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Organisation: Greater London Authority
Job title: Principal Delivery Officer
Reference: 5859
Salary: £64,690 per annum
Grade: 10
Contract type: Permanent
Team: Infrastructure Coordination Service
Directorate: Good Growth
Interview date: W/c 9th and 16th November (may be subject to change)
Location: Union Street
Application closing date: 25 October 2026 at 23:59:00
Good Growth
Good Growth is responsible for delivering and implementing the Mayor’s environment, transport and economic strategies and for the effective implementation of the London Plan. The Directorate is also responsible for regeneration (where the programme is not housing led), enterprise, growth, capital projects and design work.
About the team
The Mayor’s Infrastructure Coordination Service (ICS) is an innovative, award-winning, multi-disciplinary team that drives better collaboration in the planning and delivery of London’s utility infrastructure. This advertised role will sit within the sub-team responsible for the development and implementation of the SSM: the SuDS through Streetworks Market (SSM).
This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in this flagship innovation initiative: establishing the UK’s first environmental services market for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).
The SSM holds the potential to dramatically increase SuDS by leveraging planned streetworks. A cross-organisational partnership – delivered in collaboration with Thames Water – will put forward a market-led approach based on Nobel prize winning economics that will significantly reduce surface flooding risks and positively move the dial on green infrastructure across the city.
Our novel approach sits at the heart of London’s climate resilience agenda, supporting Flood Ready London as one of the London Surface Water Strategy’s key delivery mechanisms. Through the SSM, we are aiming to oversee two initial market rounds, deliver at least 100 projects and ultimately convert 7,000 hectares of impermeable land to SuDS to meet our target number of properties at risk from a 1 in 30 year storm.
About the role
As Principal Delivery Officer within the Mayor's Infrastructure Coordination Service, you will lead the technical side of the SSM team. Working at the intersection of environmental markets, surface water management and infrastructure delivery, you will oversee the development of the SSM framework and successful implementation of the SSM market rounds.
You will manage a number of technical and interdependent workstreams – SuDS design, market design, trading platform, data, monitoring & evaluation, delivery, among others – to ensure the SSM work programme is delivered successfully and within budget.
This will involve convening ‘buyers’ – lead local flood authorities, Boroughs and Transport for London – together with ‘suppliers’ – utilities and contractors – to develop market and commercial arrangements, technical guidance and best practice, ensuring lessons are learned from each market round and refine the wider SSM processes. The SSM leverages London’s high volume of annual streetworks and encourages contractors to reinstate SuDS rather than traditional asphalt and concrete into their planned streetworks, thereby delivering SuDS at scale, lowering costs of delivery and reducing road disruption.
The role offers a unique opportunity to work on a high-profile programme with significant visibility across City Hall, government and industry. You will engage with senior stakeholders across the GLA and the wider sector – including Flood Ready London, Ofwat, lead local flood authorities and the Environment Agency – to help shape how London's infrastructure networks support the city's growth ambitions.
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The successful candidate will combine strong technical acumen, a can-do attitude and programme management skills with the ability to understand and communicate complex SuDS / utility issues. Whether your background is in sustainability, environmental markets, utilities, infrastructure or a related field, you will be motivated by solving challenging problems, building effective partnerships and delivering tangible outcomes for Londoners.
What your day will look like
- Supporting a multi-disciplinary team environment, ensuring team members feel supported and have the right resources and tools to carry out their work.
- Providing strategic direction across the SSM’s technical workstreams, addressing risks and technical barriers whilst achieving delivery targets.
- Providing support to Buyers and Suppliers and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders, including: lead local flood authorities, utilities, contractors and regulators.
- Working with SSM market participants to identify and deliver practical solutions to complex situations relating to environmental markets, SuDS and streetworks.
- Managing a large programme budget, including external consultants and overseeing procurement processes to deliver high-quality technical work, ensuring KPIs are delivered on time, within budget and to a high standard.
- Producing reports, case studies and best-practice guidance that capture lessons learned and influence infrastructure delivery across the sector.
- Analysing technical, commercial and delivery data to develop business cases for future governance and delivery models, identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.
- Representing the GLA at meetings, workshops and industry events, championing collaborative approaches to infrastructure connections and housing delivery.
- Preparing briefings and updates for senior management, programme boards and the Mayor's Office, ensuring risks, issues and opportunities are clearly communicated.
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
- A successful track record of technical delivery, team management, and external engagement / relationship building.
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g. Civil Engineering).
- Technical expertise on issues related to the water and streetworks sectors, and addressing surface water flooding issues, as well as substantial experience relating to: Environmental Markets, Construction, Streetworks, Utilities, Development, Capital Delivery or similar.
- Experience of successfully operating in a complex political environment and an ability to prepare timely, clear and concise reports, presentations and briefings on complex, technical, and/or sensitive issues for a range of different audiences.
- Strong programme and project management skills and experience, including evidence of successful delivery to time and budget.
Behavioural Competencies
Communicating and Influencing
Encourages and supports teams in engaging in transparent and inclusive communication
Influences others and gains buy-in using compelling, well-thought-through arguments
Negotiates effectively to deliver GLA priorities
Synthesises the complex viewpoints of others, recognises where compromise is necessary and brokers agreement
Advocates positively for the GLA both within and outside the organisation
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Building and Managing Relationships
Actively engages partners and encourages others to build relationships that support GLA objectives
Understands and recognises the contributions that staff at all levels make to delivering priorities
Proactively manages partner relationships, preventing or resolving any conflict
Adapts style to work effectively with partners, building consensus, trust and respect
Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership
Problem solving
Clarifies ambiguous problems, questioning assumptions to reach a fuller understanding
Actively challenges the status quo to find new ways of doing things, looking for good practice
Seeks and incorporates diverse perspectives to help produce workable strategies to address complex issues
Initiates consultation on opportunities to improve work processes
Supports the organisation to implement innovative suggestions
Research and analysis
Expands networks to gain new information sources for research and policy development
Identifies and implements methods to ensure intelligence is of a high quality
Encourages others to analyse data from different angles, using multiple perspectives to identify connections and new insights
Tailors research investment in line with likely impact for Londoners and policy priorities
Retains a bigger picture view, ensuring research recommendations are appropriate and practical for the GLA and its stakeholders
Planning and Organising
Monitors allocation of resources, anticipating changing requirements that may impact work delivery
Ensures evaluation processes are in place to measure project benefits
Gains buy-in and commitment to project delivery from diverse stakeholders
Implements quality measures to ensure directorate output is of a high standard
Translates political vision into action plans and deliverables
The GLA Competency Framework Guidelines further detailing each competency and the different level indicators can be found here: GLA Competency Framework
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:
- Personal statement with a maximum of 500 words. Please ensure you address how you demonstrate the essential criteria outlined above in the advert.
- Up to date CV.
- Confirmation of where candidates first saw the job role advertised (unmarked). This information is purely for internal information gathering and will not affect the application.
Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement have a maximum file size of 1.5MB each and upload your Personal Statement to the ‘CV and Cover Letters’ section’ of the form, ensuring you address the technical requirements and competencies in your Personal Statement.
Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g., “CV – applicant name - 012345)
As part of GLA’s continuing commitment to be an inclusive and equal opportunity employer we will be removing personal identifiable information from CVs and Personal Statements that could cause discrimination.
If you have questions about the role
If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager Gabriele Caprotti would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at gabriele.caprotti@london.gov.uk.
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