ASSOCIATE PLANNER
LOCATION: Head Office, Nottinghamshire
TYPE: Remote hybrid
To help strengthen the P&DG planning team and be a more experienced lead on more complex planning proposals. Lends support and reviewing capacity to the wider team including in their mentoring and development and lead a group of employees on major projects. They also contribute towards business development and wider company objectives.
- Project management of planning applications
- Submission of planning applications
- Business development and attendance at networking events
- Line managerial responsibilities of planners from Graduate to Principal levels
- Negotiation with developers, planning officers, and other professionals
- Community and political engagement
- S106 and legal agreement negotiations
- Client and third-party correspondence
- Supporting professional development including those of other staff
- Completion of professional reports accompanying planning applications
- Management of more complex application processes including EIA and Local Plan Examinations
- Management of appeal processes, written representations and hearings
- Preparation of fee proposals and tender bids
- Research of latest case law
- Public speaking and presentation skills
- Community engagement
- Creative report writing
- Commercial awareness
- Negotiation of complex agreements
- Business development and networking
- Continual emphasis on professional development
- An up to date understanding of planning policy and legislation
- Ability to work individually on own initiative
- Team worker
- Problem solver finding solutions to often complex planning issues
- Ability to work under pressure to meet client expectations
- Budgeting, financial management and billing of projects
- IT literate
- An understanding of skills in other sectors within the built/natural environments
- Urban design and masterplanning skills
- Other professional qualifications may be desirable
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & CAPABILITIES
- Associate – 10 years’ minimum professional experience working for a private consultancy or equivalent
- Hold a valid UK Driving Licence
- Urban Design and masterplanning understanding would be beneficial
- Whilst not necessary, the potential to bring along new clients or contacts may be useful
REMUNERATION
- Competitive market rate of pay
- Potential flexibility in core work hours
- Flexibility in working locations
- Minimum of 22 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Birthday Leave
- Health Insurance
- Company Pension Scheme
- Payment of one professional membership, others considered on merit
- Discretionary leave days over the Christmas & New Year Period
- Potential performance bonus
- We also enjoy a high level of staff retention through being a dynamic close-knit and friendly team with a flexible caring attitude
- Salary range: Competitive market rate
HOW TO APPLY
- Please submit a covering letter and CV to careers@panddg.co.uk
- To arrange an informal discussion with Richard Hall please e-mail jayne.horne@panddg.co.uk
- In addition to the requested covering letter and CV, we will also accept a modest amount of additional material to support your application, for example previous work that is in the public realm. All material will be deleted post recruitment process
