Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in the Home Counties in their search for a Senior Landscape Architect to join their Town Planning department. This will be offered on an initial 6-month contract, with further extensions - Largely remote.

The job purpose is to provide professional Landscape Architecture advice to internal and external clients, relating to development and infrastructure proposals, environmental improvement schemes, and policy formulation. You should use your professional Landscape Architecture skills and insight to evaluate proposals and identify opportunities for enhanced outcomes in accordance with Council and Departmental objectives, and seek to deliver these outcomes through excellent negotiation skills, either individually, or as part of a wider team.

Main Responsibilities and Duties:
To provide clear, concise professional Landscape Architecture advice on behalf of the Council, including:
-The provision of advice to the Development Management Team and other council colleagues.  This advice will relate to pre-application requests, development and infrastructure proposals.  This role will also be required to provide expert support in respect to planning appeals;  
-Advice from Landscape Officers will require thorough professional assessment of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments and sites, collaboration with colleagues, negotiation with customers to achieve Corporate and Departmental objectives;
-Landscape Officers may also be responsible for the design and delivery hard and soft landscape schemes in compliance with Professional responsibilities/Code of Conduct, Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations, legislative requirements, best practice, the Council's standing orders, procedures and policies, health and safety requirements and relevant professional, national or local performance indicators;
-Ability to influence the delivery of best practice in Landscape Architecture;  
-Contribution to or lead on the production of policy related to Landscape Architecture.  This may include the preparation of masterplans, briefs, and other policy or guidance as required;
-To lead or contribute to the design and implementation of environmental improvement or infrastructure schemes.
 
This officer will also be expected to:
-Participate in self-development and the performance management review process, in order to improve performance at work, and to contribute to the development of others (e.g. through sharing knowledge and skills acting as a coach or mentor or providing feedback);
-Support diversity, inclusion and wellbeing in the workplace by giving everyone a chance to make a positive impact to those around them, and to actively support this culture by showing respect for others and by ensuring the wellbeing of themselves and colleagues;
-Support the safeguarding of children, young people or vulnerable adults as appropriate through actions and behaviours;
-Provide support, which is reasonable regarding both the job and the job holder's circumstances to a corporate response in exceptional circumstances;
(This is not an exhausted list - Job description/further details available upon request)
 
Applicants must be Chartered Landscape Architects
 
We are looking to schedule interviews as soon as possible; if you would like further information or would like to apply, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

Carrington West Pay Rate - £40 - £50per/hour (DOE)
 
Job Ref - 39304

Please call Cameron de Wit on 02393 876014 for a confidential discussion on this role, or email myself or our planning team if you are short of time to chat:
cameron.dewit@carringtonwest.com
planning@carringtonwest.com

Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK wide on both a permanent and contract basis and all levels of seniority. If this role is too senior, too junior or in a location that is unsuitable, but you are keen on options, please still feel free to apply and we can discuss other, often unadvertised roles with you.