Principal Town Planner - Policy

Core responsibilities:

• Lead and assist on key planning policy projects, including supporting local authority policy and strategy development, coordination and delivery of local plan evidence studies, strategic growth studies, infrastructure strategies and other policy and strategy commissions.
• Ensure projects are delivered successfully on budget and within programme timelines, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams for seamless project execution.
• Participate in the successful operation and management of the town planning team, overseeing deliverables and implementing quality assurance and health and safety principles.
• Contribute to business development strategy, nurturing client relationships and assisting in the preparation of commercial tenders to secure new opportunities.

This role creates positive change by leading planning policy projects that support sustainable community development, including strategic growth studies, infrastructure strategies, and local plan evidence that informs planning policy for over 100 authorities, helping create places where people want to live and invest over the long term.

Required qualifications:

• Proven experience in planning policy and strategy and project management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and manage relationships with clients, local authorities and other stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking ability with commitment to delivering high-quality work and driving business growth.
• Experience in team leadership and development within a planning consultancy context.

Compensation and perks:

• Hybrid working model with flexibility to balance time between office and working from home
• Available on either full-time or part-time basis to suit individual circumstances
• Opportunities for career progression within a positive culture
• Active support and promotion of learning and development
• Multiple location options including London, Basingstoke, Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge, Chesterfield, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, and Plymouth

AECOM is a top ten UK planning consultancy that works on some of the largest, most complex and high profile development and regeneration projects in the UK for both public and private sector clients, focusing on sustainable community development through strategic planning, local plans, masterplanning, and neighborhood planning.