Assistant Landscape Architect (Bedford)
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- BA and/or MA/PGDip in Landscape Architecture
- A minimum of one year’s working experience in the landscape profession
- Good graphic, verbal and written communication skills, including hand sketching and the ability to develop designs on paper as well as digitally
- Good interpersonal skills to enable collaborative working
- Good technical knowledge and a basic understanding of the RIBA/LI work stages and production of detailed design drawings
- Strong IT skills, with good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and SketchUp, including digital rendering
- A basic understanding of the planning system
- Right to work in the UK
- Experience in Artisan, KeySCAPE, QGIS, Vectorworks or Revit
- Good analytical and written skills with a known/potential interest in landscape planning, including Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)
Benefits
- Hybrid working (min. 3 days in the office)
- Starting allowance of 5 weeks paid holiday (25 days) increasing by a day every two years, to a maximum of 28 days, plus 8 paid bank holidays
- Payment of annual LI membership fees
- Cyclescheme
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Mentorship from experienced Landscape Architects to support your career development and on the Pathway to Chartership
- P2C registration and exam fees
- Fees for a P2C revision course
- CPD events
- Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Chance to work on a diverse range of projects
The Landscape Partnership is a registered practice of landscape architects, urban designers, ecologists and arboriculturists, bringing an integrated approach to the design, planning and management of the outdoor environment. The Landscape Partnership has a deserved reputation for delivering high-quality design and assessment services to clients in the public and private sectors. We understand the commercial pressures that many of our clients face, and translate our expertise into cost effective solutions. We believe that work done correctly, and to a high standard saves considerable time and money in the longer term. We specialise in helping to deliver high quality schemes and finding innovative solutions to planning and design problems. We recognise the importance of early project involvement, and the advantages of early identification of environmental opportunities and constraints, that can help shape or influence design or development decisions, as a key element of successful and cost-effective project implementation. We are thus able to provide creative and sustainable solutions that maximise a site’s potential, yet remain sensitive to local landscape and wildlife. Our philosophy is based on a broad understanding of the context of our projects, encouraging a creative process and bringing innovation and forward thinking to our work in order to look to the sustainable future, as well as responding to the past and present.