Overview

Are you a landscape architect driven by a passion for sustainable placemaking? Biodiverse Consulting is recruiting its very first Landscape Architect and offering a rare opportunity to pioneer a new service within one of the UK’s leading environmental consultancies.

This is not a traditional landscape role. Here, your work directly advances nature restoration and ecological improvement across residential, retail, renewable projects and habitat banks too. You’ll collaborate closely with ecologists, planners and arborists to design landscapes where people and nature thrive.

As our inaugural landscape architect, you won’t just join the team, you’ll help shape it. You’ll define our landscape design offer, influence how we integrate biodiversity and landscape services, and carve out a role that grows with you. Expect freedom, creativity and the chance to fast-track your career in an environment that values innovation and collaboration.

If you’re excited by the prospect of designing nature-rich spaces and building a service area from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

About Biodiverse Consulting

Launched in 2019, Biodiverse Consulting has grown rapidly to become one of the UK’s leading providers of biodiversity and ecology consultancy to the built environment and construction world. We work with a range of national clients (including major retailers, housebuilders, utilities providers and major charities) to enhance nature and biodiversity.

Our 28-person team is made up of experienced environmental experts and support staff who are committed to exemplary and sustainable placemaking that benefits communities, people and nature. Our head office is located in a stunning Grade II listed building in Newcastle, and in 2025 we expanded with the opening of new offices in Kent.

Role Summary

As a key member of our team, you will be leading on the creation of practical and environmentally sensitive design solutions for residential, retail and renewable spaces, integrating ecological principles with creative design. You will collaborate closely with ecologists, planners, and arborists to deliver projects that enhance biodiversity, support climate resilience, and meet client objectives.

As our first landscape architect you will be integral into embedding landscape design principles into our services, establishing appropriate working systems and processes and promoting our integrated biodiversity and landscape services.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the design and delivery of landscape projects from concept through to construction
• Design and deliver habitat restoration projects, including wetlands, woodlands, grasslands, and riparian zones
• Prepare detailed plans, technical drawings, and specifications using CAD and other design tools
• Undertake site assessments and contribute to environmental impact assessments
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure integrated, sustainable outcomes that meet biodiversity objectives
• Manage project timelines and budgets, ensuring high-quality deliverables
• Promotion of Landscape services on social media and speaking events
• Stay informed on best practices, regulations, and innovations in landscape architecture and environmental design

Requirements

As a Landscape Architect you will have proven experience in landscape design, particularly in the field of habitat restoration and ecological regeneration. You will have a strong understanding of sustainable practices, with a focus on creating environments that support biodiversity and environmental recovery.

• 2 + years of relevant experience in landscape design and planning with a strong focus on habitat restoration/restoration
• Proficiency in CAD, GIS, and design visualisation software
• Understanding of BIM standards and use of Revit software and / or other 3d modelling software preferable
• Experience of Landscape Visualisation Impact Assessments desirable
• Understanding of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Development Consent Order (DCO) processes
• Experience in designing habitat creation, enhancement and restoration schemes within both an urban and rural setting essential
• Landscape design for large scale residential development incorporating Biodiversity Net Gain requirements
• Educated with a relevant Landscape Architecture qualification at degree or post graduate level (Or a blend of knowledge and qualifications reflecting a similar level of expertise).
• Associate Member of The Landscape Institute (minimum)

Pay: £34,000 – £45,000 Pro Rata (Dependent on Experience)

Work Location: Newcastle upon Tyne/Rochester, Kent

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

More information can be found on our website under the ‘Join Us’ section.