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Senior Planner (Policy)

Manchester, England, gb🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-06 → 2026-09-25

Core

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, and infrastructure strategies.

Role type

Senior IC planning policy consultant

Builds

Local plans, sub-regional spatial plans, strategic masterplans, and neighbourhood plans for public and private sector clients

Domain

Urban planning and infrastructure development

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Planning policy and strategy development, local plan evidence studies, strategic growth studies, infrastructure strategies, multi-disciplinary team coordination, client and stakeholder relationship management, business development, technical report writing

Preferred skills

Existing relationships with clients and local authorities, business development mindset

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Lead and assist on key planning policy projects, offer strategic planning advice to client and internal teams, represent the organization at conferences and networking events, ensure projects are delivered on budget and within timelines, contribute to business development strategy and commercial tenders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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