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Job Title: Principal / Associate Spatial Planner
Location: Manchester
Salary: 50,000 - 60,000
Company Overview
A leading multi-disciplinary consultancy firm offering excellent opportunities for talented individuals. Our Planning team works on major infrastructure and development projects across the UK and internationally, providing spatial planning advice to government agencies, local authorities, and private sector clients.
Role Summary
We seek a Chartered Planner to join our team, focusing on unlocking the potential of Northern England through our transformation programme. The ideal candidate will have excellent planning credentials and comprehensive advisory experience in both public and private development sectors.
Key Requirements:
- Chartered membership of the RTPI with relevant degree in Town Planning
- Experience in the planning and regeneration market in Northern England
- Understanding of strategic/national/regional policies and funding mechanisms
- Policy and strategy background including local spatial plans and infrastructure planning
- Knowledge of strategic planning and regional frameworks
- Experience with regeneration projects involving infrastructure interventions
- Understanding of policy and consenting processes for strategic placemaking
- Experience working with various government and development organizations
- Knowledge of funding opportunities and investment frameworks
Responsibilities:
- Conduct strategic planning and policy development (assessments, local plan support, infrastructure delivery studies)
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities, including leading tender responses
- Develop client networks and collaborate across teams to win work
- Manage multi-disciplinary project inputs
- Provide strategic and policy planning advice to clients
- Support growth in Northern England markets
- The successful candidate will have proven project management experience, client-facing skills, and a passion for urbanism and placemaking.
Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business.
