Senior Planning Officer (Permanent)

Do you have experience of landscape planning and, more specifically, landscape and visual impact assessments (LVIA)? We are looking for someone to join our specialist team as part of our award-winning design and landscape planning practice.

SLR's Place team comprise a design and landscape planning practice with offices in Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester. SLR is a global leader in environmental and advisory solutions helping clients achieve their sustainability goals. The coming together of OPEN and SLR provides a host of opportunities for career development and potential for work across a wide range of sectors and countries. The SLR team has around 35 landscape professionals across the UK.

We are willing to consider a variety of different working practices depending on your capability and location and can be flexible in this regard. Our salaries and benefits packages are competitive and will be commensurate with your experience.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Landscape Architect or Planner to join the Place team with a view to specialising in landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA) and landscape planning project work. The teams are involved in a diverse range of significant development and renewable energy projects throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland. If you are successful, you will have the opportunity to further develop your skills and expertise, contributing to a wide range of exciting projects from mixed-use and urban re-development projects to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, onshore and offshore wind farms and strategic housing promotion and development.

Our approach to landscape planning and assessment includes a strong emphasis on iterative analysis and design, to inform developments as part of mitigation by design strategies, so there are also opportunities for creative input into schemes through landscape planning inputs.

The focus of this position is primarily on LVIA related work, and we would consider applications from candidates with experience in this field for a senior position with a project management role, as well as applications for a graduate or landscape architect with enthusiasm to develop a career in LVIA, for which we are able to offer on the job training and mentoring by experienced staff should this be required.

You must have excellent English language, strong report writing skills, be eligible to live and work in the UK and have a driving licence. Our landscape teams have strong market presence across the UK. As such, this is an exciting time to join us and we can be flexible about which office you might wish to work in.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be. We respect and celebrate difference to ensure SLR is a place where everyone feels included, is encouraged to be their authentic self and has opportunities to grow. Across Europe, our DE&I agenda is driven forward through our DE&I Committee, which actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across both our internal processes and our client work. Globally, our Global Culture & Diversity Council brings together representatives from across our regions to share ideas and best practice that can be incorporated into our global policies, enabling greater transparency and supporting the development of an inclusive culture, inclusive approaches to policies and practices, and to personal behaviours.

We welcome applications from everybody, regardless of their background, and particularly invite those from groups who are currently under-represented in our business to apply, such as women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled people.