Overview
Are you a qualified Landscape Architect ready to shape the future of a rapidly growing district? Braintree District Council has an exciting Landscape Architect opportunity!
Location: Braintree, Essex, CM7 9HB
Salary: £41,145 to £45,498 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Midnight, 30th July
Interview Date: Tuesday 18th August
About Us:
Braintree is an ambitious and dynamic Council and is becoming one of the fastest growing Districts in the East of England with three growing towns, London just 45 minutes away and the District located directly between the international transport centres of Stansted Airport and Harwich and Felixstowe International Ports. We have a deserved track record for delivering and a strong reputation within the business community.
Braintree District Council is a great place to work. We pride ourselves on our creative and innovative approach, which is led by our employees, and are committed to having an engaged workforce who understand our strategy and how they can help deliver it. Our people see the difference they make and how the work they do actively contributes to and encourages positive change in the local community.
Landscape Architect – The Role:
You will join our Landscape Services Team within the Planning Service, working alongside our Ecologist and Arboricultural Officers to provide specialist landscape advice on planning proposals across the district.
Your work will include advising on Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments, Environmental Impact Assessments, landscaping schemes, public realm and landscape design matters. You will prepare and give evidence at planning appeals, support planning enforcement monitoring of landscaping conditions, and help steer proposals at pre-application and post-decision stages.
You will also contribute to developing the Council’s Design Code, Tree Strategy and other guidance.
Landscape Architect – Key Responsibilities:
– Provide specialist landscape advice on complex planning applications and policy-based projects
– Prepare reports and give evidence at planning appeals and inquiries
– Monitor and enforce landscaping conditions attached to planning consents
– Present reports and recommendations to Planning Committee
– Contribute to the development of Council guidance documents and strategies
Landscape Architect – You:
– Degree in Landscape Architecture or similar qualification
– Membership of a relevant professional body such as the Landscape Institute, with commitment to continuing professional development
– Proven experience advising on complex planning applications or policy-based projects
– Sound knowledge of landscape design, planning legislation and the planning process
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to work to tight deadlines
– Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
– Experience giving evidence at planning appeals, hearings or public inquiries (desirable)
– Experience working within a local authority environment and presenting to Planning Committee (desirable)
– Experience dealing with members of the public, councillors and town/parish councils (desirable)
Landscape Architect – Benefits:
– Flexible working
– Local government pension scheme
– Learning and development for all employees
– Employee discounts at local businesses
– Employee recognition schemes
– Extensive health and wellbeing programmes, including discounted gym membership
Closing Date: Midnight, 30th July
Interview Date: 18th August
Please note that although this vacancy is advertised here, no application is ever submitted through this site. To protect your personal information, you can visit the Braintree District Council website directly and click ‘Join our team’, then apply via the ‘Current Vacancies’ link.
Alternatively, click Apply today and you’ll be redirected straight to the role on our website, where you can complete your application for this exciting Landscape Architect opportunity.
About Braintree District Council
Braintree is an ambitious and dynamic Council and is becoming one of the fastest growing Districts in the East of England with three growing towns, London just 45 minutes away and the District located directly between the international transport centres of Stansted Airport and Harwich and Felixstowe International Ports. We have a deserved track record for delivering and a strong reputation within the business community.
Braintree District Council is a great place to work. We pride ourselves on our creative and innovative approach, which is led by our employees, and are committed to having an engaged workforce who understand our strategy and how they can help deliver it. Our people see the difference they make and how the work they do actively contributes to and encourages positive change in the local community.
