Landscape Management Consultants

Stephenson Halliday; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in the UK seeks Landscape Managers at various levels to join their team. This full-time role involves managing landscapes, preparing management plans, and providing solutions to site issues. Ideal candidates will have a background in landscape management and excellent report writing skills, with opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Life assurance

Flexible benefits programme

Payment of professional memberships

Access to training courses

Qualifications

• Experience in managing open spaces, parks, gardens, and historic landscapes.
• Availability to work away from home as required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct open space and green infrastructure strategies.
• Prepare landscape and ecological management plans.
• Lead and mentor staff in professional development.

Skills

Landscape management consultancy

Excellent report writing

Team leadership

Education

Postgraduate or Masters in a landscape-related course

Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI)

Job description

Overview

Stephenson Halliday, part of RSK Group, is looking for ambitious and driven Landscape Managers at various levels to join our growing team. These are full‑time permanent roles, but we would consider part‑time opportunities. We offer exciting career opportunities in various locations, including our offices in Hemel Hempstead, London, Tonbridge, Bristol, Bath, and Exeter, and we are also open to hybrid/remote working for the right candidates.

We are looking for applicants who have experience in ensuring that a variety of landscapes can be effectively managed and maintained over time. This includes assessing the characteristics, history and potential of landscapes; preparing management plans and strategies, including biodiversity net gain; advising on designs and plans for developments; and providing management‑based solutions to site issues, including the assessment, analysis and resolution of practical landscape issues.

You will be joining a highly regarded and award‑winning landscape planning, design and management team that has an extensive and enviable track record of providing services to projects at all scales, from Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects to local‑scale development. We draw on knowledge from Building with Nature Approved Assessors and qualified Green Flag Award judges to enhance green infrastructure and the built environment.

Key Responsibilities (All Levels)

• Conduct and coordinate open space/green infrastructure strategies, site assessments and audits.
• Advise on management and maintenance considerations in respect of designs and proposals.
• Prepare and implement landscape and ecological management plans, with a knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain requirements.
• Prepare and implement invasive species management plans.
• Prepare and implement historic landscapes/estate management plans.
• Advise on compliance with relevant policy, legislation, good practice and relevant standards.

Key Responsibilities (Principal and Above)

• Lead and innovate: take professional lead in landscape management, guiding and mentoring staff through their professional development. Ensure the retention and growth of technical expertise within the team, fostering an environment of continuous learning and innovation.
• Collaborate and grow: work closely with our Landscape Planning, Landscape Design, Town & Mineral Planning and EIA leads to expand our portfolio in differing sectors across the UK. Build on our stellar reputation for high-quality Planning, EIA, and Landscape services. This role involves driving the growth of our project pipeline, nurturing client relationships, managing resources, and ensuring the delivery of top‑tier work through collaboration across Stephenson Halliday and the broader RSK Group.
• Inspire and lead technically: provide technical leadership within your specialty, setting the standard for methodologies and approaches. Inspire your team by promoting excellence, encouraging rigorous review and innovation, and maintaining the highest quality standards.

Person Specification

• Experience of landscape management consultancy and/or onsite implementation / landscape clerk of works across a range of project types such as open space, parks & gardens, historic landscapes & estates, and infrastructure projects (e.g. minerals, property, renewable energy, energy distribution & transmission, transport).
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Driving licence.
• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute CMLI (preferred).
• Postgraduate or Masters in a landscape‑related course (preferred).
• Availability to work away from home as required.

Salary And Benefits

• £27,000 – £55,000 DOE
• Life assurance.
• A flexible benefits programme, including the option to buy additional holidays, a health cash plan and discounted gym membership.
• Payment of professional memberships.
• Structured support for your career and professional/technical development, including access to a wide variety of training courses through our online learning portal.

More Detailed Job Description Attached

RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or secondary agencies.

About Us

As a team of experienced planning and landscape directors, landscape architects, chartered planners, graphics specialists, and practice managers, our mission is to provide effective and sustainable planning and landscape architecture solutions to assist clients in realising their development aspirations. Founded in 2001 and now operating across the UK and Ireland, we work across the energy, infrastructure, minerals, waste, and built and rural development sectors. Our employees get to work on a variety of exciting projects that help move development forward.

Stephenson Halliday is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds and experiences. We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.

Seniority Level

• Entry level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer.