London, UK
Senior landscape project manager/landscape architect
at The Royal Parks
The Royal Parks has an opportunity for a senior landscape project manager/landscape architect to join its team in London.
Type of contract: full-time role
The organisation
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 public spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.
We are currently seeking a senior landscape architect/landscape project manager to join us on a 34 month fixed-term contract, on a full-time basis working 36 hours per week.
The benefits:
- salary of £47,500 – £55,000 per annum depending on experience
- 26 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after three years’ service
- pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- 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 location
This is a fantastic opportunity for a landscape project manager, with experience of public spaces to contribute to the renewal and transformation of a brownfield site back to green at Regent’s Park. This is project will deliver a lasting legacy in celebration of the 70 years reign of late Queen Elizabeth II and will showcase world class horticulture for generations to come.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where creativity can flourish, then we can offer you a high-profile project that will add longevity and gravitas to your professional portfolio.
So, if you’ve been looking for a role where your work will shape one of London’s most visited green spaces, then we can offer you the rare opportunity to join us on this truly unique project.
The role
As the senior landscape project manager/landscape architect for the Regents Store Yard Project, a unique opportunity to create two new acres of Regents Park. You will project manage the development and delivery of the new garden and landscape elements of the masterplan to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
Providing expert project management, you will oversee the design development, detailed design and implementation of the project. You will monitor progress and implement our project management protocols. You will ensure all sustainability criteria are met and manage the planning process.
Working closely with a multidisciplinary design team, internal TRP experts and specialist consultants, you will provide expertise and guidance to ensure project design, detailing and implementation reflect the quality and vision of the brief.
Additionally, you will:
- develop a conservation management plan
- manage stakeholder engagement
- responsible for monitoring and reporting to the project and programme board, reporting progress to the CEO and TRP trustees
- manage and incorporate BREEAM for community requirements into the project
About you
To be considered as a senior landscape project manager/landscape architect, you will need:
- excellent leadership, interpersonal and team skills
- experience of working on complex landscape projects in public parks or spaces
- experience of project management and delivering outcomes, including risk mitigation
- experience of using NEC3, and/or JCLI, JCT contracts for project delivery, contract management and administration
- experience of working with construction and maintenance contractors in a public space
- experience of using MS Excel and Project, AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite (or similar)
- experience of working confidently with performance, progress and financial data
- experience of preparing forecasts, managing budgets and achieving value for money
- in-depth knowledge of sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance
- the ability to share knowledge and contribute to team learning and development
- a postgraduate qualification (or equivalent) in landscape management, landscape architecture, or a related subject
Ideally, you will have experience of acting as the principal designer.
Membership of a professional institute, such as LI, CiH, APM or similar, would be highly beneficial, as would a project management qualification such as PRINCE2 foundation (or equivalent).
Other organisations may call this role lead landscape architect, principal landscape architect, landscape design manager, landscape project manager, or landscape programme manager, senior project manager.
Webrecruit and The Royal Parks are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you want to contribute to our historic parks as a senior landscape project manager/landscape architect, please apply through our careers site.
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