Location: Ashwell, Hertfordshire, although flexibility for positions in our Basingstoke, Tewkesbury and Sheffield offices.
Overview
Are you interested in landscape planning and design, and are looking for a creative and motivating role working alongside our team of Ecologists, Masterplanners and Heritage Consultants to create high quality, environmentally led schemes?
Then why not consider joining our growing multidiscipline practice with over 75 people located across several regional offices, working on projects ranging from renewable energy projects to the assessment of rewilding proposals and designing new garden villages. Delivering positive outcomes for people, places and nature through good design is at the core of what we do at CSA.
If you have experience of landscape and visual assessment work, and the desire to help create attractive and sustainable new developments then this may be the role for you.
About You
As well as a strong eye for design, you will need to have a good knowledge of landscape and visual assessment work, preferably with some experience of EIA development, and the desire to help create attractive and sustainable new developments. You should:
- Have excellent written English and verbal communication skills;
- Be well organised, able to work collaboratively within our team of experienced Landscape Architects.
- Be able to manage a varied workload with support, taking the lead on key projects;
- Hard-working and willing to take on new challenges;
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and preferably AutoCAD;
- Ideally hold Chartered status (CMLI) with the Landscape Institute (but if you don’t, we will help you get there with full support and mentoring on the Pathway to Chartership); and
- Hold a full, clean UK driving license with own car insured for business use.
What We Offer
A healthy work-life balance is very important to us and we seek to provide a supportive, friendly, and attractive place to work. In addition, we offer an exciting benefits package, including:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working around core hours
- Hybrid working, with the option to work from home up to 2 days a week
- Annual profit related and performance-based bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with length of service
- Company pension contribution, which increases with length of service
- Mobile phone allowance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Paid LI subscription fees
- Commitment to employee wellbeing, including access to an extensive Employee Assistance Programme and in-house mental health first-aiders
- Overtime pay arrangement for out-of-hours work
- Annual staff trips and regular funded team social events
- Mentoring through the Pathway to Chartership (P2C)
We are committed to encouraging equality and diversity and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds. We aim to create an environment in which individual differences and their contributions are recognised and valued. We also pride ourselves on providing a fantastic working environment, having been recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in the recent Great Places to Work survey. We are also a carbon neutral company, committed to offsetting our carbon footprint.
If you are interested in joining us apply by sending the following:
- A covering letter briefly outlining the position you to wish to apply for and why your particular skills are right for us;
- CV outlining qualifications and professional work experience; and
- Examples of your graphic and written work.
Please send your application to by email (in PDF format only) to [email protected]
If you like to know more about us then feel free to call Chris Armstrong or Ben Spurden on 01462 743647
