Salary: £25,878 – £35,411 pa (+ Essential Car User Allowance up to £1,239 pa)

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 26 May 2023 12:00

Interview date: 5 June 2023

Ref: P1582

About the role:

Do you have a passion for the environment, and in particular, the landscape and a desire to develop a career that shape the future built and rural environment? Then you could soon be developing your skills, qualifications and career within Horsham District Council’s Planning team.

Horsham District Council is looking for a talented, self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our multi-disciplinary Specialist Team to develop their career as a Landscape Architect.

You will work on a wide range of projects in a busy planning department which will contribute towards planning decisions that shape the future environment of the district.

As a career grade post, this post will provide support and training to the successful candidate, be that a masters level qualification, work towards Chartered Membership of the RTPI, or beyond.

About you:

To succeed as Landscape Architect, you will a need a minimum of a degree level qualification in an environmental subject, excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate well at all levels with the public, members, and colleagues alike. You’ll also need lots of initiative and good organisational and time management skills.

For an informal discussion about this role please call Inês Watson, Specialist Team Leader (Landscape Lead) on 01403 215185.

About us as an employer:

We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody.

We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work life balance by, offering 28 days’ (207.2 hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable.

We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary.

To support employees’ professional development the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Visit our Jobs and careers page to find out more about Working for Horsham District Council and Our employment commitments.

To apply:

If you would like to apply for the role, we highly recommend you show clearly within the ‘Experience Section’ of the application form how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the Role Profile when applying. If you do not make this clear, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for interview.

Internal applicants, if you would like to apply for the role, please submit an expression of interest to HR@horsham.gov.uk explaining clearly how you meet the criteria and what you feel you can bring to the role.