Associate / Associate Director

AXIS PED Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Planner to manage diverse projects and provide expert client advice. This role involves preparing planning applications, conducting research, and ensuring compliance with planning policies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in planning, excellent communication skills, and a passion for creative problem-solving. Join a forward-thinking team that values work-life balance and offers competitive salaries, annual bonuses, and opportunities for career progression. This is your chance to make a significant impact in the planning sector while enjoying the benefits of an Employee Ownership Trust.

Benefits

Pension Contributions

Private Healthcare

Payment of Professional Fees

Flexible Working

Annual Bonuses

Qualifications

• Proven track record in successful development consent applications.
• Minimum of ten years’ experience in planning.
• Strong understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to large-scale planning applications.
• Prepare planning reports and liaise with clients and planning officers.
• Develop creative solutions for planning challenges.

Skills

Project Management

Research and Analysis

Communication

Problem Solving

Technical Writing

Creative Thinking

Education

Degree in Planning

Chartered Member of RTPI

Job description

Typically, the role of Associate Planner will involve working on and managing a variety of schemes, providing direct client advice on sites and projects, drafting reports and planning submissions (site assessments, policy notes, applications, development plan representations, and Environmental Statements) and assisting with the management of the team’s caseload.

Key tasks include:
• Assisting Directors to drive forward major projects
• Managing medium to large-scale planning applications
• Undertaking research and analysis
• Preparing planning appraisals of land, buildings and concepts
• Preparing planning reports and planning applications
• Liaising with planning officers, employees of consultee organisations, and third parties
• Liaising and cultivating good relationships with clients, colleagues, and fellow professionals
• Developing creative and original solutions
• Taking financial responsibility for medium-sized projects from inception through to completion
• Remaining informed about documents relating to planning policy and practice
• Attending external events and providing presentations

Qualities & attributes

• Proven track record of playing a key role in successful development consent applications under the Town and County Planning Act 1990 and Planning Act 2008
• Relevant degree and full Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional town planning organisation
• A thorough understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its relationship with the development consent process
• Applicants should be degree-qualified in a relevant field with a genuine interest and enthusiasm for planning
• A minimum of ten years’ experience working in the private or public sector
• Strong understanding of the principles of planning
• Adept at presentations and technical writing
• A problem-solver
• Great communicator
• Creative thinker

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.

What you’ll get back

Axis 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.

We have become adept at flexible working and embrace people wanting to work from home for part of the time, as well as from our offices in Chester (Bretton), Manchester (Wilmslow) and Newcastle. We recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance amongst all our colleagues and regularly review our ways of working to improve this.

To secure our long-term future as an independent consultancy, we’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.

Check out the Career Journeys page where Axis colleagues describe their personal experience as part of the Axis family.

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Camellia House
76 Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5BB

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Maling Exchange
Studio 307
Hoults Yard
Walker Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE6 2HL

We’re expanding into the North East with an office in the heart of Newcastle. If you’re looking for expert planning guidance, this is an exciting opportunity for collaboration! Find out more about how we can help you

We’re expanding into the North East with an office in the heart of Newcastle. If you’re looking for expert planning guidance, this is an exciting opportunity for collaboration!