Associate Director / Technical Director of Arboriculture - Hiring now!

Lanpro is a market leading multi-disciplinary consultancy who specialise in Environment led Planning and Design.

We work on projects at all scales within town semi-rural and rural contexts across a variety of sectors that includes residential historic sites and estates renewable energy infrastructure and mixed-use commercial developments.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to lead and grow a national arboricultural consultancy team in either our London or Cambridge office. Arboriculture is an in-demand and ever-growing offering for Lanpro complementing our strong planning and design capability. The role will suit you if you are excited by leadership autonomy and ownership.

About Lanpro

Lanpro is a fast growing unique and rewarding environment. Through its agile team and comprehensive service it has allowed growth nationwide across Cambridge London Norwich Manchester Edinburgh and
York. Our multidisciplinary proposition spans across the following disciplines: Planning Architecture Arboriculture Ecology Archaeology and Heritage Masterplanning Landscape Architecture Geomatics and Urban Design.

We thrive on creating a culture and environment which provides a great variety of projects recognition of success continuous professional development and collaboration across an array of different professions.

We are proud that together our teams are supporting delivery of some of the largest solar and battery storage schemes in the United Kingdom and Europe. We have a strong pipeline of opportunities across the energy residential and infrastructure sectors.

We offer an environment that is diverse entrepreneurial and encourages innovation and your professional development.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

As an Associate Director / Technical Director and team leader you will be responsible for all aspects of growing and managing a successful arboricultural consultancy business at a national level. You will report to our director of design Mark Topping who is responsible for leading the design business unit across the UK. You will work closely alongside and be supported by our Principal Arboriculture and Ecology Consultant in Norwich Alexander Lowe. We do not work in silos you will contribute to the success of the arboriculture and wider Lanpro business across the UK.

The role will suit you if you are a natural people leader and manager who gains significant job satisfaction from seeing their team flourish. You will steer the career paths of your team set a healthy culture and lead by example. You will take a leadership role in planning projects and coordinating and overseeing delivery. You will be an ambassador for the company undertaking business development through building upon existing client relationships and actively seeking opportunities for future business whilst also taking a leadership role in developing the teams core competencies.

Key requirements for the role

• Significant experience providing high quality arboriculture consultancy services in line with best practice and relevant British Standards.
• Experience with winning new work gaining and maintaining strong client relationships and driving business growth. Experience assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders would be advantageous.
• Proven record of being able to manage and oversee project delivery.
• Being able to lead and motivate your team acting as a role model at all times to ensure your team are aligned with the companies vision.
• Ability to undertake technically complex work and competently review and approve deliverables produced by the rest of the team.
• Experience of managing and delivering a team budget. Ability to assess and set appropriate goals for the teams growth and development providing guidance and support to help them meet their targets and deliverables whilst assigning and delegating responsibilities and monitoring progress.
• You must have a full clean UK driving licence and ownership / use of a car (with business insurance)

• Builds and leads a successful national arboriculture team .
• Demonstrates effective management and the ability to influence and persuade across a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Helps to ensure all members of the team are effectively developed and is committed to personal CPD in pursuit of continuous learning and self-improvement.
• Brings fresh ideas to team growth and structure in a challenging recruitment market.
• Inputs into team objectives and delegates effectively.
• Takes responsibility for line management coaching mentoring training wellbeing and performance management.
• Ability to work collaboratively and iteratively within a multi-disciplinary design team.
• Champions the Lanpro client-centric agenda internally and externally.
• Establishes consolidates and builds on relationships with new and existing clients and colleagues.
• Maintains strong client sector and discipline networking across the UK.
• Ensures client expectations are managed appropriately and that their needs are identified and met (or exceeded).
• Provides technical input into projects and bids and uses technical knowledge to identify and realise new client opportunities.
• Develops business opportunities with new and existing clients with little or no support and demonstrates excellent judgement and ability in targeting strategic and profitable projects.
• Makes decisions at a tactical level with strategic input to overall functional strategy and national Business Plan.
• Freedom to make decisions affecting the function within the overall business strategy.
• Has a strong professional profile and reputation both internally and within the industry and utilises this effectively to leverage business opportunities.
• Day to day line management of the national arboriculture team.
• Performs a challenging range and variety of complex technical and professional activities in the pursuit of project excellence.
• Ensures compliance and adherence to all applicable SHEQ procedures for self and others.
• Takes a key role in projects within relevant specialist field.
• Project Director / Project Manager / Discipline Lead for projects of all scales and complexities.
• Maintains continuing professional development in accordance with the requirements of the Arboricultural Association and/or The Institute of Chartered Foresters.

• In excess of 10 years relevant experience.
• BSc/ Masters/ MArborA / CEnv preferred.
• Leadership / management experience preferred.

Essential Knowledge Skills Abilities

• People leader culture leader team player
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong client management and resolution including the ability to present at senior levels and across a range of stakeholders
• Excellent project management skills coupled with timeliness and accuracy.
• Strong report writing skills and ability to quality assure colleagues work providing constructive feedback.
• Strong commercial knowledge.
• Exemplary knowledge and expertise of relevant legislation and policy.

As a valued employee of Lanpro you can expect to feel looked after. We offer the following great benefits as standard:

• Non contractual growth bonus scheme
• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Loyalty Leave (Continuous Service Accrued Annual Leave up to 5 days)
• Hybrid working environment (flexible work)
• Centrally based City office (Devonshire Square)
• Vitality Health Care - Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced Company pension
• Death in service cover
• BUPA Cash Plan
• Protected CPD (Department individual and company wide)
• E Learning portal access
• Professional Body membership contribution
• Career progression framework and development including two defined promotion windows annually.
• Discounted Gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts and perks - amazon prime Free Odeon Cinema tickets Apple benefits and Cafe Nero
• Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.