Job Details
Salary range: £27,783 per annum
Work location: 145 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9XY
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Apprenticeship until 31st December 2029
Closing date: 21 June 2026
Contact details for informal discussion: Rebecca Yee, Infrastructure Delivery Team Leader via email: HF.Academy@lbhf.gov.uk
About the Role
Hammersmith & Fulham Council are committed to investing in their residents as we are currently creating a wide range of high‑quality Apprenticeships that combine working in a great job, comprehensive training and development opportunities and a competitive salary.
The Planning Service provides a source of professional expertise to assess planning applications and to write planning policies that are used during the assessments and to monitor change and development to make sure that the planning service is contemporary.
Our Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship is a 60‑month long opportunity to be at the forefront of the growth agenda within the Council and to apply your ‘can‑do’ attitude whilst working toward a Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship. Candidates will finish with a degree and masters and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) chartership.
The Job
* Enter the Degree Apprenticeship Chartered Town Planner at Level 4.
* Undertake a development programme leading to a Level 7 Chartered Town Planner qualification as part of an apprenticeship.
* Be responsible for assisting the planning team with their caseload of planning infrastructure policy and delivery of planning‑related projects in accordance with development proposals.
* Work alongside the planning teams to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in technical support, planning policy, infrastructure delivery, spatial planning projects, plan making, planning enforcement, urban design and heritage.
* Promote customer satisfaction and quality customer service when delivering our services to stakeholders.
* Learn to provide advice on a range of development proposals, the complexity of which will rise with progression through the degree course from simple to more complex proposals and projects.
* With support, learn how to defend the Council’s decisions at appeals to the Planning Inspectorate, the complexity of which will rise with progression through the career grade from simple to more complex proposals and projects.
Training And Development – Within Your Role You Will
* Complete a development programme leading to a Level 7 Chartered Town Planner qualification as part of an apprenticeship funded by the Council. This will involve attendance at a college and/or completing tasks in the workplace (depending on specific course requirement).
* Join a personal and professional development programme that will involve a series of varied development activities and events throughout your time with the Council.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary and excellent annual leave package, the organisation offers a wide range of benefits such as a beneficial pension scheme, tax‑efficient childcare vouchers and cycle schemes, discounts at Vodafone and local discounts from restaurants and shops. The department also offers flexible working arrangements.
Eligibility
* Open to everyone aged 16+ who have lived in the UK for three years.
* Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A‑C including Maths and English, or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above) or a Level 2 Apprenticeship.
* Have lived in the UK for the past 3 years (as part of the funding requirement).
* Not currently be qualified in Level 4 Construction (Construction site supervisor) apprenticeship Higher National Certificate (HNC) or above.
* Currently not undertaking any other formal form of study (e.g., college or university course).
Equal Opportunities Statement
We do not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs.
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