Senior Urban Designer (Garden Communities)

Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Grade 9 - £40,269 per annum, rising to £41,592 - 24 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment

As one of England’s newest cities, Chelmsford is already growing significantly and there are exciting plans for that to continue over the next 25 years and beyond. The City Council will be instrumental in this change by shaping new development through our development management and long-term strategic planning roles. With a high quality of life, a diverse and successful economy, a vibrant city centre with some of the best schools in the country all surrounded by attractive countryside, Chelmsford is a great place to live, work and enjoy.

Chelmsford Garden Community (CGC) allocated in our newly adopted Local Plan is already delivering with 1,500 homes, Essex’s first all-through school and community and commercial development built. Over the next 25 years, CGC will deliver over 10,000 new homes, significant new employment, mobility hubs, further secondary and primary schools and a wide range of community facilities. Inspired by the TCPA Garden City Principles. The award-winning Beaulieu and Channels neighbourhoods are the first phases of CGC under construction and Government funding has been secured and planning permissions in place for a new bypass and rail station, to also serve CGC.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the City Council’s Sustainable Communities Directorate for a Senior Urban Designer to work within the new Garden Communities team to provide proactive urban design and placemaking advice to guide and help drive forward and influence a nationally important strategic new development.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of dealing with a wide range of urban design, masterplanning and placemaking work. CGC will be a high-quality development and this role is within a new multi-disciplinary team of planners and other built environment professionals.


Educated with a relevant degree in urban design or related discipline with membership, or eligibility to be a member of relevant professional body such the Urban Design Group, Royal Town Planning Institute or Royal Institute of British Architects is desirable. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and the ability to analyse, interpret and present often complex information in a clear and concise manner.

The post is full-time, working 37 hours a week and based at the Civic Centre in Chelmsford with opportunities for hybrid and remote working.

If you wish to apply on a part time or job share basis, please note this on your application, along with the days/hours you are able to work. Please note that part time roles would need to be worked over full days and no shorter days can be offered.  Part time or job share employment offers would be subject to the Council being able to find sufficient numbers of suitable candidates to fill the role/s on a full-time basis.

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.

For the job application pack please follow the Apply on Line link.

Senior Urban Designer (Garden Communities) Job Listing Urban Design Group
Closing Date
Tuesday 31 May 2022