The Royal Parks
Landscape Architect
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About Us
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year.
We are now looking for a Landscape Architect to join us on a full-time, 12-month fixed term contract for maternity cover, working 36 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £38,000 - £45,423 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful park location
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The Role
As a Landscape Architect, you will play a key role in developing innovative design solutions from concept through to delivery. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, stakeholders, and consultants to create sustainable, attractive, and functional outdoor spaces.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce high-quality drawings, visualisations, and technical documentation
- Support the preparation and review of Park Management Plans
- Contribute to Landscape Character Assessments, including fieldwork, data collation and analysis
- Gather and coordinate input from teams, consultants, stakeholders and statutory bodies
- Produce clear written content, tables, maps, diagrams and supporting graphics
- Contribute to landscape and heritage strategies, guides and reports
About You
To be considered as a Landscape Architect:
- A degree in Landscape Architect or a related discipline
- Chartered status (or working towards chartership) with the Landscape Institute
- Experience delivering landscape projects within consultancy, local authority, or private practice environments
- Strong design, technical, and project management skills
- Proficiency in relevant design software such as AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, GIS, or similar
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- A passion for sustainable and people-focused design
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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
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