Associate Director - Landscape Planning

Overview

As Associate Director, you lead strategic and technical landscape planning across high-profile schemes, shaping services and driving growth. You work with cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable, context-sensitive solutions for urban regeneration, tall buildings, residential and mixed-use developments, and infrastructure projects. You’ll build client relationships, mentor staff, and guide complex LVIA/TVIA and strategic landscape assessments. This role offers autonomy within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment and the chance to influence the future direction of our landscape planning practice.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• annual leave with buy/sell option
• private medical insurance
• life assurance and income protection

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of landscape and townscape planning projects with high-quality outputs and strong client service
• Provide expert input into LVIA, TVIA and strategic landscape assessments
• Advise on landscape capacity, sensitivity studies and landscape character assessments including Green Belt and Strategic Gap evaluations
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and support colleagues on complex projects
• Mentor and develop technical capability and careers within the team
• Build and maintain client relationships and identify opportunities to grow accounts
• Contribute to business development, bid preparation and client engagement
• Represent the landscape team in meetings, inquiries and public consultations
• Collaborate across UK offices to deliver integrated and innovative solutions
• Support strategic development and growth of landscape planning services

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in landscape planning, ideally in a consultancy
• Proven track record leading complex projects and managing client relationships
• Strong technical expertise in LVIA, TVIA and strategic landscape assessment
• Experience giving strategic advice on landscape capacity, sensitivity and character (Green Belt, Strategic Gap)
• Excellent communication and leadership with ability to influence and develop others
• Experience contributing to bids and client development
• Chartered Membership of the Landscape Institute (CMLI) or equivalent
• Proactive and strategic approach with passion for sustainable, context-sensitive design
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and offices

• excellent communication
• leadership
• influence and motivation
• LVIA
• TVIA
• strategic landscape assessment

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