Homes Designer

The ideal candidate will have excellent creative thinking skills and be able to create designs based on conversations with a client. The candidate should be confident communicating regularly with the client in order to assess their needs and be able to adjust a given approach based on feedback. The candidate should maintain familiarity with the interior design landscape and trends in order to provide the best ideas for clients.

Responsibilities

• Create attractive designs and layouts for various projects.
• Meet with client in order to understand the client's objectives and desires.
• Communicate effectively with client, vendors and team in order to address client's needs.
• Prepare presentations (3D, 2D, mock-ups and renderings) for clients.
• Create quotes for clients and ensure full workflow is followed.
• Maintain industry knowledge in order to stay relevant.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Homes Designer to create trauma-informed homes for beneficiaries and their children. This includes:
• Coordinating product donations to the warehouse, contacting suppliers, checking quality and quantity, and keeping accurate records on our inventory system.
• Setting up and managing schedules for each home project.
• Putting online wish lists together and ordering furniture/furnishings that are needed.
• Drawing up basic floor plans for home projects.
• Booking trades people and transport.
• Picking items, packing in preparation for installs and unpacking stock.
• Assisting with the coordination of volunteers on home projects.
• Working alongside staff and volunteers to install healing homes in one day.
• Recording and creating social media content from home projects.
• Inputting accurate referral information and impact measurements for each project onto our database.
• After probation, attending initial home visits and carrying out surveys of homes.

This list is not exhaustive and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the charity.

Candidate profile:

• You are committed to our vision and mission. You want to help us create a future where furniture poverty and gender-based violence no longer exist, and where no usable furniture ends up in landfill.
• You have at least one year’s interior design experience in residential settings, with an understanding of what’s required to produce beautiful, practical homes for everyday family life in a range of styles.
• You’re non-judgmental, discrete, compassionate and committed to anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. You must be able to maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive information. A DBS certificate and confidentiality agreement will be required for this role.
• You get things done. You’re a problem solver with excellent attention to detail and able to use your initiative.
• You remain calm under pressure with good time management skills, able to prioritise competing needs.
• You’re a team player. You work well with others and are happy to get involved in the odd task outside your core role to support the team.
• You are happy with manual handling and physical activity such as moving furniture, putting up curtains, packing boxes, cleaning etc.
• You are a competent user of AutoCAD software.
• You have good IT skills. Confident working with databases and spreadsheets, as well as taking high quality photographs and video for social media.
• You are willing to travel across London and work in a variety of home locations.
• You are available to work the occasional weekend or evening when required.
• You have a full driving licence as you may be required to drive a car or van at times.
• You have the right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 2 - 3 years of experience in related field.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong creative and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to execute.