Job description
Lead and contribute to strategic urban planning, regional planning, city planning, and master planning projects. Develop strategic spatial frameworks, land-use strategies, development frameworks, growth scenarios, and planning policies. Undertake analysis of existing urban conditions, demographics, land use, infrastructure, mobility, environmental constraints, and development opportunities. Prepare urban growth strategies, spatial development plans, structure plans, and strategic planning frameworks. Translate strategic objectives and development visions into practical spatial and land-use recommendations. Coordinate urban planning activities with transport, infrastructure, environmental, landscape, economic, and urban design disciplines. Conduct planning assessments, benchmarking studies, development capacity assessments, and planning policy reviews. Support the development of planning regulations, development controls, zoning strategies, planning guidelines, and implementation frameworks. Evaluate alternative development scenarios and provide evidence-based recommendations to clients. Lead or support stakeholder engagement workshops with government authorities, developers, municipalities, and other key stakeholders. Prepare high-quality technical reports, planning strategies, presentations, and client deliverables. Manage project scope, programme, resources, technical quality, and planning deliverables. Review work produced by planners and junior team members, ensuring technical accuracy and consistency. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level urban planning professionals. Maintain an understanding of emerging trends in sustainable urban development, smart cities, transit-oriented development, climate resilience, and integrated planning. Contribute to proposals, bids, technical methodologies, fee estimates, and business development activities.
Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning, Town Planning, Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, or a closely related discipline. Master's degree in Urban Planning, Strategic Planning, Urban Development, or a related discipline is highly desirable. Relevant professional accreditation or membership with a recognized planning institution is preferred. Significant professional experience in strategic urban planning, spatial planning, master planning, or urban development. Demonstrated experience working on large-scale city, regional, master planning, or strategic development projects. Strong understanding of land-use planning, spatial strategy, planning policy, development controls, and urban growth management. Ability to interpret demographic, socioeconomic, spatial, infrastructure, and environmental information to support strategic planning decisions. Experience working within multidisciplinary consulting teams. Strong report writing, presentation, communication, and stakeholder-management capabilities. Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and multidisciplinary interfaces. Strong client-facing and presentation skills. Experience managing and mentoring planning professionals is expected for the Associate / Principal level. Proficiency with relevant planning and spatial analysis tools, including GIS-based applications, is advantageous. Previous experience delivering major planning or urban development projects in the Middle East / GCC region is highly desirable.
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