Landscape Planners, Senior, Principal and Graduate UK LDA Design

Posted 2 days 4 hours ago by Worldlandscapearchitect

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Job Description

At LDA Design , we make great places and shape the world around us for the better. We are a 100% employee-owned business with a strong culture. Whether a project is a new park, solar farm or settlement or the regeneration of tired estates or streets, we focus on the needs of the people affected and on creating a balance with nature.

LDA Design has established an excellent reputation for providing creative leadership on the UK's most exciting large-scale, nationally significant infrastructure, including transport, new reservoirs, carbon capture and renewable energy. There is an appetite for our approach and combination of skills.

We are looking for talented, motivated landscape planning professionals to support our growing project portfolio. You will be keen to develop your skills and will receive support and mentoring from some of the UK's leading landscape, planning and design professionals to help you achieve your professional goals.

Senior/Principal level opportunities:

You will have experience of undertaking robust landscape and visual impact assessments and a passion for context-led masterplanning and design. These core skills will be underpinned by an understanding of relevant assessment methodologies, notably the third edition of Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, and the Landscape Institute's Technical Guidance Notes on Residential Visual Amenity Assessment and assessing landscape value outside national designations.

Experience of other elements common to a landscape planner's role are welcome, including landscape character assessment, Green Belt assessment, and protected / designated landscapes appraisal. An understanding of relevant legislation, planning policy, and the various UK consenting regimes are essential.

GIS skills and experience of acting as expert witness at public inquiries, hearings and appeals are desirable.

We are looking for:

A degree qualification (Landscape Architecture) and relevant professional accreditation (CMLI).
Experience of working within a consultancy environment.
Experience of leading and authoring LVIAs and other forms of assessment and supporting junior members of the team.
Ability and confidence to creatively apply an appreciation of environmental considerations to the planning and design process.
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
Experience of project management.

We also looking for Graduate/Consultant level appointments with a passion for landscape planning.

Ideally, you will have two-four years' experience of working in a consultancy, but more junior candidates and applicants from other professional backgrounds are welcomed if you can demonstrate you have relevant experience and skills.

We are looking for:

Experience of landscape planning work including LVIA.
An understanding of the UK Planning System.
Experience of working with clients and in multidisciplinary teams would be beneficial
Experience of using GIS, graphics software and/or AutoCAD is desirable.

Please email your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want to join LDA Design to . Please also send a portfolio with your recent project examples, including an LVIA you have authored (5MB max) and a signed copy of ourCandidate Privacy notice .

We are open to considering flexible working and are especially keen to receive applications from under-represented groups.

LDA Design is an equal opportunities employer.

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Senior/Principal level opportunities:

GIS skills and experience of acting as expert witness at public inquiries, hearings and appeals are desirable.

We are looking for:

A degree qualification (Landscape Architecture) and relevant professional accreditation (CMLI).
Experience of working within a consultancy environment.
Experience of leading and authoring LVIAs and other forms of assessment and supporting junior members of the team.
Ability and confidence to creatively apply an appreciation of environmental considerations to the planning and design process.
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
Experience of project management.

We also looking for Graduate/Consultant level appointments with a passion for landscape planning.

We are looking for:

Experience of landscape planning work including LVIA.
An understanding of the UK Planning System.
Experience of working with clients and in multidisciplinary teams would be beneficial
Experience of using GIS, graphics software and/or AutoCAD is desirable.

Any one of LDA Design's eight studios in the UK ie Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Oxford, Peterborough

We are open to considering flexible working and are especially keen to receive applications from under-represented groups.

It would also help us if you could complete this shortEquality and Diversity survey (confidential). Thank you.

LDA Design is an equal opportunities employer.

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