Assistant Town Planner

Town Planner (Assistant to Senior Level)
Location: Cranfield (Hybrid: Office-based Monday-Thursday, WFH Fridays)
Type: Full-time (Graduate role starts part-time with progression to full-time)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience + benefits

Are you a passionate and proactive Town Planner looking to grow your career in a dynamic, forward-thinking consultancy? Whether you're just starting out or already established in the field, this is a rare opportunity to join a small, high-performing team that challenges convention, fosters talent over hierarchy, and supports professional growth at every level. We're hiring on behalf of a bold and ambitious planning consultancy based in Cranfield.

We're considering applications at three levels:

• Ideal for recent graduates or early-career candidates

• Opportunity to rotate through Planning, Strategic Land, and Ecology teams

• Start part-time (3 days/week), progressing to full-time after 6 months

• Award-winning training and mentoring programme

• 1-3 years' experience, preferably in a private consultancy

• Confident communicator, adept at research, report writing, and client liaison

• Involvement in planning applications, appraisals, and small to mid-sized developments

• Strong collaborative skills with a proactive mindset

• 3-6+ years' experience with a private sector background preferred

• Ideally experienced in Local Plan representations and strategic land promotion

• Capable of contributing to business development and maintaining client relationships

• Skilled in policy work, strategic site promotion, and managing multiple projects

• Support and manage planning applications, appeals, and policy work

• Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team of planners, land agents, and ecologists

• Communicate effectively with clients, stakeholders, and local authorities

• Contribute to site appraisals, public consultation, and viability work

• Attend external meetings, site visits, and contribute to internal innovation

• For senior roles: mentor junior colleagues and bring/maintain client relationships

• A truly supportive and open culture where talent is valued over structure

• Work with industry leaders in planning and ecology across impactful projects

• Enjoy early client exposure and fast-tracked career development

• Flexible hybrid working model - office camaraderie + Friday WFH

Interested?

Contact Sofia Conte or call . We have many more vacancies available on our website.

This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position