HTA Design | Assistant Planner | London | application period:
Tuesday 13th April 2021 - Monday 26th April 12.00
Job Title | Assistant Planner
Contract: Permanent (Full time)
Salary: Competitive
About HTA DESIGN
HTA DESIGN is a multi-disciplinary practice at the forefront of innovation in the design and delivery of great housing and sustainable places to live.
We work across the UK, and occasionally internationally, with over 200 staff based mostly in our four studios in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol.
We are architects, planners, masterplanners, landscape architects, interior designers, graphic designers, illustrators, leaders in engagement and sustainability specialists, all working in collaboration to design great projects for the clients and communities we serve.
The Role
Working closely with HTA's planning and design teams across the practice, the Assistant Planner will:
- Support the planning team and practice members with planning policy research;
- undertake planning appraisals to inform proposals;
- undertake feasibility studies;
- write planning statements;
- manage the submission of planning applications;
- monitor planning applications;
- administration of discharge of planning conditions.
Candidate
To be considered for this role you will need to have:
- An excellent understanding of the UK planning system.
- Housing, regeneration and design sector experience.
- A track record in delivering planning stages of projects from inception to completion.
- Experience in multi-disciplinary working.
- Demonstrable postgraduate experience in a professional planning capacity.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong collaborative internal and external working relationships. This role will involve liaising with clients, consultants and local planning authorities.
- A good knowledge of planning and construction, along with strong written skills, including experience of preparing planning applications.
- The ability to be proactive, to use your initiative and to work autonomously.
- Good project experience and skills, with the ability to complete tasks within tight deadlines.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
HTA is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. We value the differences, needs and contributions a diverse workforce represents and we strive to embed this ideal across all our people related activities and to create a culture of belonging.
HTA is a Disability Confident signatory - If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview (whether virtually or in person), please contact us at: recruit@hta.co.uk quoting 'Reasonable Adjustment Request' and we will be in touch to discuss how we can assist.