Senior Planner/Associate

Overview THE TEAM

Planning is one of the largest departments at Montagu Evans and one of the biggest P&D departments operating in the UK. We have over 100 staff structured into four Groups: Housing & Land, Commercial, Historic Environment and Townscape, and Scotland. Our Scottish team comprises 10 planning and heritage professionals, and advises a wide range of private and public sector clients including many of the country's leading developers, financial institutions and landowners.

We work in the residential, wider living, retail and leisure, commercial, mixed use, and higher education sectors. Our team works closely with other Montagu Evans specialisms including advisory, market specialisms, socio-economics and strategic consulting.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work across a variety of projects within the Scottish market, and with significant scope for personal development and progression within the structure of our team.

ROLE OVERVIEW

The role will offer the right candidate a great career opportunity to work within a busy and growing team. Successful candidates will work in teams for different Partners on a variety of projects - large and small. All team members have the opportunity of direct contact with clients, other professionals and local authorities, to provide exceptional career experience.

Responsibilities MAIN DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Undertaking site appraisals.
• Preparing advice notes for clients.
• Working with team members to develop planning strategies, prepare programmes and review information.
• Drafting or reviewing reports, co-ordinating the preparation and submission of planning applications/ appeals/ representations and Judicial Reviews.
• Advising on development opportunities and asset management, including understanding tenant / operator requirements and assisting with the technical arguments to support applications.
• Supporting business development opportunities, assisting in firm-wide business development and preparing fee proposals.
• Developing individual client base and wider network and part generating own workload.
• Providing planning advice to clients and attending meetings.
• Responsible for maintaining continuing professional development for self.
• Any additional duties as reasonably requested.

Qualifications DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION

• A keen interest in planning and development.
• Client-focussed and commercially minded.
• Excellent market knowledge and awareness.
• RTPI and/or RICS (P&D) qualified.
• Good technical knowledge.
• A good communicator, both written and verbal.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical ability.
• Self-motivated.
• Committed/ organised.
• Use of Microsoft packages.

Montagu Evans attaches very significant importance of high service delivery skills, which should be developed at the Senior Planner level and be clearly recognised at Associate level. With this in mind, other critical skills which will be required, commensurate with the post level, are:

• An ability to negotiate effectively.
• Excellent experience of communication and client interfacing skills.
• A clear understanding of the "bigger picture", along with a strong attention to detail.