Planning & Environment Associate 3-5 PQE

Naimanclarke is seeking a Planning & Environment Associate with 2-5 PQE in Perth, WA. The role involves providing advice on development applications and representing clients in litigation. The firm offers a supportive culture, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth. Candidates should have relevant legal qualifications and a strong work ethic. This position is not remote and requires working in the office.
Job Description

Planning Associate

What’s in it for you?
• Benefit for working closely with 25-year experienced Partner with support from wider team.
• Broad and varied workload across planning, development and environmental matters.
• Flexible working arrangements, down to earth culture and dress for your day!

About your new employer:
• Top 10 national law firm.
• Supportive culture with an open-door policy.
• Promotes the growth and development of their lawyers.

About the role:
• Provide front end advice on development applications, set-backs, offsets, yields.
• Litigation representation in the State Administrative Tribunal, the Supreme Court of WA and Court of Appeal.
• Be involved in a wide range of planning matters including development applications, merit appeals, compulsory acquisition, contaminated sites and planning agreements.

The ideal candidate:
• 2-5 PQE with relevant experience to the role (environment alongside planning experience highly regarded)
• Pre-admission experience in planning or environment law will be viewed favourably.
• Education: Relevant Australian Legal Qualification/Admission.
• Genuine drive to learn, develop and specialise in this area.
• Strong work ethic with a bubbly personality who can work well alone and within the team.

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

Why work with us?
• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year. Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector.

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Contact Kristina today!

Please quote reference numberKS/43521:
• Call or text: 0474 846 065
• Email: ksteele@naimanclarke.com.au
• LinkedIn message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-steele/
• #SCR-kristina-steele

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