Overview
Join us as a Senior Landscape Architect and help shape the future of England’s forests and visitor hubs. You’ll be part of a high-performing national team delivering projects that make a real difference—creating beautiful, inclusive spaces for people and nature.
Help us deliver some of Forestry England’s significant national projects—creating inclusive, co-designed green spaces for reflection and wellbeing across England’s forests.
In this role, you will:
Lead and support exciting landscape projects, including involvement in high-profile national programmes.
Bring creativity and technical expertise to improve visitor experiences and green spaces across the country.
Manage your own workstreams within a complex programme, working at pace to meet tight deadlines.
Collaborate with talented colleagues and partners to turn ideas into reality.
Our team has delivered projects like Delamere Visitor Centre, Whinlatter WOW trail, inclusive play spaces at Sherwood Pines and Westonbirt Arboretum, and community woodland designs. This is your chance to combine your skills and experience as a landscape architect with our purpose – creating landscapes that matter.
Please watch our Making the Nation’s Forest’s More Accessible project video to gain an understanding of the sort of projects we have delivered recently.
About Forestry England
At Forestry England, we care for the nation’s forests for people, nature and the economy. We plan, design and steward inspiring landscapes where everyone can feel welcome - places to explore, to connect, to reflect, and to belong. From nationally significant destinations to everyday green spaces close to communities, our forests are shaped through thoughtful, high-quality design to be accessible, inclusive and meaningful for all.
We connect people with nature through carefully considered landscapes, creating opportunities for everyone to experience the proven health and wellbeing benefits that time spent in forests can bring.
Together, we combine creativity, technical expertise and environmental stewardship to design and deliver places that respond to their setting, reflect the needs of diverse communities, and stand the test of time—creating landscapes that matter today and for generations to come.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Applications must be submitted through the online job portal and include a full career history.