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Kennedy Woods Architecture is seeking a Revit-capable Part 2 to join its team in London.

Who you are

You are a collaborative designer who sees the ability to work together with other people as the key to successful projects, and is interested in creating a positive impact in the world through built projects.

You are a free-thinker who takes initiative, enjoys autonomy within the framework of a brief, and can develop a line of conceptual thinking. You are a competent designer with an understanding of processes and construction, who enjoys grappling with different scales, and can work outside of their past experience.

You pride yourself on your ability to communicate ideas through images, drawings and writing and are particular about detail, but not precious. You understand how to adapt communication to suit different audiences (most importantly, non-architects), and enjoy being inventive with the tools and media you use to make communication engaging and inspiring.

You aren’t tied to any particular style, instead you like to find suitable responses grounded in real context, challenges, or tensions you discover in a brief. Despite this you have a strong aesthetic sensibility and appreciate clarity, simplicity, and innovation in design.

Who we are

Kennedy Woods’ mission is to design kind, clever places to help people learn and grow. From school estate masterplans to heritage retrofits and interiors, we work hand-in-hand with schools and nurseries to create outstanding learning environments across a range of architectural scales.

As the UK’s first B Corporation architecture studio, we are dedicated to supporting innovative, sustainable development, and our process is underpinned by user-centred design principles, including user-research and engagement.

Our office is a light-filled studio, two minutes from Peckham Rye overground station, in South London.

We are a values-led company that believes a strong culture is the key to achieving fulfilment, producing great work and building lasting relationships. Ours is based upon the values of Empathy, Tenacity, Questioning and Spark, which are at the heart of everything we do.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Learn more at www.kennedywoods.co.uk or and via instagram @kennedywoodsstudio

About the role

We are looking for someone to support our team of architects across several education projects at a range of RIBA stages.

The ideal candidate would be a good collaborator and quick learner who brings strong drawing, digital modelling and visual communication skills.

Would suit someone looking to downscale from a larger practice, to increase their breadth of experience and exposure to job-running aspects of architectural practice.

This position is initially for a fixed-term contract of three month’s – but could be subject to extension.

Required skills and experience:

• minimum two years’ UK architecture office experience
• high proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD and Adobe Suite
• ability to competently 3D model in SketchUp (Enscape visualisation a plus)
• highly organised, with good personal time-management.
• confident communicator, with good written and spoken English
• all applicants must have the necessary working permits

What we can offer:

• starting salary in line with RIBA pay guides, based on experience
• benefits package including Health Insurance and partial profit share bonus
• good work/life balance with no work-late culture.
• quickly build up to job-running responsibility.
• great learning opportunities as part of a close-knit team

How to apply

Please submit a CV and portfolio of recent work via the apply for job button below with the subject line ‘Part 2 job application’.

Instead of adapting a generic cover letter, please provide four 140-character responses to the following questions:

• who are you? What is your story?
• what’s your favourite aspect of your current job and why?
• what interests you most in the world? (except design/architecture)
• what changes would you make to architectural education and why?

www.kennedywoods.co.uk