Experienced Landscape Planner​/Landscape Architect

Experienced Landscape Planner/Landscape Architect (London/ Bedford/ Woodbridge) – Full-time/Part-time

The Landscape Partnership is looking for a experienced Landscape Architect with strong landscape planning expertise, to take a senior-level position within our multidisciplinary team of landscape architects, urban designers, environmental planners, ecologists, and arboriculturists.

Established in 1986, we are a multi award-winning landscape design and environmental planning practice, committed to delivering robust, well-considered assessments to inform high-quality design schemes with a strong emphasis on context-driven and sustainable solutions.

We would like to hear from Chartered Landscape Architects with a recognised expertise in landscape planning and, ideally, experience of, or a desire to develop, expert witness skills. This is an opportunity to take a key role in the practice’s landscape planning offer and would particularly suit someone who is keen to take on a leadership role
, now or in the near future, with clear opportunities for early advancement within the business.

Whilst the focus will be upon landscape planning, this need not be exclusively so; the role could also offer the opportunity for involvement in a range of project types at all stages of the planning, design and implementation process.

Our current portfolio of projects extends across a wide range of sectors including strategic and detailed residential schemes; commercial; renewable energy; public realm; education; recreation; care and hospitality; and urban greening projects. We currently have a range of landscape planning projects that include feasibility appraisals; landscape character assessments; strategic capacity studies; green infrastructure strategies; strategic site developments; green belt appraisals; LVIA & EIA;

and potential land allocations at all stages from feasibility through to planning applications and appeals.

Requirements:

• CMLI
• Excellent written and analytical skills
• A comprehensive understanding of the planning system
• A strong communicator with good interpersonal skills to enable collaborative working with external and in-house teams
• Strong client management and leadership skills and an aptitude for business development
• A sound understanding of all project stages and the iterative design process
• Driving licence, valid in UK
• Right to work in the UK

We are open to considering applications for either full or part-time (minimum 3 days per week) positions. As we operate as one team, the position could be based within any of our offices.

We offer the opportunity to join a friendly and committed team of multi-discipline professionals and a supportive working environment. Benefits include the option for hybrid working (min. 3 days in the office); annual staff profit share; auto-enrolment pension; ‘Cycle scheme’; a starting allowance of 25 days annual leave; with staged increments (plus bank holidays); payment of professional memberships; and a programme of CPD.

Applicants should send CVs and examples of work, including written work, with a covering email explaining why they are applying, to  . Alternatively, phone Simon Neesam (Woodbridge) on  or Daniel Theakstone
(Bedford) on if you would like an informal chat about the position.

We are a Sustainability focused practice with defined Objectives that underpin all that we do.

The Landscape Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer