2025 Savills Sandwich Placement - Planning
With nearly 300 planners across the UK, we are the largest planning department in any mainstream real estate practice with a reputation for success and professionalism.
Job Title
Planning Sandwich Placement Student
Job Location
Cardiff, Edinburgh, London
Salary
Regional Salary £23,500, London Salary £26,000
Day to Day work
The Savills Sandwich Placement provides students the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of the industry, market and Savills teams and clients. You will be in a fixed planning team and will gain experience working on a range of projects alongside industry experts within Savills.
About this role
With nearly 300 planners across the UK, we are the largest planning department in any mainstream real estate practice with a reputation for success and professionalism. We work with all types of property, but have specialisms in urban mixed use, housing, retail, major sports venues, energy, master planning, urban design, environmental impact assessment, community engagement, heritage and Section 106 agreements/Community Infrastructure Levy.
Sandwich placement students are provided with the opportunity to obtain experience in a range of specialisms to gain a thorough understanding of the industry, market, Savills internal teams and clients - which prepares them for APC and becoming a real estate and planning professional.
How you’ll make an impact
- High attention to detail, well organised and a proactive approach
- Strong verbal, numerical and report writing skills
- A team player with leadership potential
- Strategic approach to problem solving
- Highly motivated
- Computer literate
Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our graduate intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you're really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.
Training
Our training and development programme is highly regarded as one of the best in the property industry, and is geared towards enabling our sandwich placement students to reach their full potential. As a sandwich placement student, you'll also have regular opportunities to attend technical, business skills and personal development activities - including conferences, courses, lectures, networking and social events.
Benefits of an industry placement
“One benefit of completing a sandwich placement is being able to experience your degree in action and put into practice the knowledge obtained whilst studying. I know when I return to university I will have a greater depth of understanding about my course and the placement could even lead to an early offer on the Graduate Programme.”
Benefits
- 1 Year Contract
- Company mobile phone and laptop
- 25 days annual leave
- Sports activities
- Employee Assistance Programme – A 24 hour service available to all staff and completely confidential
Assessment for this role
Online application - CLICK HERE TO APPLY - Applications close on 3rd November 2024
Online Assessment - SHL (will be sent on application completion and will need to be completed by 8am on 4th November 2024)
Assessment Centre - 9th and 10th January 2025 in our London Head Office (33 Margaret Street, London W1G 0JD). Please note you will only be asked to attend 1 assessment centre date.
Potential virtual/in person interview with local team following the Assessment Centre
Before completing the application form, please click here to check if your degree is accredited by the RTPI or not. If not, please define your application as a Non-Cognate application.
Savills Culture
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Savills is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. Our aim is that our teams will be truly representative of all sections of society and each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We attract, recruit and retain the best people in property. Right across the world, and in areas of property as diverse as real estate management and venture capital funding.
Please note, we will use your personal data to respond to your application. For further details, or to view our Privacy Notice or Group Equality & Diversity policy, see our website - savills.co.uk. Please note that all applications will be screened without your personal details on them. We will also ask you, as part of the application to complete a RARE contextual data form, in order to support our screening process and identify out performers.
Savills is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and is an accredited Living Wage Employer.
Savills is a signatory of the Race at Work Charter – committing to the equality of opportunity in the workplace for all.
- Pathway
- Planning & Urban Design
- Role
- Planning
- Locations
- Cardiff, Edinburgh, Margaret Street, London
2025 Savills Sandwich Placement - Planning
With nearly 300 planners across the UK, we are the largest planning department in any mainstream real estate practice with a reputation for success and professionalism.
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