Architect | Transition By Design | Oxford
Opportunity for an architect to join a unique Architecture Co-operative based in Oxford
Basic details
Hours: 30-37.5 hours per week (4-5 days)
Salary: £34,100 – £42,400 pro rata (subject to experience refer to working at T/D below)*
Contract: Permanent
Opens: Friday 9th February 2024
Closes: Monday 4th March 2024 (09:00 am)
Interviews: Week of Monday 18th March 2024
Start date: from Monday 8th April 2024
Transition by Design (T/D) is an Oxford-based architecture practice, workers’ cooperative and community interest company (CIC) founded in 2011. We offer varied expertise from community-led housing to Passivhaus design, urban design and participatory design.
Our work is motivated by the belief that collaboration combined with good design can solve complex problems and improve the world we live in. As an interdisciplinary co-operative, we have access to a range of skill sets that can unlock solutions to complex problems. We’re passionate about using these skills to make the world a better place by design.
Architect
Transition by Design (T/D) is recruiting an experienced architect to join its studio in Oxford. We are seeking an individual who has:
Essential skills:
A Chartered Architect, ARB registered, or highly experienced and capable Part 2 or Part 3 candidate (5 years minimum post part 2)
Experience and accountability working in the UK as a project architect from Work Stages 0-7
High level of competency and experience (2 years minimum experience running your own projects and 5 years professional practice, ideally in community-led housing/residential, new-build and/or retrofit)
Strong project management skills: able to manage small teams; deliver on time and profitably
Assist in managing the coops resourcing and project fees
Maintain and develop the office’s professional obligations
Lead the CDM role function within the cooperative
Experience in responding to tender and bid opportunities
Desirable skills:
Technical knowledge of low energy and ecological design and able to produce planning, tender and construction drawing packages
Experience in community engagement and participatory urban design through workshop delivery and design engagement
Passivhaus certified designer and/or PAS2035
Strong drawing and representational skills
Highly experienced with ArchiCAD and representation software
High level of proficiency in using Adobe Creative Suite, including Indesign, specifically
An interest in learning and development and becoming the CPD lead in the cooperative to ensure that coop members are supported in this aspect.
Knowledge of, or interest in, co-operative organisational structures
An entrepreneurial approach to architectural practice
A healthy interest in or experience of social or environmental activism
Experience of needs-based communication or similar
Working at T/D
As a cooperative, we strive to ensure we have a supportive and engaging work environment. Here is a taste of how we work at Transition by Design:
We value each other’s contributions as a cooperative, and we place a high priority on well-being and thriving at work. We offer benefits such as a wellbeing budget, dependent leave and a training budget.
We offer membership to employees once they have passed their probation, meaning you can have a say in the decision-making and functioning of the cooperative.
Your week-to-week can be dynamic within the cooperative. We take a range of approaches to addressing design, systemic and societal issues around architecture and housing: designing low-carbon housing, influencing retrofit strategies at a policy level, participatory workshop delivery, engaging communities in designing community-led housing, technical detailing, etc.
*We use years of experience to place you within one of our pay bands, cost of living (depending on where you are primarily resident) and year at T/D as a calculation for your wage. Years of experience include all relevant work experience, time spent caring for dependents or limited capacity to work due to health-related factors.
We have developed a pay system which aims to meet individual needs, overall financial capacity, systemic needs (e.g. mission, future team members, responsibility to the wider world), as well as pre-existing social security structures and various legal regulations. Feel free to enquire about this during the application process.
We are proud to be black-led and have a 50/50 gender balance. We have an inclusive and transparent recruitment policy. We encourage all to apply, but in particular, candidates from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds.
How to Apply
View the full job description online here
Download the full Job Pack here
Please apply via the online Application Form.
Please complete our Equal Opportunities form here.
No personal information will be seen by anyone involved in the interview process. The equality form will only be used to improve our recruitment processes. See the forms for more information on how your data will be held and used.
Interviews are held over Zoom (If a virtual interview is not possible, please let us know).
If you have any questions, please email recruitment@transitionbydesign.org
The deadline for applications is 09:00 am on Monday 4th March 2024.
The above equalities form is optional and anonymous. They will not be used during the interview process, and the results will be stored on a confidential and secure system, which only the HR lead can access. Gathering this information helps Transition by Design maintain a diverse and relevant set of voices and approaches to the built environment.