Associate Director – Landscape Planning

Overview

In this Associate Director role, you provide strategic and technical leadership for a diverse portfolio of landscape planning projects. You will steer multidisciplinary teams, nurture client relationships, and help grow our landscape planning capability across UK offices. You shape sustainable, context-sensitive solutions for high-profile urban and infrastructure developments. This position offers influence over project direction, team development, and business growth within a collaborative, flexible environment.

Pay / Benefits

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

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
• Offer strategic advice on landscape capacity, sensitivity studies, and landscape character assessments (including Green Belt and Strategic Gap)
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and mentor colleagues to develop technical capability
• Build and maintain client relationships and identify opportunities to grow accounts
• Contribute to business development, bid preparation, and client engagement
• Represent the landscape team at meetings, planning inquiries, and public consultations
• Collaborate with colleagues across UK offices to deliver integrated, innovative solutions
• Support the strategic development and growth of landscape planning services

Key requirements

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

• leadership and people development
• excellent communication
• influence and collaboration across teams
• LVIA
• TVIA
• strategic landscape assessment

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