EXPRESSIONOF INTEREST

FOR AUTHORITIES

THE OFFER

WHOYOUARE

Public Practice offers placements to public authorities and organisations in England, including local or city government, combined authorities, development corporations, or publicly-led delivery vehicles. The first cohort in 2018/19 will be focused on London, the South East and East of England. Expressions of interest are welcomed from individual Authorities, or groups of more than one Authority.

WHATWE

OFFER

Public Practice offers outstanding Associates for 12 month placements, aligned with financial years. We work with Authorities to define your job description, person specification and selection criteria; we run a high-profile recruitment campaign and rigorous pre-selection process; and we present you with a shortlist of high quality candidates for interview. Selected Associates will benefit from initial training and ongoing personal development and support provided by Public Practice. They will spend 90% of their time placed within your Authority, and the remaining 10% working as a cohort on collective research and development. Your Authority will have access to all research produced by the Associates, and your staff will be able to participate in a programme of Public Practice events.

WHATWE

ASKFOR

Public Practice invites expressions of interest from Authorities with a progressive approach to the role of planning in shaping the future of their places. We are looking for Authorities who share the ambitions of Public Practice, and can demonstrate senior commitment to the programme at Chief Executive or Executive Director level. We want early adopters who are open to co-designing Public Practice with us. You should be able to offer a place-based role, for example centred on a particular town centre or growth area, with opportunities for cross-cutting work across teams or departments. Preference will be given to new roles that offer genuine additionality over existing vacancies. Authorities will employ Associates directly on salaries of between £30,000-£50,000 plus on-costs, either as a fixed-term contract or secondment, and pay an annual membership fee to Public Practice at an initial rate of £4,000.

Find out more. Download the Prospectus for Authorities

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EXPRESSIONSOF INTEREST

Please submit one Expression of Interest for each placement you are considering offering. Please complete as much of this form as possible, within the stated word limits. We will seek to match Associates to Authorities based on the information in this form. The more detail you are able to provide, the more likely we are to be able to find the right match.

If you have any queries about Public Practice or this Expression of Interest please contact us at info@publicpractice.org.uk. Completed Expression of Interest forms should be submitted in Word format to info@publicpractice.org.uk by midday on Monday 11 December 2017.

Public Practice will review all Expressions of Interest submitted on the basis of the roles offered, and their impact, additionality, deliverability, and eligibility. Shortlisted Expressions of Interest will be worked up into job descriptions for matching with shortlisted Associates.

YOUR DETAILS

AUTHORITY NAME(S)

     

LEAD OFFICER

NAME

     

JOB TITLE      

EMAIL      

TELEPHONE      

THE ROLE

Please provide a brief description of the role you could potentially offer Associates. This should be written in a form that could be presented to shortlisted Associates.

THE ROLE(250 WORDS)

     

Public Practice works with Authorities to create a tailored Job Description for each placement. This is based on an open-ended menu of potential tasks for Associates. Please select tasks from the list below to give an idea of the type of support you are looking for.

POLICY AND STRATEGY DESIGN AND DELIVERY Asset mapping Brief-writing Capacity studies Feasibility studies Cultural & economic strategies Intelligent clienting Design policy and guidance Meanwhile projects Masterplans Procurement Socio-economic research Project management Local plan evidence In-house design e.g. architecture Other: Other:

ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY PLACE MANAGEMENT Community engagement Conservation Digital participation and inclusion Design and conservation advice External events Local list review Inward investment Town centre management Public consultation S106 negotiations Quantitative/qualitative evaluation Strategic planning applications Visual communication Development management Other: Other:

ENABLING AND FACILITATION DIGITAL INNOVATION Cross-departmental working Data collection, mining & analysis Cultural programming Digital visualisation Design review Software prototyping Design workshops Automating processes Funding bids Urban analytics Place-based coordination Other: Training sessions Other:

SHAPING BETTER PLACES

Public Practice works with Authorities who offer placements that have the potential to deliver genuine impact. We prioritise placements that make a quantitative and qualitative difference to the delivery of homes, public realm, infrastructure, and public engagement. Briefly explain how the role contributes to the wider priorities and objectives of your organisation, and how it will help deliver good growth and shape better places.

SHAPINGBETTERPLACES

(250 WORDS)

     

BUILDING PLANNING CAPACITY

Hosting an Associate is an opportunity to build planning capacity within your organisation and explore new ways of working. Preference will be given to placements that offer genuine additionality over existing roles or vacancies – although we will consider all types of roles. Please tell us how the placement will help build your organisation’s capacity for proactive planning, support new ways of working, or enable strategic place-based coordination.

BUILDINGPLANNINGCAPACITY

(250 WORDS)

     

DELIVERING THE PLACEMENT

Funding and approvals for placements do not need to be confirmed at Expression of Interest stage. However, we are more likely to be able to offer placements to Authorities that can demonstrate greater levels of certainty over funding, approvals, and senior level buy-in.

The indicative salary range for Associates is £30,000-£50,000, plus on costs. Do you have a salary in mind?

Salary not yet determined £30,000-£34,999 £35,000-£39,999 £40,000-£44,999 £45,000-£49,999 £50,000+

How will the placement be funded, and is funding secured?

PLACEMENTFUNDING

     

On what basis will you be looking to employ your Associate?

Fixed-term Secondment Either

Would you be open to your Associate working part-time, or not?

Full-time Part-time Either

What approvals do you have, or will you need to secure, to create a Public Practice placement?

APPROVALSSECURED

ANDREQUIRED

     

We require senior sponsorship of Public Practice placements at Chief Executive or Executive Director level. Please provide details of the executive sponsoring the placement.

EXECUTIVENAME

     

JOB TITLE      

EMAIL      

ELIGIBILITY

We ask that Authorities understand and agree to our eligibility criteria before we offer placements. Please tick the boxes below to confirm you agree to each of the following:

Authorities will be involved in the assessment of Associates, however Public Practice will make the final recommendations on the selection and placement of Associates. Authorities have the right to accept or decline recommendations.

The start date for placements is 1 April 2018. Can you confirm this start date will work for your organisation?

If not, what start date would be preferable?      

Associates will attend an induction training course from 2-6 April 2018. Associates will join Authorities from 9 April 2018.

Whilst on placement, Associates will spend the equivalent of one day every two weeks taking part in the Public Practice research and development programme. Authorities will also have opportunities to participate in the programme, and access to all research outputs.

Authorities are required to pay a £4,000 membership fee to Public Practice when an Associate is placed with them.

If you have any questions regarding our eligibility criteria, please get in contact with us at info@publicpractice.org.uk.

WORKING WITH PUBLIC PRACTICE

For the first cohort of Public Practice, we are particularly keen to work with Authorities and officers that are interested in helping us to shape and develop the programme. We want to make sure that Public Practice works for you, and welcome your input, ideas and feedback. Please indicate which aspects of the programme representatives from your Authority would be willing to contribute to:

Assessment of applicants (January 2018)

Mentoring (April 2018 onwards)

Informing and/or participating in research and development (April 2018 onwards)

Hosting Associate training at your sites (April 2018 onwards)

In addition to the work Associates will engage in on placements, Public Practice builds capacity for host Authorities through our research and development programme. Associates produce practical, relevant and topical case studies and guidance on good public practice – which might range from the use of technology for better public engagement, to new models of land disposal. Please let us know if you have any specific areas of research interest:

RESEARCHINTERESTS

     

TIMELINE

Expressions of Interest By 11 December 2017

Review 11 – 20 December

Shortlisted Authorities informed 21 December

Role definition 21 December – 15 January 2018

Associate Assessment Centre 10 January

Matching with shortlisted Associates 15 January – 31 January

Selection and job offers By 1 February

Preparation for placements 1 February – 1 April

Start of Placements 1 April

Associates induction course 2 – 6 April

Associates start in post 9 April

Quarterly Review #1 June

Quarterly Review #2 September

Quarterly Review #3 December

Quarterly Review #4 March 2019

Placements end 31 March