Associate Planner

Fisher German LLP; United States; Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Car allowance

Holiday entitlement 25–30 days

Maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Employee assistance programme

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Fisher German LLP is expanding its Planning Team with a new colleague to support and grow a UK-wide planning consultancy service. Based in Ashby, Birmingham or Manchester, you will work with cross-divisional teams to identify opportunities and manage a varied workload across residential, commercial, infrastructure, retail and leisure projects.

The role blends office days with home-based project work within a social, digitally connected workforce.

Qualifications

• Ideally MRTPI qualified or close to submission.
• Excellent time/work management.
• Good understanding of IT and Microsoft Office.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality planning consultancy work for clients.
• Mentor junior team members, including APC process guidance.
• Prepare initial site reviews and site-specific strategies.
• Deliver bespoke advice to clients on a range of projects.
• Prepare, submit and manage planning applications and reports.
• Coordinate site submissions and representations.
• Build relationships and manage collaborations with architects, engineers and consultants.
• Engage with clients, Planning Officers and stakeholders, and attend project meetings.
• Lead negotiations to achieve favorable outcomes for clients.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Attention to detail

Time management

Ability to work under pressure

IT proficiency

Microsoft Office

Education

MRTPI qualified or close to submission

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Would you like to join our established and driven Planning Team? We're looking for a new member of the team to join us to help support and build the team in providing planning consultancy services, based at either our Ashby, Birmingham or Manchester office. Sitting within our Planning Team, you will be working closely with colleagues across the 800 people strong business to identify cross-divisional opportunities and develop new client relationships. You will also take the lead on interesting and innovative planning projects compromising a varied workload from residential, commercial, infrastructure, retail and leisure projects, undertaking site appraisals, site promotion and planning applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality work and service to the client
• Mentoring junior members of the team, including mentoring through the APC process
• Preparation of initial site reviews and site-specific strategies
• Delivering bespoke advice to clients
• Preparation, submission, and management of planning applications including preparing reports relating to a variety of projects
• Preparation of site submissions and representations
• Building strong working relationships and project managing other professionals, such as architects, landscape, highways, drainage, and ecology consultants
• Engaging positively with clients, Planning Officers, members of the public, Councillors and other statutory bodies
• Attending and leading project meetings
• Negotiation to secure best possible outcomes for the client
• Supporting team members with advice, sharing workloads, and working on same projects
• Managing budgets, time recording and invoicing, We've been around for a while, but it doesn't mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you'll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.

What's not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun!

We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12-property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Ideally MRTPI qualified or close to submission
• Great interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated
• Team player
• Good understanding of IT and Microsoft Office
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent time/work management
• Ability to work under pressure, plan and meet deadlines
• Good understanding of the planning market
  This is a permanent, full-time position based on a 37.5-hour week (Monday to Friday). We also operate a hybrid working policy.

Benefits

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• Car Allowance
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• An online money saving portal
• Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appoints for you and your family
• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you're part-time)