Associate Director Landscape Architect - Merseyside

Lead Careers Ltd; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Annual bonus opportunities

Generous holiday allowance

Career progression support

Cycle to work

Job summary

Lead Careers Ltd is working with a multidisciplinary consultancy to appoint an Associate Director Landscape Architect in Merseyside. The role balances project leadership, client engagement and team development while remaining involved in the creative and technical sides of landscape architecture.

You will lead landscape architecture and planning projects UK-wide, manage programmes and resources, mentor junior staff, and contribute to business development.

Qualifications

• Chartered landscape architect with senior/associate level experience.
• Strong leadership of UK projects from planning to delivery.
• Excellent communication and client management skills.
• Experience with landscape planning, regeneration and public realm projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead landscape architecture and planning projects across sectors.
• Manage programmes, resources and client relationships.
• Mentor junior staff and lead meetings/workshops.
• Support business development and bid activities.
• Ensure quality assurance and technical delivery.

Skills

Project leadership

Client management

Team mentoring

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Chartered Landscape Architect

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

Revit

Adobe Suite

Job description

Role – Associate Director Landscape Architect

Location – Merseyside

Salary - £DOE

Our client, a multidisciplinary consultancy with a well-established landscape team is looking to appoint an Associate Director Landscape Architect to support the continued growth of its Merseyside studio.

This is a senior position within a collaborative environment working across a wide variety of projects throughout the UK. The role would suit someone who enjoys balancing project leadership, client engagement and team development, while still remaining involved in the creative and technical side of landscape architecture.

The team works on a broad range of schemes including regeneration, public realm, strategic development, infrastructure and landscape planning projects. The successful candidate would play a key role in leading projects from early concept through to delivery, while working closely with planners, environmental specialists, engineers and urban designers as part of larger multidisciplinary teams.

The Associate Director Landscape Architect role will involve

• Leading landscape architecture and landscape planning projects across multiple sectors
• Managing project programmes, resources and client relationships
• Supporting and mentoring junior team members
• Leading meetings, workshops and stakeholder discussions
• Supporting business development activity and helping secure new work
• Contributing to project strategy, technical delivery and quality assurance

Associate Director Landscape Architect requirements

• Chartered landscape architecture experience at senior or associate level
• Strong background leading projects within the UK market
• Experience across planning, design and delivery stages
• Confidence working within multidisciplinary project teams
• Strong communication and client management skills
• Experience with industry standard design and technical software

ON OFFER

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary and annual reviews
• Private medical cover
• Life assurance and income protection
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Annual bonus opportunities
• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional leave
• Professional membership support and paid subscriptions
• Structured career progression and leadership development programmes
• Access to nationally significant and high profile projects
• Employee assistance and wellbeing support programmes
• Paid volunteering and community engagement opportunities
• Inclusive multidisciplinary working environment
• Training and mentoring support across all levels
• Cycle to work and lifestyle benefits schemes
• Opportunity to work within an internationally recognised consultancy with long term career prospects