Senior Planner (RTPI)

Carter Jonas; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension matched contribution

Life assurance

Flexible benefits including purchasing

Health cash plans

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Carter Jonas in London is seeking an experienced Senior Planner (RTPI or RICS P&D) to join our expanding London team. You will manage a variety of planning matters, progress applications, and strengthen client relationships across projects in the capital and the South East.

Based at One Chapel Place with hybrid working options, you will also mentor junior team members and lead on complex planning files, delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Qualifications

• RTPI or RICS qualification required.
• Experience in consultancy, developer or local authority planning.
• Ability to coach and support junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional planning advice to clients on a range of matters.
• Undertake site appraisals to assess planning positions.
• Project-manage input of consultants in the planning process.
• Prepare planning statements and collate/submit applications.
• Prepare CIL calculations and respond to representations.
• Negotiate with authorities and statutory bodies.
• Participate in public engagement events and planning committees.
• Support Local Plan representations and examinations.

Skills

RTPI Chartered

RICS P&D

Planning experience

Client relationship management

Job description

Are you looking to diversify your planning experience and take on a new challenge in your career? We are seeking an experienced RTPI or RICS (P&D) Senior Planner to join our growing London team. As a Senior Planner you will work closely with our Partners and will be responsible for managing a variety of planning matters, enhancing existing client relationships and progressing planning applications. The Senior Planner will be ambitious and enthusiastic joining a team, made up of 17 professionals to assist on a range of projects across London and the South East, working with clients such as Axis, Barratt London, EcoWorld, Hyde and Wildstone.

Based in our HQ office, One Chapel Place, we offer a central London location close to Bond Street and Oxford Circus stations. In addition we offer a competitive salary with excellent benefits such as 25 days annual leave, pension matched contribution, life assurance and flexible benefits including purchasing annual leave, health cash plans, cycle to work scheme and many more! We support flexible working and are open to discussions to support this, including hybrid working or flexible hours.

• The provision of professional planning advice to clients on a variety of planning matters
• Undertaking site appraisals to understand the planning position on potential new sites
• Project managing the input of different consultants into the planning process
• Preparing planning statements
• Collating and submitting planning applications
• Preparing CIL calculations
• Reviewing and responding to third party representations
• Undertaking detailed negotiations with local authorities and other statutory bodies on planning and related matters
• Participation in public engagement events
• Attending and speaking at planning committee
• Preparing and submitting Local Plan representations and taking them through the adoption process
• Attending and supporting at Local Plan Examinations in Public where required
• Preparing and submitting grounds for appeal
• Preparing written representations, and attending informal hearings and public inquiry appeals where required

What will it take to be successful?

You will be RTPI or RICS (P&D) qualified, having gained planning experience with a consultancy, developer or local authority. As an experienced planner, you will have strong working knowledge of planning applications, site appraisals and managing a broad range of clients. In addition, you will have the ability to build and develop relationships internally and externally, using your initiative to provide advice and solutions to projects. It is key that as a Senior Planner you will be able to coach and support the junior members of the team. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing team, develop their planning knowledge and expertise and contribute to a firm in its diversification.

We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.

About us:

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

Our values:

• Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
• Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
• Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:

• Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
• Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
• Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.