Senior Associate - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Energy Jobline

Description

• Manages and delivers high valuecomplex multi-disciplinary projects with project management skills,working directly with the Associate Director and Directorlevels
• Leads showcase complex proposals andensures high quality output including innovative ways topresent
• Independently manages clientexpectations and deliverables to ensure alignment with contractedscopes by leading client and project meetings, articulating anddefending the work undertaken.
• Ability tooperate as a technical lead for multiple projects at various scaleof master planning projects with a sound understanding of allrelevant planning workstreams.
• Provide specifictechnical expertise in spatial planning, regional planning,developing governance and implementationstrategies
• Has strong capabilities tocoordinate, challenge, and manage multiple disciplines for complexprojects and communicate project objectives/deliverables to drivethe best outcome.
• Has strong people managementskills and provides professional urban/environmental planningmentorship/guidance to junior staffmembers.
• Seeks out ways to improveplanning/environmental analysis processes and ensures criticalthinking is conducted throughout the planningteam.
• Has excellent written and presentationskills in English/Arabic (preferred) with an ability to coordinateand develop a deliverable (report) as well as create a presentationand summary to support the deliverable.
• Leadsmore than one specialty topic / interests in urban planning e.g.,wellness planning / placemaking
• Strongunderstanding of planning / environmental governance and policy andcan communicate planning / environmental governance and policy andmake recommendations to clients whererelevant.
• Can structure and manage tailoredplanning guidelines and controls as per clientrequirements.
• Strong ability to communicatedifferences between planning stages and drive outcomes of reportstructure and content.
• Communicates andcoordinates with clients and project teams to enable creation ofproject briefs to set out projectobjectives.
• Prepare and deliver presentationsto clients and government (approving agencies) to advance approvalsof development, Master Plans, Development Guidelines andpolicies.
• Liaise with government agencies andother authorities as may be required regarding developmentobjectives, policies and procedures
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in UrbanPlanning, Design, or Town Planning. Masters in one of thesedisciplines would be preferred.
• RTPI (or anyother planning association membership) would beadvantageous.