Associate Director - Town Planning

Vivid Resourcing Ltd; Manchester; Sur place; GBP 75 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Vivid Resourcing Ltd in Manchester City Centre is seeking an experienced Associate Director Town Planner to lead planning projects across residential, regeneration and mixed-use sectors. You will manage client relationships, guide strategy, and drive successful submissions while mentoring the planning team.

The role offers a senior position within a growing consultancy, with opportunities to shape the Manchester team and expand the business footprint in the North West and wider UK.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within a planning consultancy environment.
• Strong track record delivering complex development projects.
• Excellent knowledge of UK planning policy and processes.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and communicate effectively.
• Experience mentoring junior planners and leading project teams.

Responsabilités

• Lead planning projects from appraisal through submission and delivery.
• Provide commercially focused planning advice to developers, landowners and investors.
• Manage a portfolio of residential, regeneration and mixed-use projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, local authorities and wider teams.
• Lead pre-application discussions, planning applications and negotiations.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary consultant teams and manage project programmes.
• Identify planning opportunities, risks and solutions across sites.
• Mentor and develop junior and senior planning staff.
• Support business development and win new instructions.

Connaissances

Planning consultancy experience

Residential development

Strategic land

Regeneration

UK planning system knowledge

Client management

Mentoring junior planners

Business development

Commercial mindset

Programme management

Description du poste

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Associate Director Town Planner to join a growing and highly regarded planning consultancy in Manchester City Centre.

The business works across a strong portfolio of residential-led development, regeneration, strategic land and mixed-use projects, providing commercially focused planning advice to developers, landowners, investors and housing providers.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Associate Director looking to take a senior position within a close-knit consultancy, with the opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of the Manchester team.

The Role

As an Associate Director, you will take a senior role in managing projects, advising clients and developing new business opportunities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading planning projects from initial appraisal and strategy through to submission and delivery.
• Providing commercially focused planning advice to developers, landowners and investors.
• Managing a portfolio of residential, regeneration and mixed-use projects.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, local authorities and wider consultant teams.
• Leading pre-application discussions, planning applications, appeals and negotiations.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary consultant teams and managing project programmes.
• Identifying planning opportunities, risks and solutions across development sites.
• Supporting and mentoring junior and senior members of the planning team.
• Contributing to business development, winning new instructions and strengthening existing client relationships.
• Representing the business at meetings, industry events and with key stakeholders.

About You

The successful candidate will be an experienced planning professional with strong consultancy experience and a proven track record of delivering complex development projects.

You will ideally have:

• Significant experience within a planning consultancy environment.
• Strong experience across residential development, strategic land and/or regeneration.
• Excellent knowledge of the UK planning system and planning policy.
• Strong client management and communication skills.
• Experience managing projects and mentoring more junior planners.
• A commercial mindset and the confidence to identify and develop new business opportunities.
• The ambition to progress within a growing consultancy and play a key role in its continued expansion.

Why Join?

This is a genuine opportunity to join a people-focused, commercially minded planning consultancy where senior planners have the opportunity to influence projects, develop client relationships and contribute to the wider growth of the business.

You will work alongside an experienced team on a varied portfolio of development projects across the North West and wider UK, with the opportunity to take ownership of your work and progress your career.

Manchester City Centre | Associate Director | Town Planning | Residential | Strategic Land | Regeneration