London, UK
Urban design assistant
at London Legacy Development Corporation
London Legacy Development Corporation is recruiting for an urban design assistant to join its firm in London.
£31,359 per annum
18-month fixed-term contract
Role summary
We are looking for a proactive and self-motivated urban design assistant to work within our design team to contribute to embedding high-quality design across LLDC built environment projects.
This is a supporting design role involving work on projects between RIBA stages 0-7 as well as assisting the team in providing specialist architectural/urban design advice for the organisation.
This is a busy and involved role, and its scope will include the preparation of maps, drawings and plans, as well as design briefs and feasibility studies for our exciting portfolio of development and regeneration projects.
The person
To apply for this role you will need to have a relevant degree in architecture, and it is desirable to have a post-graduate built environment qualification such as architecture or urban design.
You will require professional experience in working on built environment projects at various RIBA stages. You will also have demonstrable knowledge of best practice urban design and the principles of development as well as excellent freehand and computer drafting skills, excellent mapping skills and the ability to interpret drawings and technical information.
This role involves a high level of personal organisation and self-motivation. You must have exceptional verbal and written skills, and be highly numerate and computer literate.
In return we can offer you a fantastic benefits package including; incremental performance-based pay and local government pension.
Our employees are our most valuable asset and our investors in people accreditation acknowledges how we strive to equip and motivate them to deliver an inspiring and innovative new destination for London.
If you would like to discuss this role further or have any questions please contact the HR team on 0203 288 1800 or via email.
** At LLDC we appreciate that you may want a flexible approach to working, it’s about giving our employees the opportunity to be adaptable and embrace new ways of working to improve our productivity and performance. This role will be considered for flexible working if required, which could be, for example, job share, part-time hours, home working or compressed hours.
We especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups including BAME, disabled and female candidates. **
To find out more about this role please download a copy of our recruitment pack and hit ‘apply now’ through our careers site. As part of your submission, please provide a small portfolio of work of no more than six sides of A4, which does not exceed 5MB. Where possible, please remove any personal details from this document and upload this instead of a CV.
The closing date for applications is Monday 29 July at noon.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 8 August 2019.
The preferred start date is Monday 26 August 2019.
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