Overview
Rotherham Borough Council
Directorate: Regeneration & Environment
Location: Riverside House, Rotherham
Career Grade Landscape Architect
Job Reference: REQ18195
Salary: £29,777 – £32,076 dependent upon experience (Pay award pending)
37 Hours per week, Full Time, Permanent
Culture Sport & Tourism – Landscape Design Team
Rotherham is undergoing a period of Transformation and investment, including the recent transformation of Forge Island and other Town Centre Public Realm projects funded in part by Towns Fund, Future High Streets Fund and Transforming Cities Fund. In addition, the Council’s own Capital investment via £2m Our Places Fund will see future investment in key gateway locations across the borough.
Significant investment of £2m in Play Areas is also planned over the next three years. To support us in the delivery of this we are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Career Grade Landscape Architect to work within the Council’s long established Landscape Design Team.
This offers a great opportunity to work alongside experienced practitioners on the design and implementation of a wide range of projects, from large-scale Play investment to Public Realm and Environmental Improvement projects, new schools, parks masterplans and housing regeneration schemes. Our ideal candidate would be a graduate of a Landscape Institute accredited Postgraduate course with experience of working in a landscape or multi-disciplinary practice and looking to further their career as a Landscape Architect. You should be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have strong communication skills, and excellent design, graphic presentation, and CAD skills.
We offer:
- A starting salary dependant on qualification and experience
- Support for learning and development including CPD
- Generous leave
- 37 hour week with flexitime
- Hybrid working model
This is a permanent contract, interviews are expected to take place during October 2024 with the successful applicants expected to commence during November 2024.
Travel – This post involves travel around the Borough on a weekly basis [for which an appropriate subsistence or mileage allowance is payable].
For an informal discussion please contact Stefanie Harrison, Landscape Team Leader, on (01709) 254533.
This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).
Closing date: 20/10/2024
