Architect
Arc Partnership is a joint venture between Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) and SCAPE. Formed in 2016 to support the council in creating an efficient, safe, and sustainable land and property portfolio, creating meaningful change and a lasting legacy for the people of County.
We deliver multi-disciplinary services and consult, design, build, manage and maintain on behalf of the council and the communities and people it represents. We provide value for money, quality of output, and customer excellence to support regeneration and economic growth, for Nottinghamshire and beyond.
Your new role:
We're looking for an experienced Architect with significant professional experience in a similar UK based role to join our in house RIBA Chartered Practice. Our Design team have a passion for architecture and technical design that really makes a difference to our community and creates a lasting legacy across Nottinghamshire. Ideally you'll have a mature understanding of the sector with extensive hands on and strategic exposure within a similar portfolio.
As part of Arc Partnership, you will have the opportunity to inform a project from initial inception through to delivery and ultimate handover to the client. Given our longstanding relationship with NCC we have seen the development of the County estate portfolio to improve the lives of the people of Nottinghamshire.
Our practice, working within a multi disciplinary team, gives you exposure to, and influence over a wider set of factors including the ability to collaborate with a range of consultants / clients / end users / planning authorities in the design and delivery of our projects than you might get elsewhere. There's a broad range of projects across an impressive portfolio of local government initiatives. Things like Libraries, Schools, Social Care, new and existing buildings of a wide range of scales. It's a responsibility we take seriously and deliver with pride.
As part of a 20 strong Architectural Design Team we're looking for someone to bring expertise and enthusiasm, supporting our continued success.
What you'll do:
We're looking for you to be able to lead on your own projects, delivering superb architectural designs that protects the clients brief.
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Be able to liaise with colleagues across the RIBA stages to take on board additional information and assimilate it into your designs.
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Be able to produce a range of designs 2D / 3D design using Autodesk Revit, and other visualisation and photo editing software
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Ability to manage varying workload including some challenging deadlines
What you'll bring:
You'll be experienced in RIBA stages 2 to 4/5 but wider experience across all RIBA stages would be advantageous
Degree in Architecture, and a significant portfolio of projects.
Highly proficient in Autodesk Revit for both 3D collaborative design and 2D production information output
Post qualification evidence of CPD / RIBA core curriculum topics.
Technical design experience working as part of a design team.
Stakeholder management, excellent communication skills and planning and prioritisation skills are a must.
Knowledge of current & emerging technical design, construction and environmental issues, legislative requirements, and statutory responsibilities.
Knowledge of Public Sector design is a bonus.
Our core values - Accountable, Collaborative, Expert, Efficient, Innovative and Sustainable - ensure that we support you and work together effectively as a team and through our partnerships.
What we offer you:
An attractive package (based on experience).
Travel expenses, to and from site.
Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme and life assurance of 3x salary.
BUPA Private Medical Insurance.
25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays and additional birthday leave.
Enhanced paternity and maternity pay.
Funded professional memberships.
Based in our Nottingham office, we also offer flexible working hours to support your work/life balance.
To apply for this role, please upload a combined document consisting of your CV and Portfolio.
We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
If you would like any support with the application process or require the job information in an alternative format please contact the HR Team on 0800 669 6565.
