Our company:

Meeting Place is an integrated communications agency that specialises in the built environment. We deliver planning communications and public relations campaigns to create positive change from new developments.

Meeting Place exists to ensure the built environment is used as a catalyst for positive change.

Everything we do is underpinned with a commitment to three core values:

• Insight – We add value with our insights, they’re born from our expertise and empathy.
• Inclusivity – We go out of our way to ensure everyone’s voice is heard.
• Courage – We’re brave enough to move forward using both our head and our heart.

The role:

Meeting Place has an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to make a difference. There’s consensus that our country needs more homes, new space for businesses and better infrastructure. We’re looking for someone to join us and be part of the solution.

You will help by supporting our clients throughout the lifecycle of the planning application process which will include engaging with people who has a high political influence, running your own public consultation events and finding ways to win new business opportunities for the company.

Your main day-to-day work will include devising campaigns plan for clients, delivering against these plans, managing consultation events with little to no assistance, meet with potential clients, setting up clients on systems, sending invoices, and demonstrating the Meeting Place values internally and externally.

Who we’re looking for:

We’re growing and ambitious and looking for someone who wants to grow and be ambitious with us. You might already be working in a planned communications or public relations and are looking for a challenge whereby delivering projects and developing new business opportunities is your forte.

You should have an active interest, involvement, and knowledge of politics in the London area. And you are keen to talk about the built environment, local communities and social impact issues that interact with the planning process.

We want to hear from you if you think you can demonstrate these to a high standard:

• Excellent communication skills – you can actively listen to people and communicate clearly verbally and in writing with a range of stakeholders such as colleagues, clients, politicians, and people with community influence.
• Business development – you’ll have an eye for seeing where new business can be won, and you’ll be passionate about achieving this.
• Collaborative spirit – you enjoy working with people internally and externally. You see the value of team objectives and
• Relationship building and networking – you are a self-starter, personable and can build a good network with people in the industry.
• Commercial understanding – you can demonstrate your knowledge and experience of project delivery and how this impacts business growth.

Our Benefits:

Working with us means you’ll be able to take advantage of these benefits:

• Flexible working and hybrid working arrangements.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Additional days for your birthday and length of service, subject to conditions.
• Royal London pension scheme – 4% employer contribution
• Monthly expenses allowance for travel and subsistence
• Contribution to your home working set up.
• Access to the company’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) benefit
• Volunteering scheme
• Internal Mentoring scheme
• A commitment to your learning, development, and training needs

We respect our employees and understand that the way to get the very best from you is to provide a welcoming, relaxed, and friendly company culture. Employee wellbeing is at the heart of this.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

Our mission is to create a culture where people are valued, treated fairly, can be their authentic self, and our team feel like they belong at Meeting Place. If you value diversity and this statement resonates with your thinking, we are particularly interested in you and encourage you to apply.