Stopford House and Hybrid minimum expectation is that three days per week will be spent in the office.
Application Deadline: 10th April 2026 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 13th to 17th April 2026
Interview Date: 22nd April 2026
Target Start Date: 3rd August 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face
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Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025
Your Role
Stockport Council are recruiting an Architectural Assistant to work within the Design and Technical Service, which is part of the Estate and Asset Management Team.
Please complete the application form as well as uploading your CV and portfolio (max 2 pages A4 - to include samples of work). Please include a passage about yourself as well as your work history, details of your RIBA Part qualification and your reasons for applying for this role in the Additional Information section of the form.
We have a large visionary programme of capital developments across the borough covering our Education, Leisure, Corporate and Commercial portfolio.
This is a unique role, in that it will provide you with the opportunity to work across a wide range of projects at all RIBA stages, combining feasibility work with project and design management. You will join a team of three existing Architects as well as engineers, quantity surveyors, project managers and building surveys, and will gain a huge amount of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment and on a vast array of projects.
About You
You will support stakeholders through the Council by providing advice on design and construction matters. You will work as a critical friend to external design teams to drive the best in projects.
About Us
In return, you will benefit from a competitive salary, flexible working including time off in lieu, with a genuine commitment to a healthy work life balance and a range of added benefits. Most significantly you will work on projects that will make a real and lasting difference to the people of Stockport.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Rachel Taylor on rachel.taylor@stockport.gov.uk or 07356121329 for an informal discussion about the role.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
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