Senior Manager Landscape Design in Birmingham

Base salary: £54,878pa to c.£64,562pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

You’ll play a critical leadership role strategically directing, defining and assuring the technical requirements and guidance, providing specialist landscape design expertise to the hybrid Bill and Delivery Teams and ensuring that an integrated and holistic landscape design is achieved.

Responsibilities include:

• Be the Lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all Landscape Design and Public Realm matters.
• Provide specialist leadership and technical knowledge for the discipline of Landscape Design to the HS2 business.
• Lead design discussions at various levels and between multiple contract teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and lead the engagement and presentation process.
• Coach, up-skill and influence colleagues to ensure Landscape Design issues are considered in project decision making.
• Lead a small team of Landscape Architects and consultants, providing day-to-day strategic design leadership.
• Be responsible for client technical support and assurance related to Schedule 17 (planning) Application packages.
• Ensure safety is a key priority in all aspects of the role.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.

Skills required:

• Leadership skills including effective problem solving and managing conflicting requirements.
• Presentation skills to deliver complex written and oral communications.
• Risk Management Skills – including the ability to assess, analyse and escalate risk.
• Analytical skills – including the ability to compare, assure and provide analysis on information.
• Influencing and negotiating skills.
• Review and Assurance skills.
• Project management skills.
• Mentoring and coaching skills.

Knowledge required:

• Degree in Landscape Architecture or equivalent.
• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute.
• Understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution.
• Understanding of how Landscape Architecture fits within the overall multidisciplinary context.

Type of experience:

• Leadership in delivery of complex Landscape and Public Realm schemes.
• Experience of complex programmes and/or projects.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary management team.
• Experience of working on regeneration and masterplanning projects.
• Experience in developing pragmatic analysis, strategies and assurance processes.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.

HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, and we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff.