Senior Associate Planning Consultant

Senior Associate Planning Consultant

**Country**:United Kingdom**Position Location**:London, United Kingdom / Bristol, United Kingdom /**Contract Type**:Permanent**Work Pattern**:Full Time**Sector**:Advisory**Discipline**:Project programme and commercial management**Job Ref**:1357**Recruiter Contact**:Laura Shirley**Mott MacDonald**
We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
- Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
- A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
- Our values**: P**rogress, **R**espect, **I**ntegrity, **D**rive, **E**xcellence.**About the business unit**
The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.- The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management.**Overview of role**:
**Operational and Technical Leadership**
- Actively engage project delivery, collaborating with clients, and stakeholders to achieve positive input and solutions to day-to-day challenges - minimising risk of poor performance and maximising opportunities for success
- Represent and support the Specialist Advisory Portfolio and Mott MacDonald at relevant industry conferences and events through networking, marketing, and presentation initiatives
- Play an active role in establishing collaborative relationships with appropriate professional bodies
- Lead the setting and achievement of annual professional development objectives for all staff in the discipline in support of the Head of Planning, Senior Associate Planning Managers, and Technical Principal for Planning
- Develop collaborative relationships across the Specialist Advisory Portfolio capabilities, other units and regions, and the wider professional community to promote collaborative, connected thinking, and opportunities for growth
- Work with internal and external digital innovation communities to identify and track new ideas, and support our digital delivery capabilities in developing solutions to drive efficiency and innovation
- Support Account Leads in communicating and developing our capability, service, and solution offering to clients
- Plan, manage, drive, and support committed Planning practice initiatives
- Actively promote networking, best practice, and lessons awareness across the discipline practice

**Professional Development**
- Shape, share, and support technical excellence to ensure we are aligned to industry best practice
- Support the Head of Planning, Senior Associate Planning Managers, and Technical Principal for Planning in ensuring annual professional development objectives for all staff are communicated, aligned, set, supported, and achieved
- Encourage and drive the attainment of professional body membership and accreditation for all staff
- Support the Early Careers team (ECP) facilitate the annual Graduate Scheme and all other ECP-related activities, including the ECP Lead for Planning
- Support the Head of Planning and Senior Associate Planning Managers to ensure there is a clear plan of evolving leadership development and succession for the practice
- Support the Head of Planning and Senior Associate Planning Managers to ensure our discipline digital delivery capabilities, services, and initiatives are continuously improved

**Resource Management**
- Ensure the wellbeing, health, and safety of all staff is the highest priority
- Encourage and drive a collaborative, positive, and supportive culture within the team
- Support the Head of Planning and Senior Associate Planning Managers to ensure sufficient staff with the required capabilities are available to deliver current workload and meet the strategy for growth, and ensure all staff have equal visibility and opportunity of applicable roles
- Line manage staff and actively support other discipline line managers to conduct this role effectively

**Business Development**
- Support the Head of Planning, Senior Associate Planning Managers, and Account Leads in communicating our service offering to clients
- Lead and support business development and work winning activities in relation to Planning, including input to bids and development of relevant case studies and plaudits
- Ensure our discipline capabilities are a fundamental value