Consultant (Junior, Graduate & Consultant levels)

AXIS PED Ltd; Chester, Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic consultancy as a Planner, where you'll support diverse projects and collaborate with top professionals in the field. This role offers the chance to drive projects forward, manage planning applications, and engage with clients while developing innovative solutions. With a strong emphasis on career progression and a healthy work-life balance, this forward-thinking company values its employees and provides a supportive environment. Enjoy competitive salaries, annual bonuses, and a range of benefits including private healthcare and pension contributions. Embrace flexible working arrangements and be part of an Employee Ownership Trust that prioritizes your interests and contributions from day one.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Pension Contributions

Payment of Professional Fees

Annual Bonuses

Flexible Working

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in a relevant field with a strong interest in planning.
• Excellent communication and creative thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Support senior staff on various planning projects and client advice.
• Manage smaller planning applications and prepare reports.
• Liaise with clients and planning officers to cultivate relationships.

Skills

Planning Principles

Research and Analysis

Technical Writing

Presentation Skills

Communication

Creative Thinking

Education

Degree in a Relevant Field

Job description

Planner

• Chester / Hybrid

What you'll do

Typically, the role of planning consultant will involve working on a variety of projects, supporting senior staff on project work, providing direct client advice on sites/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:

1. Assisting senior staff in driving large projects forward
2. Managing smaller planning applications
3. Undertaking research and analysis
4. Preparing planning appraisals of land, buildings and concepts
5. Preparing planning reports and planning applications
6. Liaising with planning officers, employees of consultee organisations and third parties
7. Liaising and cultivating good relationships with clients, colleagues and fellow professionals
8. Developing creative and original solutions
9. Taking responsibility for smaller projects from the earliest stages through to completion
10. Remaining informed about documents relating to planning policy and practice
11. Attending external events and providing presentations

Qualities & attributes

1. Applicants should be degree-qualified in a relevant field with a genuine interest and enthusiasm in planning
2. Strong understanding of the principles of planning
3. A problem-solver
4. Adept at presentations and technical writing
5. Great communicator
6. 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) and Manchester (Wilmslow). 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.

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Camellia House
76 Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5BB