Assistant Planner

Reading

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting an award-winning Independent Planning Consultancy in their search to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Assistant Town Planner to their dynamic team in Reading.

Why apply?

My client offers a competitive market salary, performances-related discretionary bonuses, enhanced maternity and paternity pay provisions, company pension contributions and life insurance. On top of these impressive benefits, my client offers flexible and hybrid working, generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27.5 days (in addition to bank holidays!), private healthcare insurance for Associate level and above, and a company paid health and wellbeing plan with included benefits such as optical, dental and physiotherapy services, as well as access to a private GP service.

The company:

This dynamic consultancy is committed to having a positive impact on our planet and society, and as such, are the first town planning consultancy to achieve 'carbon negative' status! The team offer practical solutions to societal, economic, and environmental challenges through their wide-ranging knowledge and expertise across a multitude of sectors.

The team is experienced in bringing forward large-scale regeneration projects throughout the UK and are skilled in obtaining financially viable planning permissions for clients across a wide range of commercial, residential, retail, education, energy, and industrial projects throughout the UK.

Candidate Requirements:

They are now looking to expand the team and are seeking an enthusiastic and personable Assistant Planner. We are seeking applications from candidate who:

• Hold an RTPI accredited degree, or a related Town Planning qualification.
• Are eligible to pursue MRTPI Chartership.
• Have previous experience, either public or private, in the planning sector.

Interested?

For applications and more information about this opportunity, please send your up-to-date CV to Megan Field at (url removed), or call (phone number removed) to discuss further!