Charity Business Development KTP Associate (Planning/Sustainable Land Use)

Charity Business Development KTP Associate (Planning/Sustainable Land Use)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

City St George’s, University of London and CPRE The Countryside Charity are recruiting a candidate to deliver an exciting Management Knowledge Transfer Project (mKTP). The mKTP will build management capabilities at CPRE, to stimulate development of commercial capabilities and diversify income streams through the creation of new products and services.

Working at CPRE’s offices near Old St, London, the candidate will have the opportunity to apply their academic and business knowledge to this commercial project.

CPRE delivers positive progress for the countryside through campaigns, research, demonstrations and empowering communities to take action. The mKTP will support CPRE to develop new products and services, diversifying income and uncovering new ways to deliver sustainable charitable outcomes.

Responsibilities

The candidate will investigate and deliver new revenue streams in consultancy and training, and optimise internal operations around communications, marketing and business development.

Specifically, the candidate will develop training products drawing on CPRE research and expertise for local authorities, planning agents, parish councils and community groups; build new consultancy services, selling expertise and CPRE-developed solutions, analysis and products on land use; and exploit data to develop commercial GIS mapping products.

Person Specification

We are looking for a candidate with BSc in Business, Management, Geography, Planning or Environmental Sciences, and an MSc or other Higher Degree in Business, Management, Geography, Planning or Environmental Sciences. Current knowledge of England’s town and country planning system gained through work experience or related educational qualification is essential, as is proven experience of the current policy context for CPRE, which includes housing/placemaking, renewable energy planning, green space planning and Land Use Framework.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 28th April 2025 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled to take place from end of May 2025.

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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