsible developer that is working in partnership to deliver homes and workplaces that are built to sector-leading standards including BREEAM and Passivhaus.
We’re hiring two Senior Sustainability Managers to play leading roles in our new sustainability team. You’ll embed sustainability throughout our decision making and drive continuous improvement and transformational change to protect and grow value across our operations and estate, delivering measurable economic, environmental and social outcomes.
You’ll lead the adoption of best practice sustainability across the organisation — managing risks and opportunities, setting ambitious yet deliverable targets, and responding to a fast evolving regulatory and market landscape. Collaborating across the organisation, you’ll shape long term strategy and near term delivery programmes that balance commercial performance with long-term and wider public value. You’ll collaborate across the organisation and our stakeholders, including working in close alignment with TfL, the Greater London Authority and our delivery partners.
Through your influence and leadership, you’ll help keep Places for London at the forefront of sustainable real estate, transforming our estate and operations to create low carbon, resilient, healthy and thriving places across the capital.
There are two Senior Sustainability Manager vacancies, each with a distinct focus.
Government Relations Adviser
Job Description
As part of TfL’s wider Public Affairs function, our Government Relations team plays a pivotal role in shaping how we engage with the political landscape across London and the UK. Acting as the single point of contact for Ministers, Parliamentarians, London Assembly Members and key government bodies, the team leads on building strong, trusted relationships that help inform decision‑making and support the delivery of London’s transport priorities. Our work connects TfL with national and regional institutions, UK cities and international organisations—ensuring our voice is heard and that we stay closely aligned with the evolving political, policy and funding environment.
We’re looking for a proactive and collaborative Government Relations Adviser who brings sound political judgement and a strong understanding of the needs and priorities of our key political stakeholders. Reporting to a Head of Desk, you’ll play a central role in delivering TfL’s public affairs strategy—working closely with senior managers to build constructive, influential relationships across the political landscape.
In this role, you’ll draft clear and compelling responses to correspondence from elected representatives, develop tailored communications plans to support political understanding of TfL’s strategy, and coordinate visits and events for high‑profile stakeholders. You’ll also lead on specific subject‑matter areas for your desk, represent the team in key meetings, prepare responses to Mayor’s Questions, and support senior leaders ahead of national and regional committee sessions. It’s a position for someone who enjoys variety, values collaboration, and thrives on work that sits at the heart of shaping London’s transport conversations.
Stakeholder Engagement Manager
The Oxford Street Development Corporation
You will be joining an organisation whose work is helping to shape the future of one of London’s most iconic places. The Oxford Street Development Corporation has been established to lead the long-term regeneration and transformation of Oxford Street and its surrounding area to deliver a world-class public realm and safer, cleaner streets, and to supporting high-quality development, culture and economic activity that keeps the area thriving. Our OSDC Board is setting out the strategic direction of the organisation and brings diverse insight and cross-sector expertise including retail, property, leisure, fashion, music, theatre, media, law and politics. Your will be joining a rapidly growing organisation fully dedicated to restore Oxford Street to its former glory and to shape its exciting next chapter.
About the role
- To manage the delivery of the overall stakeholder comms strategy for the new Oxford Street Development Corporation, including working with senior colleagues in the newly formed OSDC, Mayor’s Office, GLA and at partner functional bodies including Transport for London (TfL) to map audiences, identify channels, draft key messages, outline and respond to risks and opportunities, and agree an ambitious plan of stakeholder activity for the first year of the OSDC and beyond
- To develop and maintain the core partnerships and stakeholder relationships necessary to achieve the OSDC objectives, including identifying and delivering ways for priority audiences to stay updated and provide their feedback on our plans, inspiring and enthusing our audiences in the potential of this exciting programme of works
- To identify, design and deliver a wide range of engagement opportunities, ensuring the OSDC can listen and engage with the widest range of stakeholders, including residents, businesses, retailers, community and campaign groups, third sector organisations, Parliamentarians and more, to ensure we shape the design and delivery of the programme in a way that truly works for all Londoners and with a particular aim of creating spaces for engagement, discussion and collaboration. This will include leading or supporting on the design and delivery of activities such as events, forums, newsletters, webinars, social media activity, and other activations as relevant.
- To support the public realm design teams in optimising opportunities for co-design with priority stakeholder groupsas the primary engagement lead for the public realm design teams, managing the logistics and facilitation of co-design opportunities with priority stakeholder groups.
- To support the senior leadership team and Board of the OSDC in mapping and owning their priority stakeholder relationships
- To work with our External Affairs lead to deliver our on going key message development and delivery, including ensuring comprehensive briefings are regularly updated ahead of all stakeholder activity.
- Realise the benefits of London’s diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunities and promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of London’s communities.
- Realise the benefits of a flexible approach to work in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job, and participating in multi-disciplinary, cross-department and cross-organisational groups and project teams.
What your day will look like
- Working directly with residents, businesses, retailers and partners to listen, build trust and keep plans moving
- Working with the designs teams to deliver co‑design workshops, forums, events and activations that shape Oxford Street’s future
- Acting as the day‑to‑day engagement lead for public realm design work, co-ordinating logistics and facilitation
- Producing clear, practical briefings so senior leaders and Board members engage stakeholders with confidence championing inclusive engagement, ensuring diverse and under‑represented voices are heard
- Collaborating across the OSDC, Mayor’s Office, GLA, TfL and local partners in a fast‑moving, political context
- Flexing working patterns to support key moments, events and consultations (possible evening and weekend work could be expected).
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
- Significant knowledge and experience of strategic communications and/or stakeholder engagement in a high-profile organisation regularly in the media eye.
- Significant experience of resident, community and local level engagement, particularly in a high profile-built environment context.
- Experience of high-profile public engagement exercises, and ability to generate consensus through partnership building and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience leading the practical delivery of stakeholder engagement for high-profile projects and public engagement exercises at a local level, with a proven ability to facilitate consensus through community partnership building, direct resident engagement, and the successful execution of co-design workshops.
- An understanding of complex political environments and significant experience of operating effectively within them.
- Experience of managing agencies to deliver communications or events activations.
Head of Marketing, Consumer ( 8-10 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Job Description:
Lead the consumer marketing strategy and team to deliver activity to promote London to international and domestic consumer audiences. You will lead on the strategy and execution of best-in-class, data-led marketing campaigns, working at a senior level with internal and external stakeholders, global brands, commercial partners and government bodies to maximise our impact and inspire our audiences.Key Tasks
- Lead the consumer marketing strategy to plan innovative, best-in-class consumer marketing activity from inception through to final campaign evaluation
- Lead end-to-end integrated marketing campaigns across paid, owned and earned channels, from strategy and audience development through to conversion and evaluation
- Define and lead measurement frameworks to evaluate campaign effectiveness, including brand impact, audience engagement, intent, conversion and partner ROI.
- Lead and mentor the consumer marketing team, overseeing the delivery of marketing activity and developing the team’s potential, ensuring marketing best practice is up to date with the latest industry trends
- Ensure all consumer marketing activity is audience led; supports and builds London’s global brand, inspires and engages audiences and influences them to choose London.
- Lead the team to manage creative and media agencies to ensure content and media plans are data led and audience first, delivering against the brief, KPIs and to budget
- Lead on identifying and brokering marketing partnerships to maximise the effectiveness of marketing activities, identifying and winning VIK and income opportunities
- Working at senior levels with internal and external stakeholders, global brands, event organisers, private sector and commercial partners, and government bodies
- Lead on coordinating London & Partners overarching consumer marketing strategy, working with internal channel owners to define a single overarching plan, working closely with communications, owned channels, partnerships, major events and in-market teams
- Ensure cross team liaison and integration of consumer marketing activities with the wider organisation and ensure we meet the needs of our partners, sponsors and stakeholders
- Responsible for multi-million pound budgets and fostering positive relationships and effective processes to optimise team time and budget. This includes scoping work and pushing back on requests that do not provide enough value and impact.
- Any other reasonable duties as allocated by the line manager.
Head of Group Budget Strategy and Coordination
Job Description
About the role
To manage the strategy behind and development of the Mayor’s annual consolidated GLA Group budget. Drive forward on-going process improvements. To work closely with the GLA Performance Team and provide assurance to, and high-level support across, the GLA Group regarding the financial aspects of the GLA’s quarterly budget monitoring. To lead the GLA’s day to day financial relationship with MOPAC, TfL and LFB. To lead and participate in a range of high-profile projects and provide advice to the Mayor, London Assembly Members, and senior managers on financial matters, including: the DLR Extension to Thamesmead, GLA funding reform and other strategic or delivery projects.
What your day will look like
· Meetings with senior staff across the GLA Group on financial matters
· Conducting complex financial modelling
· Producing briefings and advice for very senior staff
· Coordinating the Group Budget process
· Producing Budge documents and taking through senior sign off
· Developing budget strategy
· Advising on strategic projects
Senior Adviser to the Deputy Mayor, Environment & Energy
Job Description
About the role
The purpose of this role is to:
- Provide high level strategic support and advice and stakeholder management to the Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy in developing policy, developing corporate programmes and strategies and promoting the Mayor’s agenda for London and advising on the implementation of policy and programmes.
- To act as a senior, trusted adviser to the Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, providing high-quality, politically astute advice and support. The role is central to ensuring effective liaison and coordination between the Deputy Mayor, the Environment team, the wider Mayor’s Office and other GLA policy areas, so that advice to the Deputy Mayor is coherent, well-judged, timely and aligned with the Mayor’s priorities.
- To represent the Deputy Mayor, on relevant policy matters within the GLA, GLA Group and with external bodies as required.
- To provide a steer to teams within the GLA on Mayoral priorities and messaging, working with fellow Senior Advisers to ensure Mayoral policy is coordinated and effectively delivered.
What your day will look like
- Act as a primary liaison between the Environment Directorate, the wider Mayor’s Office, and other GLA teams, ensuring effective coordination and clear communication.
- Work as part of the Mayor’s Policy and Delivery Unit and with other colleagues in the Mayor’s Office to ensure the co-ordinated and effective delivery of the Mayor’s agenda.
- Commission, challenge and quality-assure advice, briefings and submissions from policy teams to ensure they are robust, well-evidenced and decision-ready.
- Provide broad policy and high-level strategic advice to the Deputy Mayor(s) in areas covered by their brief.
- Monitor relevant policy developments to co-ordinate the input and response of the Deputy Mayor and ensure the Mayoralty can exploit opportunities and is aware of risks.
- Work closely with the Assistant Director for Environment (AD for Environment) as a key professional contact, ensuring alignment between political priorities and policy delivery.
- Project management on behalf of the Deputy Mayor including projects that span different teams and areas of work in the GLA.
- Support the effective running of the Deputy Mayor’s office, including working with the Executive Assistant to ensure effective diary and inbox management.
- Contribute to, and draft as necessary reports, briefings, presentations, speeches and statements for the Deputy Mayor.
- Support the Deputy Mayor in preparing for meetings, public engagements, media opportunities and internal decision-making forums.
- Deputise for the Deputy Mayor as appropriate in internal and external forums to ensure the Mayor’s position and influence is fully recognised and applied to ensure the best outcomes for London.
- Support the Deputy Mayor to build relationships with key stakeholders to promote the Mayor’s priorities and to foster effective partnership working to deliver those priorities.
- Realise the benefits of London’s diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunities, and promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of London’s communities.
- Realise the benefits of a flexible approach to work in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job, and participating in multi-disciplinary cross-department and cross-organisational groups and project teams.
Staff Counsellor
Job description:
Contract type: Fixed Term until 28/02/2027
Working pattern: Part-time (28 hours per week)London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London’s fire and rescue service – one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city. Employing over 5000 people across our operational team (our firefighters), control (our call handlers who answer 999 calls), fire safety and our non-operational team (our team who work behind the scenes to support our front-line services, which includes Fleet, IT, HR, Finance, Procurement, Communications team and many more).
Are you a counsellor, psychotherapist or psychologist qualified to PG Diploma level with current BACP accreditation or equivalent?
Do you have substantial proven post-qualifying experience and possess the expertise, skills, and enthusiasm to join a well-established team?
We provide a comprehensive counselling service covering all aspects of work-related, health and personal issues to the staff of a large emergency service.
You will have the skills to develop an effective counselling relationship with a wide range of staff from a variety of cultural backgrounds and possess an understanding of the role of a staff counsellor in an organisational setting.
Specialist skills in using CBT plus experience of working with trauma related issues using NICE recommended modalities would be an advantage.
Applicants must have at least a Diploma in Counselling or equivalent and current BACP Accredited (or equivalent).