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 Hereford and the surrounding region, 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 development service line in Hereford, setting its direction and driving growth across planning and architectural-led work
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of instructions from landowners, developers, promoters and investors across Herefordshire and the surrounding region
- Deliver or oversee technical planning and architectural advice across a broad range of sectors, including residential, commercial, mixed-use, rural, strategic land and development-led projects
- Provide strategic development advice and lead on planning strategy, pre-application engagement, planning applications, appeals, design-led feasibility work, architectural coordination and post-planning work
- Draw on and coordinate the wider Berrys team across planning, 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 Herefordshire 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
- Professionally qualified, ideally MRTPI, RIBA, ARB or equivalent, with significant post-qualification experience in a planning, architectural, development or multi-disciplinary consultancy environment
- A demonstrable track record of winning and retaining clients, not just serving them
- Broad planning, design or development knowledge across multiple sectors, with a strong 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, design teams, consultants and wider stakeholders
- Able to identify opportunities where planning, architecture and wider property consultancy services can be brought together to unlock value for clients
- 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 Partner will take ownership of building and scaling a full-service development offering, drawing on either a planning or architectural background and using the firm's established client base, regional reputation and multi-disciplinary platform as a springboard for growth. Berrys is looking for a leader, not just a deliverer, and expects the right person to shape the planning, architecture and development offering in Hereford for years to come.
Why Berrys?
- Real autonomy to lead and build a full-service planning, architectural and 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