Planning Consultant

**Job Ref**
- P&D - Birmingham - CB - Dec 2021**Location**:

- 8 Cherry St, Birmingham B2 5AL, UK**Function**
- Planning**Salary**
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**Status**
- Full Time**Type**
- Permanent About the Team:
Our Planning & Development team is one of the most respected in the UK. More than 100 people strong, based in London, Manchester and Birmingham, we offer one of the largest integrated teams in our sector. We remain at the forefront of policy making and our unrivalled knowledge of central and local government planning systems ensures our clients receive first class, impartial advice and innovative, intelligent solutions to meet their objectives. We have a blue-chip client base and work hard to create long-term, enduring relationships that will generate added value for our clients. We are a highly experienced, personable team with real depth of skill, knowledge, innovation commitment and resource.

partnering its clients rather than seeing itself as merely a service provider and by allowing its people to really help their clients. The successful individual will get the chance to truly work directly for and with highly demanding client teams across a range of exciting projects.

include projects in growth areas such as Oxford and Cambridge, strategic sites in the Greater Midlands area and repurposing retail and town centres across the Midlands and the South East. You will be involved in diverse range of projects for a variety of clients. This is likely to include work across a range of sectors including residential, BTR, mixed use developments, industrial and logistics, life sciences, urban regeneration and strategic land promotion.

Main responsibilities:
As a Planning Consultant, you will work closely with members of the Birmingham Planning team and other members of the P&D team providing them with assistance. The role will involve working for a number of clients and include a variety of tasks including:

- Undertaking planning appraisals,
- Monitoring of emerging Local Plan documents and preparations and submission of representations,
- Attending client meetings,
- Assisting with thought pieces, presentations and research,
- Assisting with planning appeals.

You will work with other members of the team, developing individual expertise in delivering impartial professional advice and developing innovative and intelligent solutions for our clients. You will build effective, commercial relationships both inside and outside of the firm, based upon developing technical expertise

and outstanding communication (both written and face-to-face).

About you:

- MRTPI-qualified with a proven academic and career record to date demonstrating progression, the ability to successfully deal with clients at all levels and a passion for delivering high quality work and excellent customer service.
- Excellent commercial acumen, networking skills and the ability to participate effectively in a business driven by providing a top-level client service. Includes the ability to identify key issues relating to a problem and identify creative options and solutions for addressing these.
- The ability to establish effective relationships at all levels within and outside Gerald Eve and translate these into business growth opportunities for the Firm.
- A good personal manner, calm and authoritative, particularly when dealing with clients, but also internally, e.g. when supervising Graduate Trainees and other junior members of the team.
- The ability to use knowledge and information to identify and develop creative but practical commercial opportunities on the client’s behalf.

Salary and benefits:

- Salary: competitive based on market, professional experience and qualifications
- Car allowance
- Performance related staff profit share scheme
- 26 days’ holiday, plus Bank Holidays and days at Christmas and New Year.
- Pension scheme membership (after initial probationary period)
- Life and Accident insurance
- Group income protection scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- Wellbeing Allowance
- Access to Peppy for you and your partner
- 1 paid volunteering day per year to help give back to our local communities
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
- Interest Free Rental Deposit Loan
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after two years’ service
- Professional subscription (MRICS/MRTPI) paid for by the firm

Alongside our competitive compensation and benefits package we offer all our staff the ongoing opportunities to learn and develop, through in-house CPD sessions, further education support as well as internal and external training programmes. Gerald Eve encourage pro-bono work and volunteering as well as regular social and sporting activities to engage with all your colleagues. Your progression will be supported and guided by managers and mentors using a transparent framework so you can clearly see what

you need to do to get to where you want to be.

Hybrid working and core hours: