Planner/Senior Planner - Planning & Development, Manchester

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Role Purpose

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us and work on some major schemes with the team, whilst having a clear structured pathway for career development.

The CBRE Planning and Development team across the north is 20 strong and has four distinct core activities around Development Management, Development Promotion, Regeneration/Economics and Viability.

This opportunity is to work within the Development and Regeneration part of the team, working to support two Directors across a mandate supporting developers, investors, Local Authorities and Public-Private Partnerships.

The team is involved in the largest planning/ development/ regeneration schemes across the North and our pipeline of new instructions for 2024 and 2025 is substantial, including:

• MIX Manchester - 2M sq ft of advanced manufacturing, R&D, laboratory, and office space with complementary hotel and amenity uses to the north of Manchester Airport for a JV comprising MAG Property, Columbia Threadneedle, BCEG and GMPF.
• Major mixed-use, multi-phase development and regeneration projects across the North West & Yorkshire
• Business Case preparation - securing grant funding from Combined Authorities and Homes England.
• Huyton Town Centre Regeneration - mixed use Town Centre scheme for Genr8 Kajima.
• Arden Cross - supporting Muse Places to develop 6m sqft advanced manufacturing, commercial, and innovation floorspace alongside 3,000 residential dwellings.
• Salford Crescent - multi-phase mixed-use scheme for Muse/ECF
• Chorlton District Centre - residential-led redevelopment of existing shopping centre in conjunction with PJ Livesey and GMPVF
• Oldham - multiple regeneration schemes within the town centre for Muse/ECF following the production of a Development Framework
• Stoke-on-Trent - next phases of the Smithfield City Centre regeneration scheme for Genr8

Key Responsibilities

• Providing planning and development advice to public and private sector clients, with a focus on regeneration projects across, but not limited to, the North.
• Assembling and working with multi-disciplinary professional teams to complete feasibility studies and business cases.
• Supporting the preparation of Business Cases and Grant Funding Bids.
• Analysing funding and delivery options.
• Day to day project management and coordination of projects - including Business Case preparation, Development Framework Strategies and Option Appraisals.
• Preparing Regeneration and Development Framework Strategies, including analysis of strategic policies, planning policy, development constraints and opportunities and client objectives to develop place-based strategies.
• Undertaking project due diligence.
• Advising, directing and managing project outputs from a range of disciplines/professionals, including working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Financial responsibility and management of projects.
• Work with senior team members to shape and lead client pitches and proposals.
• Identifying, developing and pursuing new business and marketing opportunities in a range of sectors.

Person Specification/Requirements

• Professional Membership of either the RICS (P&D) or RTPI with relevant post qualification experience.
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible and commercially astute with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good client relationship management skills and comfortable at presenting to clients.
• Good interpersonal skills, a genuine belief in collaboration and a clear ability to lead and inspire others.
• Strong attention to detail, commitment to achieving high quality client deliverables and hands-on involvement in the shaping and review of client deliverables and other outputs.
• Ability to manage and coordinate the input and activities of other professionals within project design teams, give advice and direction, and make decisions.
• The ability to multi-task, work to tight timescales, often under challenging circumstances, with minimal supervision and to a high standard.
• Willingness and/or ability to identify and nurture new business opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical abilities.
• Confident team player able to work well with colleagues and clients as well as manage, nurture and mentor junior members of the team.

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do-from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it's like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE

About CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

Equal Opportunities

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