Architect - Conservation Architecture - Oxford
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Occupation Type
Architects
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£47,600
(£24.41 per hour)
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Description
Reporting to: Senior Architect / Associate / Associate Director
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Role Summary:
For over 65 years, Donald Insall Associates has been working with the past to unlock opportunities within the historic environment. We set the standard for what heritage can be.
In our growing Oxford studio, you’ll be leading architectural projects with responsibility for quality, financial performance, and delivery. Whilst managing project teams you’ll actively develop colleagues' capabilities, and cultivate key client relationships. This role requires strategic thinking, strong commercial acumen, and a focus on achieving results through effective project and team management within our expert conservation practice.
We offer competitive industry-benchmarked salaries, a profit-share bonus, private healthcare, pension, holiday starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays) which increases with tenure, paid professional fees, relevant accreditations, payment of a further journal subscription, numerous annual training days, an individual CPD allowance, an internal CPD programme, and other benefits.
What you’ll be doing:
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Role Summary:
For over 65 years, Donald Insall Associates has been working with the past to unlock opportunities within the historic environment. We set the standard for what heritage can be.
In our growing Oxford studio, you’ll be leading architectural projects with responsibility for quality, financial performance, and delivery. Whilst managing project teams you’ll actively develop colleagues' capabilities, and cultivate key client relationships. This role requires strategic thinking, strong commercial acumen, and a focus on achieving results through effective project and team management within our expert conservation practice.
We offer competitive industry-benchmarked salaries, a profit-share bonus, private healthcare, pension, holiday starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays) which increases with tenure, paid professional fees, relevant accreditations, payment of a further journal subscription, numerous annual training days, an individual CPD allowance, an internal CPD programme, and other benefits.
What you’ll be doing:
- Plan, organise, and execute accurate, high-quality, readable drawings throughout projects, primarily through own production (Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe CS).
- Produce clear, concise, and technically sound specifications, reports, and other documentation adhering to practice QA/EM systems and standards.
- Facilitate and maintain effective communication flow between office, client, consultants, contractors, and site, ensuring necessary follow-up actions.
- Apply sound knowledge of UK planning and building legislation to project work, including responsibility for preparing and submitting relevant applications/permissions.
- Contribute effectively across RIBA work stages, producing planning information, building regulations packages, working drawings, and tender packages.
- Attend site meetings, carry out site inspections, comment on work quality, and assist with contract administration duties. Carry out surveys accurately.
- Have awareness of the roles of Contract Administrator (CA), CDM Principal Designer (CDM PD) and Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD), under the supervision of others.
- Maintains up-to-date H&S competency such as through RIBA H&S test or CSCS card
- ARB Registered Architect, typically with 1-4 years post-qualification experience demonstrating growing capability.
- Demonstrable interest and developing experience in conservation, historic buildings, new design in historic contexts, and understanding the climate emergency context.
- First-rate design and technical skills; strong ability to produce and understand detailed technical packages (drawn and written).
- Professionally Accountable & Quality-Focused.
- Technically Competent & Detail-Oriented.
- Collaborative & Client-Aware.
- Proactive Problem-Solver & Self-Starter.
Donald Insall Associates is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.