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SalarySenior Planner
Oxford
Penguin Recruitment as delighted to be supporting an award-winning independent Planning Consultancy in their hire of a dynamic Town Planner to their Oxfordshire based team.
This is an excellent opportunity to for an experienced and ambitious planner who is looking to be a key part of a fast-paced team during an exciting period of growth! On offer to the successful candidate is a competitive starting salary and benefits package!
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Private medical insurance
- Excellent pension scheme
- Maternity, paternity, and parental leave
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Paid professional membership
- Regular social events and team days
- 02 Priority access
- On-site shower room
Duties of the role:
- Providing guidance to clients on simple planning matters, including site appraisals, planning applications and appeals.
- Preparing and submitting simple pre-applications, planning applications, prior notification applications, discharge of conditions applications and local plan submissions.
- Carrying out planning research and identifying solutions to issues.
- Project lead for small, medium and larger projects.
- Preparing draft reports, feasibility reports, planning statements, appeal statements preapplication enquiries, supporting letters and correspondence.
- Undertaking presentations at committees and community consultations.
- Preparing fee quotes for a variety of projects and enquiries.
Candidate Requirements:
- Relevant post-graduate experience.
- Eligibility for MRTPI membership.
- UK driving licence.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Good understanding of local authority and political systems and structures.
- Excellent IT systems knowledge - for example Microsoft Office, Publisher and Indesign.
- Logical thinking - ability to problem solve and use initiative.
- Able to work independently and in a team.
Interested? For applications and more information regarding this opportunity, please send your up-to-date CV to Megan Field at (url removed) or call (phone number removed).
