Director - Town Planning

RPS is looking for a Director to join our Planning Team (based in Farringdon), to capitalise on the continued growth and development of our planning business. In this strategic role you will grow and develop business and provide directorship to the team.

We deliver planning applications and permissions for some of the UK's most important development and infrastructure projects including residential, commercial, mixed-use, data centres, airports, retail, logistics and renewables projects. We work with the country's other innovating organisations in the development of property and infrastructure and, provide integrated services drawing on other planning, environmental and design services offered by RPS.

With our planning service at the heart of the business, this role will give you the opportunity to evolve and grow a profitable planning consultancy and, with our transparent career pathway framework, we will ensure you are continually progressing and enhancing your credentials.

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.

What you will be doing

Reporting to the Operational Director, you will have a record in work winning with a strong stakeholder following. Alongside generating new business, you will be mentoring and guiding other members of the team.

· Undertake effective business development activities, demonstrating a return on investment

· Drive proposals and/or bid processes which may involve collaborating with other parts of the business

· Work in partnership with the broader RPS Consulting businesses and RPS Group to drive our multi-disciplinary offering to customers

· Assist the Operational Director in the preparation of short (1 year), medium (3 years) and long (5 year) term business plans for the team to maintain a profitable and sustainable RPS presence in the market

· Assume Project Director role on projects with overall ownership of contract, financial performance, quality, programme, and risk

· Represent and promote RPS at conferences and events, as and when required including participation on panels and debates in addition to preparing and publishing thought guidance pieces

· Share new work and opportunities with colleagues within your team and across the Division

· Promote the use of social media to effectively market the team and its ideas

Who we are looking for:

You will be an experienced, influential, and qualified practitioner with strong directorship qualities, outstanding communication techniques, a demonstrable history in generating new business, directing projects, and developing strong working relationships with team, colleagues, customers, and external bodies.

You will be a strategic and creative thinker who is commercially astute and demonstrates a history in taking ownership of and achieving outcomes for; the Customer, our business, your team, and yourself. This is a fantastic opportunity to join RPS and have influence in our progressive and growing organisation.

What is in it for you?

We are proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master's degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You'll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we're happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

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Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 staff in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a spearheading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to find a solution to some of the world's most intricate problems.