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Archio is hiring an architect or senior architect to join its team in London.

Would you like to work in an architecture practice which works directly with communities, and delivers positive social impact through the design process as well as the built work?

Archio is seeking an experienced architect or a senior architect to join its team in London.

Archio are an architecture practice focussed on housing and community-led projects, often working directly with end users and community groups. Our ethos is to deliver positive social impact through our processes as well as our built work.

We have been named in the “Top 50 Social Housing Architects in the World” and recently won RIBA Awards for two affordable housing projects.

Archio is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.

The candidates must demonstrate:

• excellent project running skills, across a range of project stages, including experience of managing a team, communicating directly with the client and consultants
• a minimum two years’ experience post qualification for architects applicants
• excellent verbal and written communication skills organisation and ability to use initiative
• experience of housing design and delivery in the UK
• housing design and delivery, and knowledge of the London Plan Housing Design Standards
• examples of excellent design work. We are interested to see your skills as a designer, which you might evidence through project work, (model) making, sketches and drawings. Please include these in Portfolio PDF, alongside relevant examples of your work which might also include technical drawings and visualisations you’ve produced
• experience of 3D drawing software, including Revit and SketchUp
• an understanding of, and commitment to sustainable design
• technical and construction detailing skills.

In addition to this, we would like senior architect applicants to demonstrate:

• excellent organisational skills demonstrating proactive planning and progress tracking
• examples of experience leading a project across all stages of design and delivery
• a minimum of four years’ experience post qualification

This is an exciting opportunity to work on housing, community, retrofit and collaborative-design projects. Our team is very committed to the positive benefits that our design can bring, and this role would suit a candidate who is passionate about the process of design, as well as the output.

We advocate a positive work/life balance, and invest in our team, aiming to bring out their individual skills through training and encouraging specialisms. We share knowledge through studio discourse and advocate industry wide best practice.

We offer:

• competitive salary
• pension contribution
• cycle to work scheme
• hybrid working (Fridays)
• flexible working hours
• one week of working from home a year
• continuous professional development
• investment in specialist skills and training
• company events, building visits and more

Please include in your covering email a summary of your relevant experience, referring to the requirements listed above. Please also state why you would be suited for the role in Archio.

In order to ensure a fair and unbiased application our employment applications are run through a process where names and personal information are removed until interview stage, to ensure an un-biased recruitment process.

We ask that every applicant completes our diversity monitoring survey by using the link below. Please confirm in your covering letter that you have completed the survey. Personal data is not collected or associated with applications, this form helps us monitor the inclusivity of our application process.

Diversity monitoring survey

Deadline for applications: Monday 13 July

Job applications can be submitted via the apply for job button below (please ensure file sizes are 5mb or less). Please title the email as “senior architect/architect application”.

Salary

Architect £36,720 to £42,840  dependant on experience.

Senior Architect £44,778 to £52,224 dependant on experience.

Archio is a London Living Wage employer.

Start date: interviews w/c 20 July 2026, start date early September dependant on notice period.

www.archio.co.uk