Planning & Development Manager - Berrys

About the Company
Berrys is a people-focused property business, built on trusted relationships and a commitment to delivering the best outcomes for our clients. Property is what we do, but our clients and our team are at the heart of everything we achieve. Acting as a trusted advisor, we are ready to support at any stage, bringing together expertise and insight to help navigate challenges and unlock opportunities.

Working across four offices in the Midlands, we offer a wide range of services including planning, architecture, building surveying, valuation and business consultancy, helping our clients make the very most of their land and property assets.

Here, you'll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team of engineers, surveyors, archaeologists, planners and architects. We're large enough to offer a diverse range of projects and career opportunities, yet small enough to give you real autonomy. We offer the chance to build meaningful relationships and the space to grow your skills.

Key Responsibilities

Take autonomous ownership of the planning and development service line in Kettering, setting its direction and driving its growth
Build and manage a strong pipeline of instructions from landowners, developers, promoters and investors across Northamptonshire
Deliver technical planning consultancy across a broad range of sectors, including residential, commercial, mixed-use and strategic land
Provide strategic planning advice and lead on pre-application engagement, planning applications, appeals and post-planning work
Draw on and coordinate the wider Berrys team across architecture, building surveying, valuation and land promotion to deliver a joined-up, full-service offering
Identify and convert new business opportunities, including cross-referrals from existing Berrys clients across the practice
Build a strong personal presence and profile for Berrys in the Northamptonshire market through networking and business development activity
Grow the team over time, with the ability to recruit and develop people around you as the offering scales
Contribute to the commercial direction and strategic planning of the wider business alongside the Berrys leadership team Candidate Profile
An experienced and commercially driven planning professional, ready to operate at a senior or partner level:

MRTPI qualified, with significant post-qualification experience in a planning or development consultancy environment
A demonstrable track record of winning and retaining clients, not just serving them
Broad planning knowledge across multiple sectors, with an understanding of the wider development process
Strong commercial judgement and an ability to identify and convert business opportunities
Confident and credible at a senior level, comfortable engaging with clients, agents, local authorities and wider stakeholders
An appetite for business development that goes beyond duty, someone who finds it genuinely energising
Experience of, or an appetite to embrace, a multi-disciplinary practice environment and the opportunities it creates for clients
Motivated by long-term ownership and progression, including a genuine interest in partnership
A full, clean UK driving licence This is a leadership position. The incoming Planning and Development Lead will take ownership of building and scaling a full-service development offering at Berrys, using the firm's established client base, regional reputation and multi-disciplinary platform as a springboard for growth.

The role sits at the partner level and will be treated as such. Berrys is looking for a leader, not just a deliverer and expects the right person to shape the planning and development in Kettering for years to come.

Why Berrys?

Real autonomy to lead and build a full-service development offering from a position of strength
Immediate access to an established client base and a strong regional reputation
The Berrys multi-disciplinary platform is a genuine competitive advantage for clients
A collaborative, flat structure where senior people have genuine influence from day one
A clear long-term pathway, with partnership a genuine possibility for the right individual
35 days holiday, private healthcare, enhanced pension, agile working, and a comprehensive benefits package Exclusive Retained Assignment
This is an exclusive retained search assignment. All applications, expressions of interest and enquiries regarding this role must be directed to Joshua Robert Recruitment. Any third party approaches to Berrys will be redirected accordingly