Job Description
Job Title : Landscape Architect (Levelling up Fund)*
Job Category : Interims
Location :London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week :36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time :09:00
End Time :17:00
Salary: £31.78
Overall Purpose of Job
To work within the Landscape Architecture Team and the wider Highways and Sustainable Transport Service to deliver a professional, efficient and effective service that is good value for money.
To assist the Principal Landscape Architect in achieving the aims and objectives of the service.
To work with a multi-disciplinary team of professional and technical staff including external consultants and external partners, to design and deliver a range of projects both within Highways and Sustainable Transport and for other service areas.
To arrange the necessary site investigations and data collection to obtain information so that projects can proceed
To assist in creating public consultation documents and arranging distribution. To note comments gained from the consultations and make proposed alterations as required to the original scheme
To make regular site visits and, if the need arises due to site constraints, to change the design and inform the contractors, to ensure the smooth implementation of the scheme, all with due regard for contract, legal and safety matters when making such decisions
Relevant degree or equivalent and 3+ years of experience
AUTOCad, Adobe Creative Cloud, MS Office Suite
EXPERIENCE:
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Experience of working with professional, technical and administrative staff within a local authority or large multi-disciplinary organisation
Experience of technical skills associated with the relevant service area
Evidence of successful innovation, initiative and consistent achievement in either a public sector or private sector environment
Experience of developing good working relationships with a wide range of internal and external bodies and customers as part of developing effective service delivery
Experience of financial management including financial monitoring and budgetary control procedures of projects and budget lines
Experience of the application of technology solutions in a relevant and changing environment
Experience of site supervision
Experience of delivering complex public realm projects within an existing busy urban context
Experience of project and contract management within the relevant service area of projects up to £2m in value
Experience in the preparation, writing and submission of committee and management reports