Planner - Consultant
Posted a week ago by Lumeg Recruitment
Job Title
Planner - Consultant
Salary
Competitive
Must Haves
• Applicants should be degree-qualified in a relevant field with a genuine interest and enthusiasm in planning
• Strong understanding of the principles of planning
• A problem-solver
• Adept at presentations and technical writing
• Great communicator
• Creative thinker
Team:
• 8-10 people
• Wide variety of experience
• Remote/Hybrid/Office based - Hybrid, 3 days in the office
Role reports to:
• Project Director for each project
• Who is the best performer in this team and what do they have which makes them the best
• Good project management skills Coordinating other companies/consultants
• Ability to be self-directed
• Environmental impact assessment
• Assisting senior staff in driving large projects forward
• Managing smaller planning applications
• Undertaking research and analysis
• Preparing planning appraisals of land, buildings and concepts
• Preparing planning reports and planning applications
• Liaising with planning officers, employees of consultee organisations and third parties
• Liaising and cultivating good relationships with clients, colleagues and fellow professionals
• Developing creative and original solutions
• Taking responsibility for smaller projects from the earliest stages through to completion
• Remaining informed about documents relating to planning policy and practice
• Attending external events and providing presentations
Description:
Typically, the role of planning consultant will involve working on a variety of projects, supporting senior staff on project work, providing direct client advice on sites/projects, drafting reports and planning submissions (site assessments, policy notes, applications, development plan representations, and Environmental Statements) and assisting with the management of the team’s caseload.
This is a great opportunity to progress your career, working on a diverse portfolio of projects for prestigious clients and alongside the very best planning professionals.
My client provides great opportunities for career progression, highly competitive salaries, annual bonuses, and a range of working benefits including pension contributions, private healthcare, and payment of professional fees.
They have become adept at flexible working and embrace people wanting to work from home for part of the time, as well as from their offices in Chester (Bretton) and Manchester (Wilmslow).
They recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance amongst all their colleagues and regularly review their ways of working to improve this.
To secure their long-term future as an independent consultancy, they’ve recently become an Employee Ownership Trust.
The company is managed in the interests of all colleagues and there are specific benefits associated with Trust status including tax free bonuses.
You’ll be able to take an active part in the life of the company from day one.
Hours:
9-5.30pm, 37.5 hour
Salary:
Competitive and negotiated at interview stage
Targets:
Delivering work for the client deadlines
Additional Benefits:
Bonuses - discretionary EOT - Employee ownership trust - first 3.5k Private healthcare Enhanced maternity/Paternity Pension scheme - salary sacrifice Cycle to work scheme
Interview Process:
2 stages 1 - initial interview - virtual (Teams) 1 of the directors 2 - face to face - 1 or 2 of the directors
Job Type
Permanent
Degree Required
Yes
Reason for hire
Growth
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- Immediately
- Contract Length:
- Permanent
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- Job Reference:
- Adele
- Job ID:
- 221487877
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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