London, UK
Part-III architect
The Arts Club is looking for a Part-III architect to join its growing team in London.
Introduction
The Arts Club has a history in delivering excellence in hospitality and design. There is now a unique opportunity for a Part-III architect to join its growing team as The Arts Club enters a new chapter of expansion.
The Arts Club has an international team working on a diverse and exciting range of projects. The role will require working with both the in-house team and external partners to deliver projects from inception to completion.
Background and history
The Arts Club has a proud heritage of 152 years, supporting the arts in varying forms. HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, is our Patron.
The Arts Club was founded in 1863 by great visionaries, including Charles Dickens, in order to provide a haven for those people who had professional or amateur relationships with the arts, literature or sciences. The Arts Club has provided this hospitality and friendship ever since, having survived two world wars, including a direct hit on its Clubhouse during The Blitz in 1940.
The Arts Club relocated to its present elegant 18th Century town house at 40 Dover Street in 1896, affording its members a comfortable and impressive base in Mayfair. In September 2011, the Club re-launched after under-going a complete renovation, transforming it into a truly venerable institution.
The role
We are looking for a talented and qualified architect with exceptional design skills and a minimum of three-five years post-Part-III built project experience to work within our in-house team on a number of medium to large scale hospitality projects in the UK and abroad.
The depth and breadth of some of our larger projects will also require external design and technical partners to develop and deliver our projects.
Responsibilities will include; development of operational and design criteria at initial feasibility stages, coordinating design team actions, attending design team meetings, working on pre-application and planning stages, liaising with contractors, consultants, designers and statutory authorities in order to help develop architectural solutions from concept to technical design and construction stages.
This role will be jointly responsible with the inhouse team for project delivery and should have demonstrable experience of pre and post-planning stage projects.
The successful candidate will have:
- a minimum of three-five years post-Part-III experience
- a passion for hospitality environments
- experience of UK design and all planning stages
- exceptional design skills with excellent attention to detail
- strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong collaborative internal and external working relationships. This role will involve liaising with The Arts Club board members, consultants, contractors and local planning authorities
- excellent people and project management skills with the ability to motivate, coach and mentor others if necessary
- a calm disposition with the ability to work under pressure and to meet project deadlines
- a detailed knowledge of UK hospitality design standards and statutory requirements with evidence of their application over several projects including building regulations
- first class AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Indesign and Photoshop skills
- foreign language skills an advantage but not mandatory
- RIBA qualified or equivalent
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
If you feel this is a role for you and are looking for excellent career development opportunities please email:
To support your application please send us a brief letter of introduction, your CV, salary expectations, start availability and portfolio in PDF format no larger than 10MB.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
The Arts Club is an equal opportunities employer.
Please note: We are unfortunately only able to respond to successful applicants and will not discuss submissions over the telephone.