Assistant Director of Place

To develop and implement an impactful strategic approach for all aspects of the housing, regeneration and culture agenda for the North East Combined Authority fully reflecting its policy vision and priorities.

Working across the whole of the Authority, this high profile strategic role will be to enhance the Authority's reputation, engage with a broad range of key stakeholders and influence public policy at local, regional and national levels. The postholder will work closely with and advise the senior leadership team, Mayor and Cabinet as well as a very broad range of external stakeholders at local, regional and national level.

This role requires someone with a robust portfolio of well tested strategic agility, leadership abilities and who can provide strategic leadership for the development and delivery of the Place agenda, including experience of delivery (at a national, regional or local level) of regeneration, spatial planning, culture and the creative industries, housing growth, infrastructure and the built environment.