Job description
Head of Planning
Horley Office Based (Hybrid)
£55,000 to £65,000 + Great Performance Profit Share + Quarterly Bonus + Training + Continued Growth
Are you an experienced RTPI Planner ready to lead and build a planning division with full autonomy?
Do you want the freedom to shape a department, grow a team beneath you and be able to massively develop your own career?
Are you driven by the opportunity to take ownership and build something with long term financial reward?
This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established multi-disciplinary property consultancy with several offices and a great client base. With strong foundations across valuation, commercial and block management, the business is now focused on building and expanding its planning function as market conditions look strong going forwards.
As Head of Planning, you will take full responsibility for leading and growing the department. You will manage planning applications from inception to decision, liaise with local authorities, oversee appeals, negotiate outcomes and identify new opportunities for clients. Alongside this, you will recruit, mentor and develop junior planners as the team expands.
Working closely with senior partners, you will have genuine autonomy and commercial influence, with profit share and bonus directly linked to the success of the division. This role offers both security within an established consultancy and the self-fulfilment of building and leading your own team.
The ideal candidate will be RTPI qualified, commercially astute and confident managing clients and complex planning applications.
This is an incredible opportunity for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career and join a company where your earnings will be completely uncapped creating huge potential as you grow out your own team!
The Role:
- Leading and rebuilding the Planning division
- Managing planning applications from submission to approval
- Liaising and negotiating with local authorities
- Overseeing appeals and ensuring policy compliance
- Recruiting, mentoring and developing junior planners
- Driving revenue growth within the department
The Person:
- RTPI qualified
- Strong experience in a planning consultancy or local authority
- Commercially aware with business development mindset
- Proven leadership or team management experience
- Confident client facing communicator
- Driven, ambitious and motivated
Reference Number: BBH270183a
To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Lewis Jones at Rise Technical Recruitment.
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The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.
We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.
