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Experienced Planning Consultant
Are you a highly-motivated and forward-thinking and motivated planner with 3+ years’ experience seeking a new challenge? Are you looking for a role which offers great opportunity to achieve that perfect work/life balance? LEP is on the look-out for a dynamic and driven team player to join their busy planning team.
Who are we?
Lee Evans Partnership LLP (‘LEP’) is a reputable and progressive multi-disciplinary design practice working across the south-east of England. Our award-winning design teams work across a large variety of sectors of the construction industry, ensuring project variety, with no two days the same.
Our team is made up of 30 amazing professionals in architecture, interior design, heritage consultancy and town planning across two studio locations: Canterbury (head office) and London.
We all have one thing in common – the desire to work collaboratively with others to achieve outcomes we can all be proud of. Every person’s role and opinions are just as important as the next and we strive to offer our staff an open and friendly working environment where we can all thrive.
At LEP, we all share, and are guided by, a strong set of values:
Creative – Create the future.
Collaborative – We’re stronger together.
Knowledgeable – Sharing knowledge.
Authentic – Inspiring authenticity.
Caring – For people and places.
If this sounds like the work environment for you, keep reading…
Who are you?
We’re looking for someone who can display the following qualities:
- One of the team – Can you build and maintain good team-working relationships, whilst also able to work effectively under your own direction?
- Driven – Do you focus your energy well, and deliver exceptionally?
- See the bigger picture – Are you able to see beyond our/your goals, and strive for better?
- Solutions driven – Do you look for solutions, rather than problems?
- Ability to lead – Do you have the ability to lead and mentor junior members of staff?
- Excellent time management – Do you manage your time well and efficiently, with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously?
- Managing relationships – Can you effectively communicate and collaborate with clients, the public, and other professionals?
- Confident communicator – Are you confident in communicating and negotiating well with others? Can you deliver excellent customer service?
- Multitasker – Do you have the skills to simultaneously lead multiple projects effectively?
The Role:
The role will involve, but is not limited to, the following:
- Planning applications and appeals
- Site appraisals and feasibility assessments
- Development plan representations
- Provide comprehensive and confident planning advice to clients and other professionals, exploring solutions
- General project and client management, including project team coordination
The LEP Planning Team work across multiple sectors, including healthcare, education, residential, regeneration, commercial and heritage, offering lots of opportunity for variety within the role. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to build their own specialism within the team, and would be supported in building their own client base. Successful candidates may wish to be based at our thriving head office in Canterbury, or at our London studio in Farringdon – this can be discussed with shortlisted applicants.
Skills & Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be a UK qualified planning consultant, ideally holding MRTPI, with a minimum of 3 years industry experience. Ideal candidates will hold the following skills and qualifications:
- 3 years + private or public sector experience
- Hold an RTPI-accredited town planning qualification (2:1 or higher)
- Hold, or have an appetite to work towards, MRTPI status
- Excellent written, analytical and interpersonal skills
- Strong time-keeping and organisational skills
- A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is preferable
Remuneration & Benefits:
A highly competitive salary, based upon experience, will be offered.
Remuneration and benefits can be discussed at interview with candidates.
Other benefits include:
- An active drive towards achieving wellbeing and an effective work/life balance for all our staff
- Remote and flexible working options available, which can be discussed with shortlisted applicants
- Opportunities for career progression within the practice
- Continued professional development encouraged, with the cost of many events covered by the practice
- Relevant professional membership fees covered
- 21-days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and additional complementary festive leave across the Christmas and New Year period
- Workplace pension scheme for eligible employees
- Regular staff social events
At LEP, we encourage equality, diversity and inclusion within our workforce, and strive to constantly ensure equal job opportunities and fairness for all employees and job applicants.
Closing date for applications: 13th March 2025
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If LEP sounds like the right fit for you and your career ambitions, please forward your CV and a portfolio of relevant work to us at recruitment@lee-evans.co.uk
