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Periscope is seeking a Part 2 architectural assistant to join its team in London.

General responsibilities

We believe that cross disciplinary working makes for better projects, blending talents and letting people’s experience and passion define what they bring to a project not what they do on a project or in the office.

With this in mind here follows some activities that all staff must do (as a minimum):

• contribute to and at times lead the design of projects large and small
• develop and/or comply with programmes and fee budgets for projects
• be client facing in meetings, by email and on the telephone
• be responsible for employing Periscope’s company and Q&A policies on projects
• mentor more junior staff
• report issues to the directors in a timely manner, propose solutions where possible and enact solutions once agreed with a director
• willingly work on any project in the office and work in a support role if that is what is asked of you
• uphold and develop the highest possible design quality in the practice

Qualifications:

• BSc/BA degree in architectural design or landscape architecture with RIBA Part 1/Landscape Institute accreditation
• or a master’s degree in architecture or landscape architecture or equivalent degree/experience from country outside of the United Kingdom with RIBA Part 2 accreditation/Landscape Institute accreditation
• at least one year post-Part 1 experience working in an architectural setting in the UK

Skills/abilities:

• AutoCAD, ability to accurately draw plans, sections and elevations to a high technical and presentation quality
• ability to produce hand drawings and sketches in 2D and 3D to a high level of presentation
• good standard of physical model making
• good standard of 3D CAD in any software (Rhino preferable)
• good standard of Adobe suite products
• personable, polite and approachable

Knowledge/understanding:

• good knowledge of UK building regulations, with a greater understanding of the key principles of Part B, Part K and Part M
• good knowledge of London plan policies
• good knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of architects in practice, such as legal duties and duties to clients
• knowledge of Construction Design Management regulations 2015
• basic understanding of the RIBA plan of work
• basic knowledge of the UK planning laws and processes
• basic knowledge of UK conservation policies: conservation areas, listing and Historic England
• basic knowledge of technical issues relating to buildings such as weathering, weather proofing, structural, electrical, mechanical and sustainability principles etc
• basic knowledge of UK contracts such as professional services contracts and building contracts

Responsibilities/activities:

• play a central role and be self directed as part of the Periscope project team
• support, manage and mentor junior members of staff
• clearly present and communicate (graphically, verbally and written) ideas to others within the Periscope team, wider design team and occasionally to clients
• able to organise and prioritise their own work to meet deadlines requested by others
• able to use the Periscope systems once trained (file naming, filing, CAD usage, plot sheets etc)
• able to produce architectural ideas and concepts for projects under their own direction
• able to form, communicate and present clear design/project narratives to others
• able to clearly and concisely write correspondence to others
• undertake desktop, literature and data research, and develop project content
• undertake material research investigations and experiments
• assist practice outreach and promotions
• assist organisation, planning and delivery of events and programmes e.g.. exhibitions, symposiums
• assist with community engagement and co-design events

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