Associate Director - Town Planning – £56k – £68K – Witney, Oxfordshire (Hybrid)

The Role

Do you have a minimum of 8 - 10 years’ experience and are a Chartered Town Planner? Do you possess excellent mediation, advocacy, and negotiation skills to navigate challenging situations? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

The Associate Director is a pivotal figure in ensuring that the organisation meets its strategic objectives, maintains high standards of service, and continues to grow and succeed in a competitive market. This role demands a blend of leadership, technical acumen, and strategic insight, making it both challenging and rewarding.

Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply today!

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead planning applications, appeals, and local plan submissions.
• Manage high-profile and complex planning projects.
• Generate new business opportunities and attend industry events.
• Manage and develop your team, ensuring their well-being and performance.
• Stay up to date on planning legislation and identify new business opportunities.

The Company

Edgars is a vibrant planning consultancy.

We are built on great people, commercial acumen, modern thinking and local authority insight.

We seek to ensure that every client has a positive planning and development experience that enhances their property asset and promotes sustainability.

We give our clients exceptional advice, unlocking and protecting their assets’ potential and reaching their goals, driven by our fundamental desire to see them succeed.

We provide planning advice, development consultancy and specialist advice to a range of sectors including education, heritage, estates, housebuilder, commercial, developer, tourism, charity, private individual, investment portfolio and communities.

Benefits:

• Above industry salary.
• Generous leave entitlement.
• Above statutory contribution to the company’s pension plan.
• Private medical health care.
• Death in service plan.
• Payment of professional subscription.
• Flexible and home working.
• CPD and executive coaching.
• Full or part time considered.

The Person

• A planning degree (or relevant qualification).
• MRTPI qualification.
• Management experience or a management qualification.
• At least 8 - 10 years' planning experience (public or private sector).
• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and mediation skills.
• A proven track record in business development.
• Excellent technical knowledge of planning regulations and the legal framework.