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GL Hearn is looking for two excellent planning graduates to join our graduate programme in September 2022.

Are you ambitious and enthusiastic; motivated and driven to succeed? Then we want to hear from you.

About the role

Join our team of experienced planners and begin your journey to professional chartership today with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). We will motivate and encourage you as you work on high profile projects across the UK on behalf of a variety of private and public sector clients.

Over the two-year programme, you will be supported through the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) APC and will gain exposure to working with your own clients, experience, and training to help develop your skills and knowledge.

You will become a confident and competent planner and be ready to step into a qualified role in the business as part of our national Planning and Development team.

Working between our office in London and home, we will support you to work flexibly and embrace new ways of working.

You can expect to be involved in

  • Providing clients with strategic advice on proposals.
  • Preparation of applications for planning consent.
  • Pre-application consultation and negotiation.
  • Stakeholder engagement and management of the consultation process.
  • Support planning applications through the decision-making and post-decision processes.
  • Coordinating multi-disciplinary teams. 
  • Undertake studies to support local authority planners or development agencies.
  • Preparation of planning policy and supporting documents.
  • Appeal services.

What we’re looking for

  • A combined RTPI accredited qualification, or ‘spatial’ and ‘specialist’ RTPI accredited qualifications.
  • Commitment and enthusiasm for learning as you’ll be undertaking your RTPI APC qualification across the two-year programme.
  • An interest in the property industry and the overall property cycle.
  • A strong desire to be successful within the property industry.
  • Team working skills and ability to work across multiple disciplines. 

What’s in it for you?

  • Competitive salary of £28,000
  • 25 days’ holiday with the opportunity to buy additional annual leave.  
  • Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more.
  • Professional RTPI subscription fees.
  • Support in successfully passing the APC and gaining membership of the RTPI.
  • The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office annually, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
  • Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel, and technology.
  • Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.

About GL Hearn 

Part of Capita plc, GL Hearn is a market-leading UK real estate consultancy, providing successful planning, development, and occupier advisory outcomes for both public and private sector clients.

GL Hearn provide commercially driven advice through all stages of the asset life cycle, specialising in a variety of sectors including defence, retail, residential, mixed-use development, commercial office space, healthcare and education, and infrastructure.

Working with a wide range of public and private sector clients, GL Hearn enhance land and property holdings, working on some of the most complex real estate projects in the UK, making difficult development happen and reducing property occupation costs.

GL Hearn offer a wide range of specialist professional services from environmental, infrastructure and town and country planning, business rates advice, valuation, and lease advisory, through to development including land assembly, affordable housing advice and valuation, private sector development management, agency, and consultancy expertise.

Our head office in London, and network of regional offices, are home to over 250 specialist consultants and client advisors.

www.glhearn.com

What we hope you’ll do next

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Your application should include a copy of your CV and a letter detailing what it is about the property sector which interests you.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

First round interviews will be held online and, subject to national guidance, second round interviews will be held at Gresham Street, London.  All Capita colleagues who can work from home should do so; and where it is not possible for colleagues to work remotely, we have taken important steps to protect those working from Capita’s offices. Social distancing, enhanced hygiene and safety measures are already in place at all Capita locations that are open to protect our colleagues and manage the risk of COVID-19. The welfare of our people is of paramount importance to us, and we’re doing everything we can to keep our colleagues and customers safe during this time.