Landscape Architect

The Royal Parks; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Annual leave 26 days

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Cycle to work

Learning & development

Employee assistance

Job summary

The Royal Parks is seeking a Landscape Architect for a full-time, 12-month fixed term maternity cover in London. The role involves creating sustainable, attractive outdoor spaces and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and stakeholders.

You will deliver concept-to-delivery design, prepare documentation, and contribute to park management and landscape heritage initiatives while working in a hybrid arrangement.

Qualifications

• A degree in Landscape Architecture or related discipline.
• 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 skills

Education

Landscape Architecture degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

GIS

Job description

Location ///harp.alert.royal Region Hyde Park – The Old Police House Salary £38,000 - £45,423 per annum, depending on experience Application Deadline Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Job Profile Job Profile document

About us

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year.

We are now looking for a Landscape Architect to join us on a full-time,12-month fixed term contract for maternity cover, working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

• Salary of £38,000 - £45,423 per annum, depending on experience
• 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful park location

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

• 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.

Reasonable adjustments

We’ve included some examples of the kind of adjustments we can make below, so you can see how we’re supporting others. These are just a few of the ways we can help, so please still get in touch even if the following aren’t relevant for you. You can contact us and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

• Support with written materials
• Audio assistance
• Adapting settings for mobility issues

We understand that you might need to see the interview questions in advance, for a number of reasons. We’re always open to discussing with you if this could be an adjustment which would help. We can provide written questions in the interview itself and if you have a written assessment to take, then we can allow you extra time, if you need it.

For interviews online all the audio is subtitled and can be automatically captioned.

For anyone with mobility issues, if you let us know ahead of time, we’ll work to ensure your interview/assessments are held in spaces that are accessible. If your interview is at one of our properties and an unpaved path might cause you discomfort or difficulties, we’ll aim to provide you with access to a paved path on the property.

If you have any other questions about the interview, please ask us and we’ll do what we can to make an adjustment.

Safeguarding Notice

The Royal Parks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk from harm, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment 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.

Find out more about our values here:Our Values, Our Behaviours

Maps:The Map of Hyde Park | The Royal Parks

For more information, view our Corporate Strategy (2022-2027) here:Corporate-Strategy-2022-27.pdf

Vacancy Type Full Time