Department for Infrastructure (DFI) Business Product Owners (X2) (Planning Professional) for NI Regional Planning IT System

Please note 
To help provide further detail around the opportunities in the Project Team a short information event will be held at 2.00pm on Thursday 13 February 2020 in Clarence Court, Belfast, where anyone interested can attend and discuss these in more detail.

Further information about the event can be obtained from William Daly on tel: 028 9054 1058 or by email at: [email protected].

About the role
Planning functions in NI are delivered by the eleven local councils and the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), collectively referred to as the Planning Authorities.  The delivery of planning functions across the Planning Authorities is supported by the current IT system, the Northern Ireland Planning Portal (NIPP).

The NIPP is reaching the end of its operational life and the Planning Authorities have been working together to provide a new Planning IT System. This is considered to be a high profile project of strategic importance to both central and local government.

The next phase of the project involves working with the successful IT Supplier to configure, test and implement the IT system. The Project Board agreed to revise the Project Team to be better placed to engage with the IT Supplier. This team structure is attached.

There is an opportunity within the Project Team for a Product Owner – this will be at the SPTO grade.

How to apply
Interested staff should complete a candidate proforma, available at www.interchangeni.org.uk and return it to the Interchange Secretariat at: [email protected] by 5.00pm on Friday 28 February 2020; otherwise I will assume a nil return.