Design and Conservation Officer
Design and Conservation Officer
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Job Description
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Directorate: Place
Grade: PO4
Salary:
Retention Bonus/ Market Supplement: N/a
Contract Type: Fulltime/Permanent
Working hours per week: 36 hours
Weeks per year: 52
Application Deadline: 21/04/2025
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference:1675
A hugely exciting opportunity has arisen for a Design and Conservation Officer in the dynamic and diverse Place and Design Team at Waltham Forest Council. This is a key placeshaping role in a team with a great track record and at the forefront of delivering vibrant green safe and accessible neighbourhoods across Waltham Forest.
The role
We are looking for someone creative and energetic with demonstrable design skills; who is looking to build on and share those skills to work across teams and help unlock exemplar design across the whole development cycle from the production of policy documents briefs feasibility studies and masterplans to the preapplication process and post permission oversight of conditions and quality review. With the team focused on the implementation of our ambitious adopted Local Plan this role will be key to unlocking delivery of new homes workspace and infrastructure across the borough. The right candidate will be excited about architecture urban design heritage landscape and biodiversity and the design and delivery of joyful places.
You will work well with others and have the ability to communicate ideas and proposals effectively and will enjoy taking a creative approach to problem solving.
In this role you will work alongside a second Design and Conservation Officer a Conservation Officer Trees and Urban Greening Officer and Planning Policy Principal Officer and will report to Design and Conservation Lead.
The Place and Design Team
We are delivering the Councils Missions for a fairer borough through inclusive growth and ensuring that we deliver the new homes and jobs needed and that they are of exemplar quality and supported by the right infrastructure in the right places. We are committed to engaging the boroughs diverse communities at all stages of the development cycle to ensure that future development brings the benefits they need and tackles the Climate Emergency head on.
We work within an inclusive structure that rejects silos embraces sharing and learning and works flexibly and collaboratively. We have adopted a matrix working approach that assembles the right teams for the right projects building resilience and skills. We also work collaboratively with other teams across the council including Development Management Area Regeneration Employment Business and Skills Culture Housing Property Capital Delivery Strategy & Design and Highways and engage meaningfully with our local communities businesses strategic authorities (such as GLA TfL) investors and developers.
We are building a reputation as an innovative positive proactive team that delivers excellent results with work produced in house including an adopted Local Plan award winning buildings and public spaces our special Waltham Forest Design Awards a visionary Leyton Mills SPD and a first class Local Heritage List.
The attached role profile gives more details about the role. If you ave any queries of or would like an informal discussion about this post please email Alpa Depani Head of Strategic Planning and Design .
Key Responsibilities:
- Refer to Role Profile.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Degree/diploma in urban design planning architecture or related subject.
- Membership of or eligibility for membership of RTPI IHBC RIBA or similar professional institute.
- Relevant experience and continuing professional development.
- Proficiency in graphics and modelling software including Adobe Suite (In Design Illustrator Photoshop) Sketch Up and VuCity is an advantage.
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
- Satisfactory declaration of interest;
This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from undertaking certain political activities under the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990.
As a public authority we must ensure that members of staff in publicfacing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English with confidence and accuracy sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications regional or international accents dialects speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the Apply button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who selfidentify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council please visit Information:
If you ave any queries of or would like an informal discussion about this post please email Alpa Depani Head of Strategic Planning and Design .
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Recruitment Team via email at .
The Councils preference is for online application. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application please email so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
