[ref. a25576222] Associate Director - Town Planning - RPS Group
RPS is looking for an Associate Director to join our Planning Team based in London (Farringdon). In this key position, you will be helping to grow and develop business, oversee existing workloads, and provide mentorship to junior planners.
We deliver planning applications and permissions for some of the UK’s most important development and infrastructure projects including residential, commercial, mixed-use, data centres, airports, retail, logistics and renewables projects. We work with the country’s other innovating organisations in the development of property and infrastructure and, provide integrated services drawing on other planning, environmental and design services offered by RPS.
With our planning service at the heart of the business, this role will give you the opportunity to evolve and grow a profitable planning consultancy and, with our transparent career pathway framework, we will ensure you are continually progressing and enhancing your credentials.
We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter.Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.
What you will be doing- Developing new customer relationships and maintaining existing business
- Overseeing and mentoring junior planners
- Providing input into business plans, chairing Planning Meetings, and taking a head role in debates
- Preparing fee proposals and providing input into tender submissions
- Coordinating small/medium & large projects including reviewing project finances, overseeing the production of services in line with the stakeholder’s expectations and ensuring delivery is on time and within budget
Who we are looking for?
With experience within this sector, you’ll already be familiar with what we’re looking for: RTPI accredited Honours Degree and/or Diploma or Master’s Qualification, full membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute and experience of delivering consultancy to a range of customers.Good financial and project management experience are essential, as are great influencing and communication techniques that enable you to build, maintain and consolidate strong working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and external bodies.
What is in it for you?
We are proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.
We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.
We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.
What happens next?
The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters and then there’ll be a two-stage interview process with the Team.
All applications will be considered.
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Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 staff in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a spearheading, global provider of consulting and engineering services.As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to find a solution to some of the world’s most intricate problems.