ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNER – LEEDS

DPP is an independent national planning consultancy, successfully delivering planning solutions to clients across the UK. We are looking for an Assistant Planner to join the team in our Leeds office to work on a range of projects across the UK.

This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career and assist in the delivery of exceptional planning services, across various sectors, including education, energy, defence, health, residential, retail, and major mixed-use and regeneration schemes. We act for many high-profile clients, including some of the country’s major land developers, housebuilders, and retail operators.

We have a flexible working approach, with a mixture of home and office-based working for all our employees. You will receive ongoing support and guidance from our experienced senior leadership team across all our offices. We provide all employees working towards chartership a dedicated mentor to support and advise you through the process. DPP is committed to providing learning and development opportunities to all. We offer regular internal and external training, CPD webinars and events for all our employees.

Key Attributes

In terms of attributes, we are ideally seeking candidates who can satisfy the following.

• RTPI accredited degree or a relevant degree
• Working towards MRTPI chartership
• 0-1 years experience/placements
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage time and priorities effectively
• Strong communication skills (verbally and in written form)
• Good understanding of the planning system
• Commercial awareness
• Competent user of Microsoft 365 products

Employee Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year
• Additional Christmas leave
• Monthly early finish
• BUPA (medical and dental)
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye tests and glasses contribution
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme (contributions up to 8% from DPP)
• Perkbox (benefit and reward platform)
• Long service gift and additional holidays
• Day off to attend your graduation ceremony (if applicable)
• Phone Allowance
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Annual bespoke training programme
• Paid RTPI membership fees
• Company socials and events

See our employee benefits brochure here

https://dppukltd.com/wp-content/uploads/Careers/Employee-Benefits-Brochure-External_compressed.pdf

If you are interested in a role with us and meet some or all of the key attributes, we would love to hear from you.

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