Senior Town Planner - Central London

Are you seeking something new in consultancy or considering a move away from your current firm to advance your career? Cobalt are proud to be partnered with a leading town planning consultancy in London.

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Our client is in search of a Senior Planner to join their team, where you'll have the opportunity to lead on diverse variety of projects spanning the residential, mixed-use and commercial sectors. This is a flexible role and could suit someone who is ideally MRTPI up to Senior-level. The personality/culture fit is however more important than years of experience.

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They are a very friendly and hard-working team of over 80 people across various sector specialist teams, representing a household name with an excellent reputation.

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Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• For more senior candidates, leading on projects, assisting in delegating and starting to take on leadership role; for more junior candidates - assisting seniors on major projects and managing own caseload of smaller and medium-scale applications.

• Continuing to maintain relationships with clients in providing accurate advice and communicating effectively.

• Dealing with pre-apps and manage planning applications through the development process.

• Communicating and negotiating with clients, stakeholders and local regularly.

• Starting to business develop for more senior candidates, or bringing some of your own clients.

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Ideally, you should possess:

• At least three years' experience, ideally within consultancy, although local planning authority (LPA) experience will be considered.

• A strong skill set and expertise in development management and strategic planning.

• MRTPI or equivalent.

• Excellent written communication skills and strong interpersonal abilities.

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You will join a growing and successful team, who really do trust their employees, in exchange for their hard work.

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Please apply here or give me (Tom) a call to discuss on 07897 074 637. My client is looking to find the right candidate as soon as possible - so if in doubt, do get in touch. I also have other clients and roles that may be of interest.

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If you do not hear anything back within one week, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion, but I will retain your details for future roles.