Associate Director - Town Planning

CBRE; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic professional to join their Planning team in Manchester. This role offers the chance to work on major planning and development schemes across the North, providing invaluable advice and project management expertise. You'll engage directly with clients, manage complex applications, and contribute to significant regeneration initiatives. The company fosters a collaborative culture that values diverse perspectives and encourages entrepreneurial thinking. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in the real estate sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Professional membership in RICS or RTPI with post-qualification experience.
• Experience in major schemes within private or public sectors.

Responsibilities

• Providing planning advice to clients across all sectors.
• Managing complex planning applications and coordinating project outputs.
• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.

Skills

Planning Advice

Project Management

Client Engagement

Analytical Skills

Business Development

Interpersonal Skills

Team Management

Education

Professional Membership of RICS or RTPI

Job description

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Role Purpose

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us and work on some major schemes with the team, whilst having a clear structured pathway for career development. The CBRE Planning team across the north is 20 strong and has four distinct core activities around Development Management, Development Promotion, Regeneration/Economics and Viability.

The team is involved in the largest planning/ development/ regeneration schemes across the North and our pipeline of new instructions for 2024 and 2025 is substantial, including:

1. Salford Crescent - multi-phase mixed-use scheme for Muse/ECF
2. Chorlton District Centre - residential-led redevelopment of existing shopping centre in conjunction with PJ Livesey and GMPVF
3. Parkside East - started a 4 year Development Consent Order process to deliver a nationally significant Strategic Rail Freight Interchange and c. 3m sq. ft of associated commercial development
4. Oldham - multiple regeneration schemes within the town centre for Muse/ECF following the production of a Development Framework
5. Stoke-on-Trent - next phases of the Smithfield city centre regeneration scheme for Genr8
6. East Midlands Airport - logistics scheme on freeport designated site for Manchester Airport Group
7. Airedale General Hospital - masterplan and planning strategy including delivery of enabling works to facilitate the new hospital
8. Lancaster - new innovation campus for the University
9. Bury Interchange - new interchange facility for TfGM

Key Responsibilities

• Providing planning advice to external and internal clients across all sectors/land-uses, with a focus on projects across the North.
• Day to day involvement in major/complex applications and planning instructions, including coordination and project management.
• Preparing Planning Appraisals, Statements and Evidence documents, as appropriate, including analysis of planning policy and assessment of client proposals both against policy and other considerations.
• Undertaking planning due diligence.
• Preparing and coordinating planning appeals.
• Advising, directing and managing project outputs from a range of disciplines/professionals.
• Financial responsibility and management of projects.
• Identifying, developing and pursuing new business and marketing opportunities in a range of sectors.

Person Specification/Requirements

• Professional Membership of either the RICS (P&D) or RTPI with relevant experience post qualification experience.
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible and commercially astute with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong focus on own professional skills and integrity.
• The ability and confidence to engage directly with clients and be the primary point of contact on major projects.
• Manage and coordinate the input and activities of other professionals within project design teams, give advice and direction, and make decisions.
• Experience of working on major schemes either within the private or public sectors.
• The ability to multi-task, work to tight timescales, often under challenging circumstances, with minimal supervision and to a high standard.
• Willingness and/or ability to identify and nurture new business opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and analytical abilities.
• Confident team player able to work well with colleagues and clients as well as manage, nurture and mentor junior members of the team.

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do-from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations