Planner - Senior Consultant

About the job Planner - Senior Consultant

Job Title

Planner - Senior Consultant

Competitive

Must Haves

• Applicants should be degree-qualified in a relevant field with a genuine interest and enthusiasm for planning
• 5-10 years of experience working in the private or public sector
• Strong understanding of the principles of planning
• Adept at presentations and technical writing
• A problem-solver
• Creative thinker

Description

The role of senior planning consultant will involve working on a variety of projects, supporting senior staff and Directors on major project work, providing direct client advice on sites and projects, drafting reports and planning representations, and Environmental Statements) and assisting with the management of the teams 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.

Key tasks

Role reports to

What you'll get back

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 support 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. They hold social events each year and care about their culture. 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.

Team

8-10 people, wide variety of experience

Working arrangements

Remote / Hybrid / Office based : Hybrid, 3 days in the office

Hours : 9-5.30pm, 37.5 hour

Salary : Competitive To be 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) with 1 of the directors; 2) face to face - 1

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