Overview
Job Description
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.
At WSP, you’ll find yourself challenged in more fascinating and far-reaching ways than ever before. You’ll explore new and inspiring opportunities to make the most of your expertise, broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people, organisations and society in general.
As one of the largest and best respected planning teams in the UK, WSP’s Planning Consultancy team specialise in providing commercial planning advice to a wide-range of private and public sector clients. It is a growing front end development team which advises on development proposals throughout all stages of the planning process from feasibility, plan promotion, application, EIA and appeal. Our projects range from complex city centre regeneration sites, tall buildings, strategic housing promotion, repurposing town centres, retail development, sports and leisure, logistics and major business parks, through to detailed listed building reuse. We act for developers, land owners, home builders, registered providers, financial institutions, strategic promoters, retailers and operators. We are proud to be involved in leading some of the UK’s largest and most high-profile schemes.
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic team players with a can do attitude. Candidates will have some private sector consultancy or local authority experience, a proven ability to deliver to a high standard, strong communication skills, passion to share their knowledge and a desire to learn and contribute to the on-going success of our team.
You will be a Planner with a good knowledge and experience of the planning process including planning applications, permitted development, policy frameworks, plan promotion and the appeal process. You will be well versed in using critical thinking to prepare planning appraisals and strategies, the preparation of all planning documentation for developments, the associated negotiations with planning authorities and stakeholders.
You will have demonstrable experience, with the confidence and initiative to run projects themselves, but also work within a team on large scale projects. You will have an appetite for business development and ideally private sector experience, but this is not a pre-requisite.
Responsibilities
* Devising planning strategies, assessing site’s planning history and relevant planning policies contained within a development plan; as well as national planning policy and guidance.
* Preparing briefing notes that set out the likelihood of achieving planning permission for housing or employment uses.
* Drafting planning statements in a clear and persuasive way, to support development proposals.
* Leading planning aspects in multidisciplinary teams delivering planning projects.
* Attending site visits, design team and client meetings.
* Managing project delivery and budgetary control.
* Working collaboratively with colleagues from across WSP, for example in the Transport or Sustainability Teams, to ensure their advice is factored into the combined advice provided to clients by WSP.
* Monitoring planning applications and liaising with clients and teams to respond to consultation feedback.
* Attending events and supporting business development activity.
Qualifications & What We Will Be Looking For
* Degree level qualification in town planning (or equivalent).
* Member of (or eligible for) the RTPI.
* Strong technical skills.
* A commercial approach to planning consultancy and development.
* A desire to work in a growing planning team, surrounded and supported by a raft of fellow professionals.
* Strong organisational and communication skills.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Drive and determination.
What’s In It For You
* Work-life balance
* Hybrid working policy offering flexibility to work from home two days a week and collaborate in offices across the UK.
* Inclusivity & Belonging: varied backgrounds and experiences, authentic representation and culture of inclusion.
* Health & Wellbeing: Thrive programme, Virtual GP service, workplace adjustments, gym membership discounts, menopause support.
* Flex your time: WSP My Hour for personal activities, with time made up as needed; part-time and flexible working arrangements; option to purchase additional leave; bank holiday entitlement flexibility.
* Your development: training, mentoring, and Chartership support.
About Us
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
EEO Statement
We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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