Senior Planner - 7774

Title: Senior Planner

Contract Type: 12‑month Fixed Term Contract, Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: Starting from £101,288 per annum, dependant on experience
Grade: 13
Reporting Office: London, Stratford
Persona: Agile Worker – 20% to 40% of contractual hours to be worked from the reporting office / working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 14th May 2026 at 23:00

Interviews to be held via Microsoft Teams between 19th – 22nd May 2026

Please click here for the role profile – Role profile - Senior Planner.docx

Benefits include Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non‑contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join us as a Senior Planner and help deliver complex residential projects at L&Q

At L&Q, we’re committed to creating high‑quality, affordable homes and vibrant communities. Our Planning team plays a critical role in ensuring our developments are delivered efficiently, safely, and on time — from the earliest stages of scheme inception through to completion.

As Senior Planner, you’ll provide expert planning and programming support across a range of complex residential schemes. Working closely with development, commercial, and construction teams, you’ll lead on developing and maintaining detailed project programmes while providing clear insight and guidance to senior stakeholders.

We’re driven by our purpose to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of — and this role is key to making that happen.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

You’ll play a pivotal role in driving programme certainty and supporting successful scheme delivery across L&Q’s residential portfolio. In this role, you will:

• Develop and maintain detailed project programmes from pre‑contract stage through to completion, integrating development, commercial, and construction activities.
• Lead on programme planning using Asta Powerproject, identifying critical paths, resources, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Provide planning advice and insight to senior managers, supporting informed decision‑making across projects.
• Assist in the preparation of initial development plans, tender documentation, and logistics strategies.
• Monitor, review, and update programmes regularly, including carrying out site visits where required.
• Explore and advise on innovative construction solutions, assessing programme implications of new technologies and methodologies.
• Manage and support a small planning team, ensuring high performance, development, and alignment with L&Q values.
• Build strong working relationships with internal teams, subcontractors, and suppliers to support collaborative programme delivery.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, regulatory, and governance requirements across areas under your control.

Through strong leadership, planning expertise, and collaboration, you’ll help L&Q deliver homes and communities we can all be proud of.

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive experience within the residential or housing construction industry, with a proven track record in a planning role (essential)
• A hands-on year of construction planning experience, including experience managing or mentoring others (essential)
• Strong working knowledge of construction methodologies, materials, and labour resourcing.
• Advanced proficiency in Asta Powerproject and strong general IT skills (essential)
• Excellent organisational, analytical, and programme management skills, with meticulous attention to detail (essential)
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams (essential)
• Construction‑related degree (desirable).
• CIOB membership and CSCS accreditation (desirable).
• A proactive, structured approach and the confidence to support senior management with complex planning insight.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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