Birmingham City Council
Landscape Architect
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Landscape Architect
Permanent
Grade C £36,581 - £45,529
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme
Working 36.5 hours per week
Are you passionate about landscape architecture and creating high-quality public spaces that improve lives, support biodiversity, and enhance the urban environment?
We have an exciting opportunity to join Birmingham City Council in our Parks and Greenspaces Service! The service has been created to deliver the City of Nature Strategy and has recently helped Birmingham become the UK’s first “Nature City”.
We are seeking a talented and motivated Landscape Architect to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape parks, open spaces, recreation areas, green infrastructure, and environmental improvement schemes across Birmingham.
Working under the direction of the Principal Landscape Architect, you will take responsibility for the design and delivery of landscape projects from concept through to implementation, whilst contributing to a wide range of initiatives that support the city's strategic ambitions for people, place, and nature.
About The Role
As a Landscape Architect, you will manage a portfolio of landscape projects and provide professional design, technical, and project management support across the team.
You will undertake site appraisals, develop creative and practical design solutions, prepare contract documentation and specifications, supervise works on site, and work closely with colleagues, contractors, elected members, community groups, and stakeholders.
This role offers the opportunity to see projects through every stage of delivery and make a tangible impact on Birmingham's green spaces and public realm.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage assigned landscape projects and ensure key milestones and deadlines are achieved.
- Undertake site appraisals, surveys, and research to inform design development.
- Prepare landscape designs, technical drawings, specifications, schedules, and contract documentation.
- Develop Health and Safety Plans in accordance with CDM Regulations.
- Ensure projects are delivered in line with client briefs, budgets, and programme requirements.
- Prepare cost estimates and contract documentation for minor works projects.
- Obtain quotations and undertake financial and arithmetic checks relating to contracts, invoices, and accounts.
- Administer and supervise contracts during the construction phase.
- Produce written reports, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
- Present landscape proposals and reports to Ward Committees, stakeholders, and public forums.
- Provide technical support and assistance to Senior Landscape Architects and the wider Parks and Greenspaces Development Team.
About You
We are looking for an enthusiastic professional who combines creative design skills with strong technical knowledge and project management capability. You must hold a Degree in Landscape Architecture or an associated academic discipline as well as a Postgraduate Diploma, MA Degree, or equivalent qualification accredited by the Landscape Institute.
You must be pro-active and be able to manage your workload independently as well as also having:
- Experience of working within a landscape design office.
- Experience of both hard and soft landscape design.
- Experience of working to project deadlines and agreed fee budgets.
- Strong design, graphic, written, oral, and numeracy skills.
- Ability to manage and deliver small to medium-sized projects.
- Familiarity with graphic design and presentation software packages with the ability to prepare 3D sketches and presentation materials.
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to present proposals to a range of audiences.
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- Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund – with generous employer contributions
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For any informal enquiries please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk
Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.
Job Description And Person Specification
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.
Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
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The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There Is a Clear Vision Which Is Ensuring That The Council Is Working For Communities Today And Building For Tomorrow
We Focus Our Resources On Five Key Priorities
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
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Company Info
- Website: http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone: 0121 675 7070
- Location: Birmingham City Council, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 2XU, United Kingdom
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