Glenkemp is seeking a Senior Chartered Landscape Architect

to join the practice at Director level.

 

We are offering a rare opportunity for a suitable senior landscape professional to play a defining role in the leadership and future direction of a well established landscape architecture practice with a strong regional reputation and a diverse and stimulating workload.

 

Founded in 1982, Glenkemp is one of the North East’s longest-established landscape architectural practices. Since taking over the practice in 2014, Philip Barker has led the business as sole Director and is now seeking to expand the senior leadership team in response to an increasing workload.

 

The Practice

 

Glenkemp has built a reputation for thoughtful, context-led landscape design across a wide range of sectors, often within sensitive or regionally and nationally significant settings. By deliberately remaining a small and agile practice, we provide clients with a very personal service, yet deliver work of considerable breadth and scale.

 

Recent projects within the last 3 years include:

 

• Hospice and therapeutic landscapes

 

• Solar farm planning appeals

 

• Visitor facilities for a nationally significant heritage asset

 

• Landscape masterplanning for a National Park Authority

 

• An Historic Parkland Management Plan

 

• Major residential developments

 

• A boutique hotel within a nationally important heritage setting

 

• Regeneration of a Grade II listed and locally iconic residential estate

 

• A community garden for a charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers

 

• Extra-care and specialist housing

 

• A visitor centre within a World Heritage Site

 

• A Woodland Management Plan for an historic estate landscape

 

Our work is rooted in a deep understanding of place, heritage and landscape character, combined with a pragmatic approach to delivery. We value design quality, but equally the ability to navigate planning policy and budget parameters in order to assist clients achieve sustainable outcomes.

 

 

The Opportunity

 

This role offers genuine influence and visibility within the practice. As a Director, you will share a leading role in shaping projects, developing client relationships and influencing the strategic direction of the business.

 

You will have:

 

• Shared responsibility for leading and delivering a diverse portfolio of projects

 

• The autonomy to guide design direction and project decision-making

 

• A meaningful role in developing client relationships and future workstreams

 

• The opportunity to leave a clear professional legacy within the region.

 

This is a position for someone who values independence, working within a supportive friendly team, professional trust and the ability to see their judgement and experience directly reflected in the work of the practice.

 

About You

 

We are looking for a highly experienced Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute – someone who can operate comfortably at a senior leadership level and who brings a strong track record across multiple project types and scales, with particular strength in navigating complex planning and heritage scenarios.

 

You will be:

 

• Commercially astute with experience of fee management, resourcing and client liaison

 

• Confident in report writing, offering strategic landscape advice and design leadership

 

• Comfortable balancing creative ambition with pragmatic, deliverable and environmentally sustainable solutions

 

• Driven by an empathy and understanding of the processes by which individuals and communities

engage with the environment

 

• Motivated by a role offering influence, responsibility and long-term involvement

 

Above all, this role will suit someone looking for a director-level position within a respected, design-led practice, where their experience will shape not only individual projects but the future direction of the business itself.

 

If this opportunity is of interest, contact Philip Barker for an informal, ‘in confidence’ chat.

Mobile no. 07736 825 556

Glenkemp is seeking a Senior Chartered Landscape Architect to join the practice at Director level.

 

We are offering a rare opportunity for a suitable senior landscape professional to play a defining role in the leadership and future direction of a well established landscape architecture practice with a strong regional reputation and a diverse and stimulating workload.

 

Founded in 1982, Glenkemp is one of the North East’s longest-established landscape architectural practices. Since taking over the practice in 2014, Philip Barker has led the business as sole Director and is now seeking to expand the senior leadership team in response to an increasing workload.

 

The Practice

 

Glenkemp has built a reputation for thoughtful, context-led landscape design across a wide range of sectors, often within sensitive or regionally and nationally significant settings. By deliberately remaining a small and agile practice, we provide clients with a very personal service, yet deliver work of considerable breadth and scale.

 

Recent projects within the last 3 years include:

 

• Hospice and therapeutic landscapes

 

• Solar farm planning appeals

 

• Visitor facilities for a nationally significant heritage asset

 

• Landscape masterplanning for a National Park Authority

 

• An Historic Parkland Management Plan

 

• Major residential developments

 

• A boutique hotel within a nationally important heritage setting

 

• Regeneration of a Grade II listed and locally iconic residential estate

 

• A community garden for a charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers

 

• Extra-care and specialist housing

 

• A visitor centre within a World Heritage Site

 

• A Woodland Management Plan for an historic estate landscape

 

Our work is rooted in a deep understanding of place, heritage and landscape character, combined with a pragmatic approach to delivery. We value design quality, but equally the ability to navigate planning policy and budget parameters in order to assist clients achieve sustainable outcomes.

 

 

The Opportunity

 

This role offers genuine influence and visibility within the practice. As a Director, you will share a leading role in shaping projects, developing client relationships and influencing the strategic direction of the business.

 

You will have:

 

• Shared responsibility for leading and delivering a diverse portfolio of projects

 

• The autonomy to guide design direction and project decision-making

 

• A meaningful role in developing client relationships and future workstreams

 

• The opportunity to leave a clear professional legacy within the region

 

This is a position for someone who values independence, working within a supportive friendly team, professional trust and the ability to see their judgement and experience directly reflected in the work of the practice.

 

About You

 

We are looking for a highly experienced Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute – someone who can operate comfortably at a senior leadership level and who brings a strong track record across multiple project types and scales, with particular strength in navigating complex planning and heritage scenarios.

 

You will be:

 

• Commercially astute with experience of fee management, resourcing

and client liaison

 

• Confident in report writing, offering strategic landscape advice

and design leadership

 

• Comfortable balancing creative ambition with pragmatic, deliverable

and environmentally sustainable solutions

 

• Driven by an empathy and understanding of the processes by which

individuals and communities engage with the environment

 

• Motivated by a role offering influence, responsibility and long-term

involvement

 

Above all, this role will suit someone looking for a director-level position within a respected, design-led practice, where their experience will shape not only individual projects but the future direction of the business itself.

 

If this opportunity is of interest, contact Philip Barker for an informal, ‘in confidence’ chat. Mobile no. 07736 825 556

Glenkemp is seeking a Senior Chartered Landscape Architect  to join the practice at Director level.

 

We are offering a rare opportunity for a suitable senior landscape professional to play a defining role in the leadership and future direction of a well established landscape architecture practice with a strong regional reputation and a diverse and stimulating workload.

 

Founded in 1982, Glenkemp is one of the North East’s longest-established landscape architectural practices. Since taking over the practice in 2014, Philip Barker has led the business as sole Director and is now seeking to expand the senior leadership team in response to an increasing workload.

 

The Practice

 

Glenkemp has built a reputation for thoughtful, context-led landscape design across a wide range of sectors, often within sensitive or regionally and nationally significant settings. By deliberately remaining a small and agile practice, we provide clients with a very personal service, yet deliver work of considerable breadth and scale.

 

Recent projects within the last 3 years include:

 

• Hospice and therapeutic landscapes

 

• Solar farm planning appeals

 

• Visitor facilities for a

nationally significant

heritage asset

 

• Landscape masterplanning

for a National Park Authority

 

• An Historic Parkland

Management Plan

 

• Major residential

developments

 

• A boutique hotel within a

nationally important

heritage setting

 

• Regeneration of a Grade II

listed and locally iconic

residential estate

 

• A community garden for a

charity supporting refugees

and asylum seekers

 

• Extra-care and specialist

housing

 

• A visitor centre within a

World Heritage Site

 

• A Woodland Management

Plan for an historic estate

landscape

 

Our work is rooted in a deep understanding of place, heritage and landscape character, combined with a pragmatic approach to delivery. We value design quality, but equally the ability to navigate planning policy and budget parameters in order to assist clients achieve sustainable outcomes.

 

 

The Opportunity

 

This role offers genuine influence and visibility within the practice. As a Director, you will share a leading role in shaping projects, developing client relationships and influencing the strategic direction of the business.

 

You will have:

 

• Shared responsibility for

leading and delivering a

diverse portfolio of projects

 

• The autonomy to guide

design direction and project

decision-making

 

• A meaningful role in

developing client relationships

and future workstreams

 

• The opportunity to leave a

clear professional legacy

within the region

 

This is a position for someone who values independence, working within a supportive friendly team, professional trust and the ability to see their judgement and experience directly reflected in the work of the practice.

 

About You

 

We are looking for a highly experienced Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute – someone who can operate comfortably at a senior leadership level and who brings a strong track record across multiple project types and scales, with particular strength in navigating complex planning and heritage scenarios.

 

You will be:

 

• Commercially astute with

experience of fee

management, resourcing

and client liaison

 

• Confident in report writing,

offering strategic landscape

advice and design leadership

 

• Comfortable balancing

creative ambition with

pragmatic, deliverable and

environmentally sustainable

solutions

 

• Driven by an empathy and

understanding of the

processes by which

individuals and communities

engage with the environment

 

• Motivated by a role offering

influence, responsibility and

long-term involvement

 

Above all, this role will suit someone looking for a director-level position within a respected, design-led practice, where their experience will shape not only individual projects but the future direction of the business itself.

 

If this opportunity is of interest, contact Philip Barker for an informal, ‘in confidence’ chat.

Mobile no. 07736 825 556