Principal Urban Design Officer

Overview

In this role you lead design quality across pre-application and application stages, guiding major planning schemes and city projects with a focus on heritage-aware development. You will provide specialist urban design advice, promote public art, and shape masterplans, development frameworks, and policy documents. The position supports a customer-centred design service and aims to conserve Liverpool’s historic environment while enabling growth. Your work will connect design excellence with public service impact, shaping key sites and corporate projects.

Pay / Benefits

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• agile working – flexibility first
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• training and development opportunities
• Health and Wellbeing support
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass schemes

Responsibilities

• Lead design promotion at pre-application and application stages across scales of schemes
• Provide specialist urban design advice and ensure a high-quality, customer-focused service
• Conserve heritage while enabling appropriate development across the City
• Prepare masterplans, development frameworks, and planning policy documents
• Deliver design guidance and briefs for key city sites and major proposals
• Advise on all types of applications with emphasis on major proposals
• Promote good practice design guidance and support public art initiatives

Key requirements

• Experience in urban design and masterplanning within planning environments
• Ability to prepare development frameworks and planning policy documents
• Proven track record advising on major planning proposals
• Understanding of heritage conservation and integration with development
• Experience delivering design guidance for key sites
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

• customer-focused
• leadership potential
• stakeholder engagement (implied)
• urban design
• masterplanning
• development frameworks

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