Job Opportunity

Junior Planner

Cheltenham

Due to a very busy last 12 months, and notable growth in our client base, we are seeking to appoint a Planner in order to help service the company’s clients and ensure they receive the best service possible.

Duties

  • Using your broad planning knowledge and skills to deliver the best and most positive outcomes for our clients.
  • Providing robust planning strategy and advice and preparing planning reports and recommendations to achieve the desired outcomes.
  • Managing planning projects from their initial conception through to the construction phase.
  • Be an excellent communicator with strong written report writing, and verbal communication to clients.
  • Contributing to service improvements to achieve effectiveness.
  • Providing support and guidance to peers and more junior staff to distribute knowledge and ensure contemporary planning issues and legislation are cascaded and understood.
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The successful candidate should:

  • Have a degree in a town planning discipline, a post graduate qualification and will ideally hold chartered membership of the RTPI. As a minimum you should be working towards chartered membership.
  • Have 3 years or more relevant experience in planning in either local authority or the private sector.
  • Be able to prioritise and manage workloads whilst working flexibly to meet both the commercial and contractual needs of the business.
  • Have experience of fronting and managing projects and clients.
  • Be able to work independently across a wide area of planning sectors, working with landowners, developers, businesses and private homeowners.
  • Hold a demonstrable level of planning knowledge and understanding and application of current and emerging planning legislation.
  • Be ambitious and enthusiastic to enhance the reputation of the planning service for innovation, quality and timeliness of delivery.

Job Details

Type: Part Time
Location: Remote
Salary: 25-30K dependent on experience

How to Apply

Please send your CV with a covering letter to: 

careers@zestaplanning.co.uk

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