Graduate Planner - Norwich, East

Lanpro; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive planning firm in Norwich seeks ambitious graduates for a planning role, providing mentorship and the opportunity to achieve RTPI membership. Responsibilities include engaging in planning applications and community engagement, working within a supportive multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates are proactive learners eager to develop skills in project management and technical competence.

Benefits

Company Bonus Scheme

Private medical insurance - via vitality healthcare

Enhanced annual leave entitlement

Hybrid working environment

Defined career progression framework

Qualifications

• Ambitious and driven graduates looking to develop a career in property.
• Ability to work under supervision to prepare reports and documents.
• Willingness to engage with stakeholders throughout the planning process.

Responsibilities

• Develop personal technical competence through on-the-job learning.
• Assist in drafting planning applications and undertaking research.
• Contribute to community engagement and public examinations.

Skills

Proactive learning

Technical competence

Project management

Effective communication

Education

RTPI accredited degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Be part of an exciting and progressive career track in Planning via Lanpro's Graduate process. We shape futures for the better through our internal capabilities, guided exposure and caring mentorship. We are looking for ambitious and driven graduates to join our Norwich team to learn, develop and deliver excellence for our clients in the region and nationally.

You will ideally be studying for an RTPI accredited degree, though we also welcome applications from those studying a non-accredited degree who are looking to pursue a career in property.

How you will join Lanpro

As part of joining Lanpro, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team not only learning from professionals in Development Planning but also Major Infrastructure skillsets who support large scale projects including market leading renewable development consent orders (DCO).

Our graduate scheme helps you achieve RTPI membership, and you’ll be provided with appropriate training and experience to attain the required competency levels. Our APC structured training programme is continuously improved to keep up to date with an ever-changing industry.

You will also be trained to best practice ISO standards and receive comprehensive project management training through our chosen training partners with the ability to work on some of the best projects around which have recently received award nominations.

Benefits

• Company Bonus Scheme
• Private medical insurance - via vitality healthcare
• BUPA medical Cash plan
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Employee Assistance Program - access to qualified professionals around health and financial
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Loyalty leave - accruable service days
• Hybrid working environment
• Discounts on products and perks, such as Amazon Prime, Odeon or VUE, cafe Nero, Apple, Itsu and supermarkets.
• Defined promotion windows throughout the year
• Team celebration events and socials
• Enhanced company pension, looking after your future
• Death in service cover, securing others future
• Professional body membership cover
• Exclusive access to E-learning content
• Protected CPD time (individual and company)
• Defined career progression framework

Responsibilities

The following are the types of day to day responsibilities you will seek to develop:

• Is proactive with regards to ongoing development of personal technical competence which they can apply to their work
• Acquires practical knowledge and expertise by learning on the job.
• Applies standard principles, practices, and techniques to follow established procedures.
• Plans, schedules, and monitors own work within agreed deadlines.
• Keeps up to date with current developments within own areas of expertise as well as gaining a wider knowledge of the company.
• Provides reliable technical / process input on own initiative but able to determine when work should be escalated to a higher level.
• Liaises and assists other team members who are also developing.
• Prepares letters, reports and other documents under supervision and/or from standard templates.
• Carries out site visits.
• Able to put forward ideas which can help improve the business, by suggesting new ways of working or better use of technology or automation.

Delivering our projects

• Operates within a defined area of work and provides support to their team as required.
• Understands the fundamentals of project management and rapport and how this applies to their work and commercial impact of these.
• Responsible for the completion of specifically assigned tasks to time and cost whilst working within established routines and principles.
• Drafting planning applications, pre-application enquiries and appeals.
• Undertaking basic planning appraisals and research
• Preparation of fee proposals to generate new business.
• Review of Local Planning Authority (LPA) Local Plans and their stage of production.
• Assisting clients throughout the planning process.
• Assisting with community engagement, committee meetings and public examinations.
• Communicating with all stakeholders involved in the planning process.