Landscape Architect

The Royal Parks; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Parks in London is seeking a Landscape Architect to lead innovative outdoor space design from concept to delivery. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, stakeholders and consultants to create sustainable, attractive and functional spaces.

This role requires a degree in Landscape Architecture, chartered status (or progress toward chartership) and experience delivering landscape projects across consultancy, local authority, or private practice.

Qualifications

• A degree in Landscape Architecture.
• Chartered status (or working towards chartership) with the Landscape Institute.
• Experience delivering landscape projects in consultancy, local authority, or private practice.
• Strong design, technical, and project management skills.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, GIS, or similar.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• A passion for sustainable and people-focused design.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality drawings, visualisations, and technical documentation.
• Support the preparation and review of Park Management Plans.
• Contribute to Landscape Character Assessments, including fieldwork, data collation and analysis.
• Gather and coordinate input from teams, consultants, stakeholders and statutory bodies.
• Produce clear written content, tables, maps, diagrams and supporting graphics.
• Contribute to landscape and heritage strategies, guides and reports.

Skills

Design skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Degree in Landscape Architecture

Tools

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

GIS

Job description

Reference: TRP0046
Type: Contract
Location: London, England
Industry: IT
Salary: £38000 - £45423 per annum

Description:

The Role

As a Landscape Architect, you will play a key role in developing innovative design solutions from concept through to delivery. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, stakeholders, and consultants to create sustainable, attractive, and functional outdoor spaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality drawings, visualisations, and technical documentation
• Support the preparation and review of Park Management Plans.
• Contribute to Landscape Character Assessments, including fieldwork, data collation and analysis.
• Gather and coordinate input from teams, consultants, stakeholders and statutory bodies.
• Produce clear written content, tables, maps, diagrams and supporting graphics.
• Contribute to landscape and heritage strategies, guides and reports.

About You

To be considered as a Landscape Architect:

• A degree in Landscape Architect or a related discipline
• Chartered status (or working towards chartership) with the Landscape Institute
• Experience delivering landscape projects within consultancy, local authority, or private practice environments
• Strong design, technical, and project management skills
• Proficiency in relevant design software such as AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, GIS, or similar
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• A passion for sustainable and people-focused design

We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed so if you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Safeguarding notice

The Royal Parks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, youngpeople and adults at risk from harm, and expects all staff and volunteers to share thiscommitment and follow the organisation’s policies and procedures. The Royal Parks
provides an awareness training programme on Safeguarding for all staff, and further in-depth
training for those working with children, young people or adults who may be at risk of harm.