Senior Architectural Assistant - fixed term until 15/10/2027
Waverley Court
Salary: £39,129 - £46,023
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
Additional benefits of working with City of Edinburgh Council include:
* Excellent Career Average Salary Pension
* Flexible/Hybrid Working supporting a good work life balance
* Flexible Core Hours (through agreement)
* Local diverse and interesting projects
The Council is looking to recruit a dynamic, client focused, personable and technically strong Senior Architectural Assistant with a drive to deliver sustainable design solutions. You will be part of The Strategic Asset partnership Team within the councils Strategic Asset Planning Service. You will be working on a wide and complex variety of predominantly refurbishment projects, covering the Council's operational property estate. This will include educational buildings, libraries, depots, offices, care facilities and other public facilities across the City of Edinburgh.
You should be HNC/HND qualified in Architectural Design and hold a minimum associate membership or working toward full membership of a related professional body such as CIAT Having a degree qualification would also be of benefit.
Preferably you should also have some post qualification experience in architectural design and project/contract management, as well as an ability of working as part of a professional design team. Experience and working knowledge in REVIT, AutoCAD, would be advantageous. You should have good communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to present well as a representative of the Council. You should be able to manage your time effectively within the constraints of project budgets. Having a valid CSCS card would be desirable.
There will be a focus on assessing and implementing accessibility and equality improvements within our buildings, therefore experience and knowledge of 'The Equalities Act 2010' and current 'Building (Scotland) Regulations: non-domestic is essential.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page ; target="_blank"> Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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