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Associate Director/Associate- Town Planning
Job Posted: 25 days ago
Salary: £ 60,000 - 80,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Expire in: 2 days
Job Description
Working for an independent planning consultancy based at the edge of Manchester city centre. We are seeking proactive and pragmatic planners at Associate/Associate Director level, to help our clients successfully navigate the planning system.
We value a strong work ethic, integrity, and honesty. Good communication is key, both for building client and team relationships and in your writing skills. And we encourage career-long learning - there's always something new to learn.
You'll note that we aren't seeking a specific number of years' experience or qualifications or market expertise. We are seeking someone who will fit readily into our team and ways of working.
Duties:
Providing initial site appraisals and forming bespoke planning strategies
Building the best planning case based on strong evidence from the right expert team
Liaising with the local planning authority, the community and other stakeholders
Negotiating conditions and legal agreements to secure valuable, deliverable consents
Preparing and managing planning appeals and local plan examinations
Instructing counsel and acting as expert witness at public inquiries
Assisting in the day to day management of a small team of PlannersJoin a better team
We work with many fantastic clients across the UK. Our clients include Mileway, Watson Homes, and Peel Waters. We work on a variety of challenging projects, often in sensitive locations at all stages of the development process. We are well versed with Green Belt; heritage and environmental planning and work on both large and small scale projects, from university masterplans and city centre regeneration to smaller, technically challenging sites, such as redevelopment in the Green Belt.
We are an experienced team of planners, where we punch above our weight - something which has consistently been recognised by the industry over the last few years through various awards and nominations by insider, planning awards and the RTPI culminating in being in 2023 we won the RTPI Small Planning Consultancy of the year award.
We are very selective with our client and look to build long-standing relationships based on trust and shared values. We have made a conscious decision to remain independent and focus our efforts purely on helping navigate the complex planning system. We like to take a convoluted set of issues and pull out the most significant planning considerations - to apply the judgement that comes with experience and critical thinking to deliver better places across the UK.
For the right person, we offer a great package. We work hard to keep salaries competitive, with a contributory pension and discretionary bonus. Other benefits include a phone allowance, training budget and internal CPD, payment of professional memberships, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and a range of perks and discounts.
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