Senior Landscape Architect

Overview

Interested in playing an integral role in key projects and developing the team at our Gloucestershire studio?

Planit is an urban and rural design practice, working to benefit people, places, and the world at large. We are an interdisciplinary studio, practicing across Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Visual Storytelling across projects of all scales and sectors.

We’re looking for a Senior Landscape Architect to join our team in Gloucestershire, one of our five studios in the UK.

Situated in 8 acres of fertile land within the AONB on the edge of the Cotswold Escarpment, our studio near Standish in Gloucestershire lies at the heart of our regenerative thinking. It is a working model that helps shape and inform our designs, and a resource for applying and experimenting with regenerative land management.

Here, we’ve been developing our regenerative practice tool, a method of assessing the social and environmental credentials of the projects we work on. It’s a way of challenging the brief, our clients and collaborators, seeking to restore the balance between people, place and nature.

Our work extends widely throughout the surrounding region, from urban to rural environs, developing opportunities for community benefit and reconnection to nature. Recently we’ve been designing new University parks, the revitalisation of listed landscapes, visioning historic parks and gardens and masterplanning the revitalisation of historic town centres. Across Planit’s five studios we work as one shared resource, constantly collaborating and refining ideas, and practices. Discover more about our studios here.

You’ll be working as part of a growing team on career defining projects that help shape the Southwest region and wider sites across the UK for future generations, whilst mentoring and leading less-experienced colleagues and contributing to our studio culture.

We are committed to standing alongside clients, communities, and nature to shape meaningful places and explore regenerative futures. As one of the first B Corps of our type in the world, we prioritise people, planet, and profit equally, and welcome candidates who share these values.

To qualify for this position, you should:

• Possess a post-graduate qualification (or equivalent) in Landscape Architecture
• Have at least six years’ experience working in a creative practice (or equivalent)
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of strategic thinking and design
• Have strong drawing and presentation skills
• Have a passion for Landscape Architecture and regenerative practice
• Enjoy working as part of a team in a collaborative studio environment
• Have experience mentoring and leading less-experienced colleagues
• Be self-motivated, engaged and creative

This full-time role is based on 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday).

We are an Employee-Owned B-Corp and support our team by providing benefits that include flexible start and finish times (core working hours are 10.00am to 4.30pm), hybrid working (one day per week from home if full-time), enhanced maternity and paternity pay, support with professional fees, learning and development and an annual study trip allowance. There are also opportunities to work and collaborate across our UK wide studios.

Salary: £41,000 – £45,000, according to level of experience

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require sponsorship, please check your eligibility against the relevant criteria on the UK Government website before submitting your application.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 15 February 23:59

No agencies please.

Any questions? Contact us at careers@planit-ie.com