Graduate Planner - Stratford upon Avon - 2025 Intake
Application Deadline: 6 December 2024
Department: Infrastructure and Specialist Markets - Marrons - Planning - Planning - 2401
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Stratford upon Avon
Reporting To: Emily Cupi
Description
We have a fantastic apprenticeship opportunity for a Graduate Planner. Working alongside a team of experienced and skilled town planners, we will support you in developing the skills and knowledge that you will need for a rewarding career in town planning.
We can offer you:
* A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and a bonus day off for your birthday.
* A permanent opportunity to be part of our ‘Marrons Apprenticeship Scheme’, during which you will complete a fully funded Chartered Town Planning Level 7 Master’s Degree Apprenticeship (RTPI accredited) at either University of Birmingham or Oxford Brookes University.
* A varied workload working on a variety of projects including urban regeneration and major mixed-use sustainable urban extensions across the UK.
* A culture of trust, empowerment and autonomy over your work.
* The opportunity to join a vibrant, forward-thinking team with the support of friendly, approachable partners who encourage and support your career development.
* Hybrid working - This role can be a blend of home and office based work from our Stratford Upon Avon hub.
The role:
Rotating within the Marrons business unit, you will be working with national house builders, land promoters, and landowners. From securing planning permissions and land allocations, to negotiating S106 Agreements and conditions, you will be given the opportunity to be a key part of our business.
We have big growth plans and are looking for people with the enthusiasm to come and be part of this and to develop a career with us.
Key Responsibilities
* Help prepare advice on the development potential of land and buildings.
* Assisting with preparing planning applications and appeals.
* Assist in providing policy advice and research.
* Drafting representations to plan consultations and examinations.
* Utilising a range of resources to identify land opportunities.
* Working with senior officers, clients and other consultants to deliver development.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* A keen interest in the built and natural environment, and the Town Planning sector.
* Excellent writing skills with a strong eye for detail and high level of accuracy.
* Excellent communication skills and a friendly approachable manner.
* Ability to prioritise workload and manage time efficiently.
* Strong IT skills.
* Drive, commitment, enthusiastic and a team player approach.
* Committed to your own personal and career development.
Meet the team:
Marrons are a nationally growing team of town planning, socio-economic, heritage, and design consultants providing high quality advice and guidance on a wide range of planning and development issues.
We advise on planning matters of all types and scales from leading and co-ordinating large and complex development proposals, to dealing with small scale and householder developments. We act on behalf of major house builders and developers, manufacturers and investment companies, blue chip companies and land promoters, in addition to land and property owners, retailers, local authorities and private individuals across the United Kingdom.
Marrons is part of law firm Shakespeare Martineau. We are part of a large multi-disciplinary team which comprises lawyers, surveyors and chartered town planners. As part of Shakespeare Martineau, you will also have access to high quality training and support for the key business skills you need to progress your career in planning consultancy. We support and fund membership of the RTPI for our team.
Benefits, Agile Working and Additional Information
We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Southampton, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield.
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Additional information:
Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.
Equal opportunities:
Marrons is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
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