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Graduate programme

We take a long term approach to graduate recruitment with the offer of a permanent contract to successful applicants. We seek graduates who are academically strong with enquiring minds and good interpersonal skills and commercial awareness. Our senior staff are highly experienced and we have a track record in supporting and developing graduates into highly successful planning consultants and urban designers. We can offer great career opportunities and involvement in some exciting and high profile projects – including regeneration initiatives.

We help our graduates to realise their full potential with a commitment to continuous training and development. We offer a comprehensive core training programme to develop your IT, business and interpersonal skills so that you will have the core skills that will help to drive your career forward. Personal development plans are agreed as part of our bi-annual appraisal process. We offer support to help with RTPI membership.

Our graduate package includes:

Highly competitive basic starting salary
Payment of a ‘transition allowance’ of £2,000 upon completion of probationary period
Our bonus scheme entitles all staff to a share in the company profits. As an employee owned company ‘Sharing in Success’ includes an annual profit share payment, plus a discretionary performance bonus.
Private medical insurance
Death in service benefit
Interest free season ticket loans
Cycle to work scheme
Non contributory pension scheme
Car or car allowance upon qualification

Turley Associates values its links with University planning schools, they include:

University of Manchester
Queen’s University Belfast
Birmingham City University
University of the West of England
University of Westminster
Heriot-Watt University
University of Dundee
University of Glasgow
University of Cardiff
University of Birmingham
Oxford Brookes University
Kingston University
London South Bank University
University College London

TURLEY ASSOCIATES' ANNUAL PRIZE

We are pleased to sponsor annual prizes of up to a maximum of £500, generally for the best dissertation or piece of work on relevant planning and urban design undergraduate courses. The prizes are awarded in June each year and are recommended to us by course leaders.

Please speak to your course leaders to register, or see further information on the prizes on your course information noticeboards.

PLACEMENTS

We value the contribution that placement students can make to the practice. We offer a dynamic and creative environment to enable new skills to be developed and practised. Previous placements have ranged from three months to one year.

SPONSORSHIP

For graduates who want to continue their studies, we are often prepared to sponsor students who can show that they are achieving the highest academic standards.

Please contact [email protected] to register an expression of interest.