Senior Landscape Architect - Landscape Architecture Job in Winchester - Up To £50,000

Chartered Landscape Architect, varied residential, public realm and education projects, CMLI qualification essential, strong planting and project management expertise.

Job Summary

Senior Landscape Architect job Winchester. An opportunity has arisen for a Chartered Landscape Architect to join an established landscape design consultancy in Winchester. This Landscape Architecture position offers a hands-on senior role combining technical landscape design, planting expertise and project management across varied projects. The successful candidate will take responsibility for both the design and management of landscape schemes, contributing throughout project delivery rather than focusing exclusively on design.

You will need broad landscape architecture experience across different project types, alongside the confidence to coordinate projects and manage their progression. Strong planting knowledge and effective project management skills are central to this position. Applicants must hold CMLI chartership, possess a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.

About the Company

Our client is a landscape architecture and design consultancy based in Winchester, Hampshire. The practice undertakes landscape design projects requiring a combination of technical knowledge, planting expertise and project management. Its work calls for professionals who can contribute across different project types and take responsibility beyond the initial design stages.

The successful candidate will join a team where practical project delivery is an important part of the senior landscape architect’s role. The employer is particularly interested in individuals with a broad professional background rather than experience limited to one project sector.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage landscape architecture projects, taking responsibility for project coordination alongside technical landscape design and delivery
• Develop landscape design proposals while applying strong planting knowledge to a variety of project requirements
• Combine hands-on technical design work with project management responsibilities throughout different stages of landscape projects
• Coordinate landscape project activities, ensuring design requirements and project management responsibilities are effectively addressed
• Apply practical planting expertise when developing and managing landscape proposals across different project types
• Contribute to the delivery of varied landscape architecture schemes, using experience gained across multiple project sectors
• Take a hands-on approach to managing projects rather than focusing exclusively on landscape design responsibilities

Skills & Experience Required

• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI), with the professional qualification essential for this position
• Broad landscape architecture experience gained across different project types rather than one specialist sector
• Strong project management experience, with the ability to take responsibility for coordinating landscape architecture projects
• Excellent planting knowledge and the confidence to apply this expertise across varied landscape design schemes
• Strong technical landscape design expertise combined with practical experience managing projects through different stages
• Ability to balance hands-on design responsibilities with effective project management and project delivery requirements
• A full UK driving licence and access to your own car are essential requirements

Salary & Benefits

• Salary £45,000 – £50,000
• 24 days annual leave
• Pension contributions of up to 5% employer and 3% employee
• 37.5-hour working week
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Who Is This Role Ideal For?

This position would suit a Chartered Landscape Architect who enjoys combining technical landscape design with hands-on project management. The employer is seeking someone with broad experience across different landscape project types and strong planting knowledge. You should be comfortable taking ownership of project management responsibilities rather than concentrating solely on design production.

The opportunity is particularly relevant for an experienced landscape architect who can contribute technical expertise while coordinating projects through their delivery stages. CMLI chartership is essential, as is a full UK driving licence and access to your own car.

About Hunter Dunning

Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long-term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market.

We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles. We offer informed and confidential discussions for both clients and candidates and welcome conversations about this opportunity and your wider career plans within the built environment.

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Senior Landscape Architect job in Winchester – Your Property Recruitment Specialists ( Job Ref:1373853 )