Graduate Planning Consultant

Norse Group; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000

Job description

Graduate Planning Consultant
Norwich
Salary up to £30,000
37 Hours per week

Norse Consulting is a national, award-winning property consultancy delivering high profile commissions to a range of public and private sector clients across the UK. Our multi-disciplined teams provide a number of property services to our clients, undertaking a wide range of projects including residential, commercial, and educational of varying size and complexity, resulting in innovative, sustainable, and commercially viable delivery.

We are looking to recruit a Graduate/Trainee Planning Consultant in the Planning discipline based within the Estates Team of the Norwich office. The Norse Consulting Estates Team includes experienced property professionals providing planning, estates, and asset management services to a range of clients and have been doing so for over 25 years. We are a strategic partner to a number of Local Authorities delivered through our joint venture model and deliver services through a range of contract types, with the aim of understanding and delivering the needs of our clients.

The Planning Team includes Chartered Town Planners, and the Graduate/Trainee Planning Consultant will report to the Associate Director – Planning and will assist in providing general planning and development advice on a day-to-day basis to colleagues and clients and will also support larger collaborative pieces of work within the Group and work in accordance with the Group’s values.

Main Role Accountabilities:

1. Work within various timescales and briefs set out by clients and manage a caseload accordingly.
2. Assist in providing effective planning and development advice to clients.
3. Assist with the identification of planning potential for sites including investigating site opportunities and constraints and assessing development potential.
4. Assist/prepare specific planning/development schemes and promote these through the planning process to meet client requirements.
5. Submit planning and associated applications.
6. Assist in undertaking development appraisals, planning briefs, and masterplans of land/buildings and prepare schemes to maximise development potential.
7. Assist in reviewing development plans, identifying future development potential and take appropriate action to promote the inclusion of relevant sites and policies within Local Plans.
8. Keep up to date with current planning law and practice.
9. Assist colleagues in the identification and realisation of new business opportunities with a focus on planning services.
10. Carry out any other duties appropriate to the grade of the post.

Our Successful Candidate:

It is expected that you will be able to demonstrate:

1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related discipline.
2. Working towards RTPI membership or desire to become an RTPI member.
3. Experience in a similar related role.
4. Familiar with relevant construction, health and safety legislation and risks and hazards.
5. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.
6. Full UK Driving Licence.

Our Offer:

This opportunity will give you the chance to grow your planning knowledge and experience within a successful and growing business. Alongside fantastic opportunities for career growth/professional development and progression within a national, multi-disciplinary organisation you will receive:

1. Competitive annual salary of up to £30,000 DoE.
2. 25 days holiday, plus 8 Bank Holiday.
3. Royal London Pension Scheme.
4. BUPA Health Cash Plan.
5. BUPA PMI reduced rate scheme.
6. Free parking in our new Head Office, situated next to Norwich airport.
7. Flexible & hybrid working arrangements, subject to agreement.
8. Cycle to work scheme.
9. Local benefits including gym memberships and store discounts.

A DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment, and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.