NHS Property Services Ltd
Graduate Town Planner
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Graduate Town Planner - Join an Award-Winning NHS Team and Shape the Future of NHS Spaces
Are you ready to kick-start your career in town planning with purpose and impact?
Join NHS Property Services, home to the RTPI’s In-House Town Planning Team of the Year, not once, but twice (2022 & 2024)! We’re a nationally recognised, high-performing team that champions planning excellence across England to support the NHS and its vital services.
We’re looking for a highly motivated Graduate Town Planner to help shape the future of healthcare infrastructure. You’ll be part of a dynamic team providing expert planning advice across a vast and diverse estate from bustling city hospitals to rural community clinics.
This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with a structured 30-month review point as part of the APC pathway, offering a salary of £32,000 per annum.
This is a hybrid role, with attendance at our London office required twice per week.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supporting planning applications that enable NHS growth and transformation
- Driving strategic site promotion to unlock development potential
- Engaging in planning policy lobbying to influence change
- Advising on developer contributions (Section 106 / CIL)
- Delivering technical planning support to internal teams and stakeholders
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Why Join Us?
- Be part of a mission-driven organisation that directly supports the NHS
- Gain hands-on experience across a wide range of planning activities
- Work with experienced professionals who will mentor and support your development
- Make a real difference in communities across England
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary of £32,000 per annum
- 27 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday with the option to buy additional weeks leave
- A Smarter Working Policy, empowering you to choose the location of how and where you work according to your daily activities
- Training and development opportunities, providing opportunities for our colleagues to develop and progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework
- Company-wide Colleague Referral Scheme
- SMART Pension contribution into which the company will contribute up to 6%
- A range of flexible benefits including NHS retail discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme
- We have a great Colleague Assistance Programme and offer support for all areas of life
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An organisation with a passion…
We are an organisation with a passion for giving back. Putting money back into the NHS, raising £150,000 over 3 years for our charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer, supporting colleagues to volunteer within their local communities, and being committed to creating a sustainable working environment on our pledge to become net zero carbon by 2050. We understand that it’s important to feel like the work you do is having a meaningful impact on society, and through our approach to being a responsible business, we make sure that every colleague is given the opportunity to make a difference.
We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.
For full details of the role, please see the attached role profile.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
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