Thomas Unter's Resume

Thomas Unter

Senior Policy Advisor, Communities Delivery Unit, Communities and Inclusive Growth@Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Summary

Senior Policy Advisor. I am a Senior Policy Advisor for the UK Government's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Supporting partnership work with local leaders and stakeholders, I am part of a team responsible for developing and delivering plans to boost local economic growth, ensuring our expertise and knowledge inform the creation of tailored and effective policies and investments to improve places across the United Kingdom. I am also a trained Landscape Architect with experience in active travel, public realm and urban design, masterplanning, sustainable development and stakeholder engagement across the UK and ROI. I hold a degree in human geographies and a masters in landscape architecture, which have affirmed my belief that qualitative, human-centred approaches lead to the most successful project outcomes. Working in practice, I delivered projects aligning with national policies, engaged with local authorities, and collaborated at all organisational levels. As a consultant, I utilised various national and regional policy frameworks for schemes, and passionately believe in the power of substantive and sustained community consultation. My background includes operations and event management, supplier negotiations, and high-value project delivery for multinational brands.

Work experience

Senior Policy Advisor, Communities Delivery Unit, Communities and Inclusive Growth
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2025.01-Current
(2 years)
Senior Policy Advisor, Scotland Team - Glasgow City Region and Ayrshire
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2024.06-2025.03
(10 months)
Assistant Landscape Architect
OPEN (Optimised Environments Ltd.)
2023.01-2024.06
(a year)
Graduate Landscape Architect
OPEN (Optimised Environments Ltd.)
2021.06-2023.01
(2 years)
Consultant Landscape Architect
AREA landscape architects
2020.08-2020.10
(3 months)
Operations Assistant
Royal Horticultural Society
2019.03-2019.07
(5 months)
Client Executive
Bulletproof
2017.10-2019.01
(a year)
Business Development Associate
Powervault Ltd
2017.09-2017.09
Product Specialist
Tesla
2016.08-2017.07
(a year)
Academic Student Mentor
University of Liverpool
2015.10-2016.01
(4 months)
Aupair
Aupair and Teaching
2015.06-2015.07
(2 months)
Administrative Support
Thorndike Surgery Rochester
2014.07-2014.09
(3 months)
Restaurant and Bar Staff
Village Urban Resorts
2014.07-2014.09
(3 months)
Charity Collection Organiser
Dementia UK
2014.08-2014.08
Administrative Support Assistant
The Rainham Dental Surgery Ltd
2013.06-2013.08
(3 months)