Senior Planner - Leeds

DPP Planning; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Planner or Senior Town Planner to join their Leeds team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on diverse projects nationwide, providing exceptional planning solutions across sectors such as Business, Defence, and Education. You'll benefit from a flexible working environment, ongoing support for career development, and a comprehensive training program tailored to enhance your expertise. Join a collaborative team that values integrity and professionalism, and take your career to the next level while making a significant impact in the planning consultancy field.

Benefits

Car Allowance

£1,000 Salary Increase upon MRTPI

Perkbox

25 Days Holiday

Monthly Early Finish

Phone Allowance

BUPA Medical and Dental

Income Protection and Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• 2-5 years experience in planning roles.
• Commitment to achieving RTPI chartership MRTPI.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional planning services across various sectors.
• Assist in project delivery for high-profile clients.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Understanding of Planning System

Commercial Awareness

Microsoft 365 Proficiency

Education

RTPI Accredited Degree

Relevant Degree

Job description

DPP is an independent national planning consultancy, successfully delivering planning solutions to clients across the UK. We are looking for a Planner or Senior Town Planner to join our Leeds team. The successful candidate will be working on a variety of projects nationwide.

This is a perfect opportunity to progress your career, knowledge and expertise and assist in the delivery of exceptional planning services, across various sectors, including Business, Defence, Education, Energy, Food & Drink, Health, Leisure, Residential and Retail. We act for many high-profile clients, including some of the country’s major land developers, housebuilders, and retail operators.

We have a flexible working approach, with a mixture of home and office-based working for all our employees. You will be required to be in the office at least three days per week. You will receive ongoing support and guidance from our experienced senior leadership team across all our offices. We provide all employees working towards chartership a dedicated mentor to support and assist you with progress towards MRTPI accreditation and your wider career development.

DPP is committed to providing learning and development opportunities to everyone. We offer a bespoke training programme which has been curated to offer a mixture of formal seminar training, one-to-one training and project learning experience. Formal training includes monthly in-house training seminars and occasions throughout the year to attend full-day training sessions. You will also have access to sessions run externally by various institutes and industry professionals. Additionally, you will also have the opportunity to attend networking events with other planning and property professionals and get involved in our active social and corporate social responsibility calendar where you will meet others around the company, allowing you to connect with them on a personal level whilst having some fun along the way.

Key Attributes:

1. RTPI accredited degree or a relevant degree
2. Committed to achieving RTPI chartership MRTPI
3. 2 - 5 years experience
4. Good organisational skills and the ability to manage time and priorities effectively
5. Strong communication skills (verbally and in written form)
6. Good understanding of the planning system
7. Commercial awareness
8. Competent user of Microsoft 365 products

Employee Benefits:

1. Competitive salary depending on experience
2. Car allowance (senior level and above)
3. £1,000 salary increase once you achieve MRTPI chartership
4. Perkbox (benefit and reward platform)
5. 25 days holiday per year plus additional Christmas leave
6. Long service gift and additional holidays
7. Monthly early finish
8. Phone Allowance
9. BUPA (medical and dental)
10. Income protection and life assurance
11. Employee assistance programme
12. Cycle to work scheme
13. Annual bespoke training programme
14. Eye tests and glasses contribution
15. Paid RTPI membership fees
16. Salary sacrifice pension scheme (max 8% from DPP)
17. Company socials and events

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The successful candidate may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the business.

Application Process:

The closing date for applicants is Monday 17th February 2025 at 5pm. However, please apply as early as possible as we may close the process early. Interviews will take place at a suitable time and location for both parties; ideally, we would like to complete interviews in person at our Leeds office, alternatively, interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams. In advance of the interview, you will be required to complete a planning appraisal task which will form part of the discussion during the interview.

Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments that we can put in place to support your application process with us.

If you are interested in a role with us and meet some or all of the key attributes, we would love to hear from you. Please apply by submitting your CV and Cover Letter to [e-mail].

DPP People Values:

DPP is a people-led business, we are committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and collaborative workplace for people to grow and succeed. We have six key people values which overarch the business and its operations: Balance, Integrity, Professionalism, Dependability, Respect and Teamwork. The people values were influenced and curated by both the business and people within. Everyone is expected to act as a role model, championing these values, to ensure that they are lived out in everything that we do.

DPP WILL NOT BE ENGAGING WITH AGENCIES TO FULFIL THIS ROLE.

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