Our client, a leading multi-disciplinary consultancy, requires an Assistant / Town Planner to join their busy Manchester office. Offering support to the director and other senior planning professionals, as well as developing own planning work, within Manchester's Environment Planning and Transport business (EPT).
Specific duties could include:
Planning research and policy analysis
Monitoring of the development plan process
Preliminary site appraisals
Preparation of minor planning applications and assistance with major applications
Drafting of accompanying statements
Preparation of/assistance with appeals
Negotiations between parties within the development control process
Technical assistance to inform retail and housing/employment land availability studies
Providing written and verbal advice to clients on a variety of planning related queries.
Key Competencies:
Strong professional competence
Knowledge of contemporary planning policy issues
Knowledge of development control procedures
The ability to achieve targets to agreed deadlines
The ability to work under own initiative and to organise and set own priorities within a team environment
The ability to deal positively with clients, consultants and local authorities
Skills:
Problem solving
Data-collection, investigation and research
Policy analysis and evaluation of alternative solutions
Communication
Written, oral and graphic communication
Internal communication and information sharing
Good computer skills
Numerate
Qualifications:
A degree in Planning
Working towards, or recently achieved, RTPI accreditation
Personal Qualities:
A strong and dynamic individual
Commercially aware
Highly motivated
Committed to delivering added value services to clients
Experience:
Some experience of working in a planning environment, either in the public or private sector
Knowledge of retail planning would be desirable
Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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