Senior Town Planner

Description

• Liaising with Local Planning Authorities / Statutory Consultees as necessary to ensure applications are registered and determined within a timely manner
• Writing and reviewing planning deliverables to a very high standard. This includes the development of high level options appraisals, producing consenting strategies, planning policy preparation, providing clear and accurate consenting advice, preparing and reviewing documents for planning applications, TWAOs, DCOs and other consents
• Working as part of the planning team to deliver a range of planning projects, including working alongside and potentially project managing and leading other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary delivery team
• Leading and co-ordinating the preparation of planning applications, including managing the inputs from more junior members of staff, colleagues from across the business and sub-consultants
• Supporting the growth of the Northern Planning team in respect of developing the team within the region, liaising with current and potential clients for the business and raising the profile of the planning team both internally and externally across the region
• Supporting more junior members of staff in their chartership and professional development
• Preparing inputs and potentially leading bids for new work

Requirements

• Extensive town planning experience
• Experience in overseeing, and/or project managing multidisciplinary projects
• Degree and/or Masters in Town Planning
• Previous experience of, and having an active role in the delivery of varied infrastructure, regeneration and environmental projects
• Experience of preparing and submitting planning applications, drafting reports, feasibility studies, masterplans and regeneration strategies
• Experience of financial accountability for projects and delivery of projects within budget
• Experience of working with a range of client bodies including both private sector and public sector
• Chartered Member of the RTPI
• Experience of supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team
• Experience of team working to support the delivery of projects

Benefits

• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

Training + Development

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