Graduate Landscape Architect

Landscape Institute; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in England is seeking a Graduate Landscape Architect to join their Capital Delivery Service. The role involves supporting a multidisciplinary team in delivering diverse projects across Sheffield. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Landscape Architecture and proficiency in AutoCAD. Offering a competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth, this role promotes diversity and flexibility in the workplace.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work under own initiative and within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of providing landscape comments for planning applications.
• Good standards of literacy and numeracy.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of projects across the capital programme.
• Work with other design professionals to obtain approvals.
• Prepare reports and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Strong creative design skills

Technical competence and construction knowledge

Proficiency in Autodesk and NBS software

Good organisation skills

Good written and verbal communication abilities

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture

Eligibility for Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Landscape Architect – Sheffield City Council

If you are a Graduate Landscape Architect with a good range of skills and experience, Sheffield City Council’s Capital Delivery Service may be the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a talented professional to expand our team.

Working for the Capital Delivery Service

The Capital Delivery Service is seeking a Graduate Landscape Architect to join our multidisciplinary team of construction professionals, supporting the delivery of a wide range of projects across the Council’s capital programme.

Working for Sheffield City Council brings with it great opportunities and benefits. We offer fantastic project work and experiences across a broad range of sectors, and an opportunity to have a genuine positive impact on our great city. We are proud to offer a competitive salary, one of the best pension schemes available in any sector, and values that support family friendly working arrangements.

We aim to attract staff that represent and value the diverse and vibrant communities of Sheffield and offer the opportunity to live and work in a wonderful city that you will be working directly to shape.

Application / Assessment

Initial assessment of applications will be via our standard application form, considering your relevant skills, knowledge and experience against the person specification criteria outlined in the job description. If selected for interview, this will be combined with a technical assessment.

Duties & Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes/skills:

Strong creative design skills, and openness to innovation.
A good level of technical competence and construction knowledge.
Proficiency in Autodesk and NBS software, with a working knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM).
Ability to work under own initiative and within multi-disciplinary design teams to deliver co-ordinated scheme designs within budget and programme.
Experience of working with other design professionals to obtain planning and building control approvals for projects.
Experience of providing landscape comments to Development Control Officers, assessing planning application’s compliance within the relevant legal frameworks and Council policies.
Excellent organisation skills.
Good standards of literacy and numeracy.
Good written and verbal communication abilities, including preparation of reports.

Essential Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or a closely related subject.
Eligibility for, or already working towards, the Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership.
Proficiency in use of AutoCAD.

Shortlisting will be carried out based on evaluation against the person specification provided in the job description.

Sheffield City Council does not accept CVs – please submit an application.

About the Capital Delivery Service

Sheffield City Council has a strong capital construction programme with an ongoing value of approximately £200m per annum. To ensure the highest quality delivery standards are achieved, the Capital Delivery Service has been created to drive ongoing improvements in performance, quality and pace of delivery of the widely varying projects within the programme.

The Capital Delivery Service employs 100+ staff in a variety of management, technical and professional roles including an in-house multidisciplinary design team that provides design services for a wide range of construction projects.

The roles and services provided by the Capital Delivery Service include:

Architecture.
Landscape Architecture.
Structural and Civil Engineering.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Work Assurance and Project Safety.
Programme and Project Management.
Cost Management.
Capital Programme Management Office.

Capital Delivery Service is a fully traded service, charging fees for the services it provides and operating as a professional services consultancy within the City Council.

Our Best Practice Approach

The Service has a vision for developing into a public sector leading centre of excellence for the delivery of capital projects and programmes and is at the forefront for driving change in how the Council delivers these programmes.

Training and Development

Working within the service, there are many opportunities for ongoing training and development. We seek to provide a range of training opportunities to suit the development needs of our staff and the delivery of the capital programme.

Project Portfolio

The Service is engaged across a diverse range of projects within the Capital Programme. The programme averages around £200m per annum, with recent and current projects including:

– City Centre Public Realm

– Primary & Secondary Schools

– Parks and Green Space Improvements

– New Council Housing Programme

– New Leisure Centres

– Neighbourhood Master Planning

– Transport Infrastructure

– City-Wide Flood Alleviation Programme

– Various Council Housing Repairs / Refurbishment Programme

– General Building Refurbishments

Informal contact: Helen Mitchell [e-mail] or John Woods [e-mail]

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.