Third Revolution are delighted to share details for a new Director role in the business. If you are interested in hearing more about the exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, growing planning consultancy embedded in sustainability, please get in touch as soon as possible with our MD Rob Shaw 07742 352406 or robert.shaw@thirdrevolutionprojects.co.uk.

Third Revolution is a fast-growing, innovative, and forward-thinking Planning Consultancy embedded in Sustainability – a thought-leader in the future of sustainable, net zero, and low carbon planning. Established in 2017, we have a thriving public and private client portfolio, and our development areas include Residential, Commercial, Mixed Use, and Renewable Energy.

The role

As Planning Director and a key member of the leadership team, you’ll play a prominent role managing client relationships, directing projects, and driving both organic and new business. Reporting into Senior Leadership in a collaborative and diverse team of 10, you’ll hold a varied and rewarding position, and support the MD in shaping our future service offering. More specifically, you can expect to find yourself:

• Driving business growth through prospecting, engaging, and winning work with new clients.
• Managing client relationships and stimulating new projects/work from our existing clients.
• Being a trusted client partner, directing projects and project managing where required.
• Strategically contributing to the evolution and expansion of our innovative service offering.
• Leading projects end-to-end, from site selection, pre-application research and discussions, to hearings and post determination work, including planning appeals.
• Being actively involved in coordination and management of specialist external consultants, public consultations, and report writing.
• Acting as sustainability champion on major projects and providing strategic advice.
• Fostering a proudly supportive, collaborative, diverse, and inclusive work environment.

Candidate requirement

Our ideal candidate will be a seasoned Chartered Town Planner currently at Associate, Senior Associate, or Director level who would thrive with the high level of autonomy and influence this role has to offer.

As a small consultancy with a reputation for first-class expertise in sustainable development and high standards in service delivery, we are keen to find someone who also shares our values, passion, and entrepreneurial spirit.

The successful candidate will be someone who demonstrates:

• A proven track record of winning new work and fostering new client relationships.
• Experience leading a range of development projects, ideally including On-Shore Wind Power.
• Chartered MRTPI qualification, potentially with previous involvement in NSIPs, DNS or s36s.
• Existing expertise and knowledge of the UK planning space and UK planning authorities.
• Ability to comfortably manage a project portfolio with existing clients while stimulating organic new business and bringing in new clients.
• Confidence in your approach alongside excellent interpersonal, written, project management, IT and communication skills.
• Experience leading teams and delegating effectively while coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues.
• An entrepreneurial spirit with a thirst for knowledge and continuous learning.

Why join us?

You’d be joining at a very exciting time with the opportunity to rapidly advance your career with us whilst being at the forefront of our continued success. Our innovative Future Planning sustainability offering is supporting public and private promotors of large-scale urban extensions and new settlements and our UK-wide portfolio includes developments at local planning and nationally significant scales.

We offer a competitive salary, commensurate with your experience and skillset, a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, and a highly collaborative teamwork environment. Our other benefits include a company bonus scheme, private pension, and flexible hybrid working with most of the team based in our Waterloo office two days a week.

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