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About the Role

This is a key place-shaping role within the dynamic and diverse Place and Design Team at Waltham Forest Council. The position is crucial for unlocking exemplar design across the entire development cycle, from policy documents to post-permission oversight, and will be instrumental in delivering new homes, workspace, and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be passionate about architecture, urban design, heritage, landscape, and biodiversity, contributing to the creation of joyful and accessible neighborhoods.

Responsibilities

Provide specialist urban design, conservation, landscape and biodiversity input on planning applications, pre-applications, listed building matters and regeneration projects, ensuring timely and high-quality advice.
Provide expert design, conservation and heritage advice to officers, elected members, developers, communities and stakeholders, helping to secure high-quality development, regeneration and placemaking outcomes across the borough.
Support the delivery of the Council's climate ambitions by embedding sustainability, climate resilience, urban greening and high-quality environmental design into projects and decision-making.
Lead the preparation, implementation and monitoring of design, heritage and biodiversity planning guidance, including supplementary planning documents, design briefs, masterplans and other place-based frameworks.
Champion exemplar design across the development process, promoting design excellence from policy preparation and masterplanning through to planning applications, detailed approvals and delivery on site.
Promote inclusive design principles, helping to create accessible, welcoming and equitable places that meet the needs of Waltham Forest's diverse communities.
Lead and support design-led projects and initiatives, including design awards, public engagement programmes, exhibitions, design reviews and place-shaping projects that raise design standards across the borough.
Support the implementation of local and national design policies and design codes, helping to embed a consistent approach to high-quality placemaking and development.
Work collaboratively with Development Management, Planning Policy and Regeneration teams to promote design quality, monitor completed developments and support compliance and enforcement activities where required.
Lead public consultation and stakeholder engagement activities, building strong relationships with residents, developers, consultants, statutory bodies and strategic partners to support successful project delivery.
Represent the Council at meetings, public events, design panels and external forums, acting as an ambassador for design quality, heritage conservation and sustainable growth.
Contribute to training, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the Place and Design Team, helping to build design skills and promote best practice throughout the organisation.

Requirements

Degree/diploma in urban design, planning, architecture, or related subject.
Eligibility for membership of RTPI, IHBC, RIBA or similar professional institute.
Relevant Experience and continuing professional development.
Must already hold a form of UK work authorisation that does not require sponsorship.
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks.
Satisfactory declaration of interest.
Fluent English speaking ability for public-facing roles.

Skills

Proficiency in graphics and modelling software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, VU.City & AutoCAD is an advantage.
Creative and energetic with demonstrable design skills.
Ability to communicate ideas and proposals effectively.
Creative approach to problem solving.
Ability to work well with others.

Location

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Work Type

Full-time
Permanent

Education Level

Degree/diploma in urban design, planning, architecture, or related subject.

Salary/Compensations

PO4 £49,056 – £52,194

Benefits

The Council is keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
Flexible working options may be considered.
Information on benefits available at https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

About the Company

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough, driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, developing new and innovative ways to build our communities.
Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is a Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employer, committed to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.
The Place and Design Team is delivering the Council’s priorities for inclusive growth, ensuring high-quality new homes, jobs, and infrastructure.
We are committed to engaging the borough’s diverse communities and tackling the Climate Emergency.
We work within an inclusive structure that rejects silos, embraces sharing and learning, and works flexibly and collaboratively using a matrix working approach.
We collaborate with other teams across the council and engage meaningfully with local communities, businesses, strategic authorities, investors, and developers.
We are building a reputation as an innovative, positive, proactive team that delivers excellent results.

Equal Opportunity

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 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, and 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.
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 self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme.