London, UK
Architectural officer
at Enfield Council
Enfield Council is looking for an architectural officer to join its staff in Enfield, London.
Salary: PO1 £39,951-£42,840
Job type: fixed-term for 1 year, full time
Job reference: EAC-001156
It is an exciting time to join the planning service at Enfield Council. Enfield holds significant potential for good growth and has an ambitious council focused on delivery. As a planning service, we are energised and passionate about delivering proactive planning to help shape the Borough over the next 15 years and beyond, including helping enable the delivery of thousands of homes. We are now embarking on a new phase of regeneration and placemaking, with the council taking a confident role in making things happen.
As we progress with our new local plan, a number of significant development proposals are lining up to progress through the planning process – some led by the council, others by private developers – and we are building the capacity of our multidisciplinary team to help get the most out of these projects.
This role is a great opportunity to join an ambitious team of urban designers, architects, and conservation specialists. You will provide a range of architectural services which promote design quality, including capacity studies and options appraisals, strategic design and visioning, design briefs, master planning, procurement advice, strategic mapping, graphics and desktop publishing. You will work with colleagues across the planning, housing and property services, developers, agents and communities, to help deliver positive outcomes for Enfield and its surroundings.
If you are an experienced architectural professional, committed to best practices and driving excellence and can contribute positively to the work and culture of a progressive team, then we want to hear from you. We are especially seeking candidates with similar previous experience of working in both public and private sector settings with a range of stakeholders.
Contact details
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Richard Taylor at [email protected] for an informal discussion.
If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Iona Mackinnon at 02045265336 or [email protected].
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Why it’s great to work for Enfield Council:
- an excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service; you will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas
- a blend of remote and office-based working for most roles
- interest-free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months
- career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
- employee assistance programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their families
- health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work
- one month paid sabbatical for children’s social workers
We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do – by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you – and of course, we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you have previously applied for this role within the past six months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.
Closing at 23:59pm on 22 April 2024
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