Are you a student/graduate or early career professional looking to secure permanent full-time work in the United Kingdom after graduation?

Do you want to learn from two practising planners on how you map out your career journey?

Are you worried about the impacts of COVID-19 on the sector and how this may affect the availability of jobs?

Are you struggling to gain experience or develop your skill set due to the recent pandemic?

If yes, this is the interactive online webinar for you!

On the 30th November 6:30pm - 8pm, the BAME Planners Network will host an interactive panel event, where we will be joined by Joshua Palmer, an experienced property recruitment consultant from PropSource Consulting to share his observation of the latest job market and the lessons learnt from the numerous candidates he has witnessed, from writing CV to preparing for interviews. Judith Onuh MRTPI, Principal Planner at WSP who was featured as a rising star by the RTPI, will be sharing her own recent career experience in navigating through both public and private sectors in the last 6 years, together with Lap Pan Chong, Senior Planning Officer at LB of Enfield, a young planner with 2 years experience in the public sector. The panel will share their career experiences, knowledge and best pieces of advice.

Our panel members have been there and have had similar questions during their early career journeys (albeit not during an international pandemic). We are here to help you with these questions.

The programme is designed to be interactive where attendees have a chance to ask questions and learn from each others’ experience during the Q&A session.

Whether you're a student, graduate, or early career professional please join us for a friendly chat. The session will be informative and lively! This is a great opportunity to get any of your burning questions answered by our experienced Panel Members. Let us know your questions in advance and we will answer them live on the night.

About the panel members

Joshua Palmer, Director of PropSource Consulting specialises in the placement of Town Planners, Environmental Consultants, Transport Planners, Economic Consultants and Stakeholder Engagement Consultants nationwide. Following a number of successful years working for a global recruitment agency based in Manchester, Joshua decided it was time to turn his dreams into reality and setup PropSource Consulting

Judith Onuh MRTPI, Principal Planner at WSP has over 6 years of experience working in both the public and private sector. Her first planning role was with the Planning Inspectorate as a graduate. Since then Judith has gone on to work in the housing sector and planning consultancy. Judith has a wide range of experience on schemes ranging from Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects to Residential Developments. Judith is an elected RTPI General Assembly member and is passionate about encouraging diversity within the Built Environment.

Lap Pan Chong, Senior Planning Officer at London Borough of Enfield, has worked in the private and public sectors since obtaining his postgraduate degree in 2017. He is now on the development management team where he deals with minor developments and post-decision matters of major developments while working towards the chartered status. Prior to moving to the UK, he campaigned for community-led development for three years in Hong Kong.