Director, Head of Boyer South

LRG; Camberley; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy in Camberley is seeking a Director, Head of Boyer South to lead the planning team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience as a Planning Director, excellent people management skills, and a strong financial discipline. This role offers opportunities for career growth within a supportive team environment and includes benefits like private medical insurance and a salary sacrifice pension scheme.

Benefits

Private Medical

Bike to work scheme

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Generous Holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Many years' experience as a Planning Director, ideally in the South East region.
• Ability to manage a large team and ensure billable time is met.
• Competence as a town planner to support the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the performance and leadership of the planning team.
• Prepare the Team’s Business Plan.
• Represent the business at external events.

Skills

Finance management

People management

Business management

Public speaking

Time management

Business development

Planning expertise

Confidentiality

Education

Membership in RTPI

Job description

Director, Head of Boyer South at LRG

Location: The Meadows, Camberley

Brand: LRG

Salary: Competitive Salary Package

About Us

Boyer is a leading national, multi-disciplinary planning and design consultancy renowned for providing sound planning advice and helping clients achieve successful developments. Boyer advises on all aspects of planning, masterplanning and urban design, architecture and environmental assessments. Boyer has offices in Bristol, Cardiff, Colchester, London, Midlands and Camberley.

Boyer is part of the Leaders Romans Group (LRG).

Job Summary And Key Responsibilities

The Camberley Planning Team comprises around 14 planners and is the largest of the planning teams within Boyer. It is based at head office, currently in Wokingham, but due to move locally during 2025. The Team operates as a single team; sharing resources and management responsibilities.

The Team provides a comprehensive mix of planning services including (inter alia) site appraisals, planning applications / appeals, site promotion, environmental impact assessment, affordable housing needs assessments, housing land supply assessments.

The Team’s clients include many of the national housebuilders, some local/regional housebuilders, land promoters, corporates, local planning authorities, and institutions.

What Are We Looking For

The Head of Boyer South is ultimately responsible for the performance and leadership of the Team, and takes a shared responsibility with other Office Heads and alongside the Managing Director for the overall leadership and management of Boyer.

The suitable candidate will be a member of the RTPI and will have many years’ experience as a Planning Director, ideally in the South East region.

Key competencies for the Head of Boyer South

• Finance – Being able to set the Budget for the Team and manage the Team’s overall financial performance. Very strong financial disciplines are essential for the role.
• People Management – Manage the resources of a large Team to ensure everyone has the required amount of billable time, whilst also ensuring people have time for important non-billable tasks (i.e. business development, training etc). Being a good people person (whilst also being very commercial), and someone who is willing and capable of resolving personal challenges, is essential.
• Business Management – Being commercially driven and able to prepare the Team’s Business Plan and lead the Team to achieve this.
• External Profile – Being willing to be an external ‘face’ for Boyer in representing the business at external events and through thought pieces. Someone who is a confident and competent public speaker and has an established/growing and highly regarded client base is important.
• Time Management – Being able to juggle multiple and often competing priorities (and achieve everything on time) is essential.
• Corporate – Someone who can introduce new ideas to the business, but is willing and able to work within the existing business corporate structure is important.
• Personality – Being able to be a strong leader is crucial – i.e. leading by example, taking the strain, taking difficult decisions, and being able to stay calm under pressure.
• Business Development – someone who has a strong track record as a business winner is essential, and someone who is willing to cross-sell and work alongside other professional services departments.
• Planning Director – being a very competent town planner is essential to support the team and to ensure internal and external credibility. It is likely the candidate will have been a planning witness.
• Confidentiality – someone who can be trusted without question.

What We Can Offer You

• Proven track record for career growth and advancement within the company
• Market leading training and ongoing professional development
• Supportive and collaborative team environment

Benefits

• Private Medical
• Bike to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Generous Holiday allowance, increasing by 1 day per year based on service up to an additional 5 days holiday per year

Equal Opportunities

LRG are an equal opportunities employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We look forward to welcoming a dedicated individual to our team who shares our commitment to excellence in the Real Estate Industry.

Recruitment Agency Policy

LRG does not engage the services of Recruitment agencies for the purpose of hiring. All job openings are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment team. We do not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate referral from Recruitment agencies, and any such submissions will not be considered.