Town Planner – Worcester/Birmingham

at  Fisher German

The Team & Focus of the Role
Would you like to join our established and driven Planning Team in Worcester/Birmingham? We’re looking for a new member of the team to join us to help support and build the team in providing planning consultancy services.
Sitting within our Town Planning Team, you will be working closely with colleagues across the 800 people strong business to identify cross-divisional opportunities and develop new client relationships. You will typically take the lead on interesting and innovative multidisciplinary planning projects and also assist the senior team fee earners with a varied workload including undertaking planning research and enquiries, project management, drafting reports and planning submissions, inclusive of monitoring and negotiation to determination. You will also undertake site assessments, policy notes, applications, appeals and enforcement matters.
This is a permanent, full-time position based on a 37.5-hour week (Monday to Friday). We also operate a hybrid working policy.

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• Company car/car allowance
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus your birthday off and two extra half days allocated for Christmas Eve & New Years Eve
• Private Healthcare
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• An online money saving portal and access to a 24/7 mental health & wellbeing service.
• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)

Duties will include:

• Manage and prioritise your own caseload
• Deliver high quality work and service to the client
• Mentoring junior members of the team, including mentoring through the APC process
• Preparation of initial site reviews and site-specific strategies
• Delivering bespoke advice to clients
• Preparation, submission, and management of planning applications including preparing reports relating to a variety of projects
• Building strong working relationships and project managing other professionals, such as architects, landscape, highways, drainage, and ecology consultants
• Engaging positively with clients, Planning Officers, members of the public, Councillors and other statutory bodies
• Attending and leading project meetings
• Negotiation to secure best possible outcomes for the client
• Supporting team members with advice, sharing workloads, and working on same projects
• Managing budgets, time recording and invoicing

The successful candidate will have…

• MRTPI qualified
• Great interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated
• Team player
• Good understanding of IT and Microsoft Office
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent time/work management
• Ability to work under pressure, plan and meet deadlines
• Good understanding of the planning market

Why Fisher German?
We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.
What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.
We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 6-property market sectors; rural, commercial, development, residential, infrastructure services and sustainable energy.
Bring Yourself to Work
It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.

• Manage and prioritise your own caseload
• Deliver high quality work and service to the client
• Mentoring junior members of the team, including mentoring through the APC process
• Preparation of initial site reviews and site-specific strategies
• Delivering bespoke advice to clients
• Preparation, submission, and management of planning applications including preparing reports relating to a variety of projects
• Building strong working relationships and project managing other professionals, such as architects, landscape, highways, drainage, and ecology consultants
• Engaging positively with clients, Planning Officers, members of the public, Councillors and other statutory bodies
• Attending and leading project meetings
• Negotiation to secure best possible outcomes for the client
• Supporting team members with advice, sharing workloads, and working on same projects
• Managing budgets, time recording and invoicin