Job Description

Directorate: Housing Regeneration and Operations

Section: Transport Policy and Planning

Location: Regent Centre

Grade: Level 14

Salary: 49,764 - 52,805

Hours: 37 - Full Time

This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking a talented and driven Team Manager: Landscape Architecture to lead our dedicated team in delivering innovative, high-quality public realm projects that transform the face of our city.

This is a rare opportunity to take charge of a specialist in-house team, working on a dynamic portfolio of regeneration and place-shaping projects--ranging from capital public realm investments to cutting-edge masterplans and strategic planning advice.

As Team Manager, you'll play a pivotal rolein setting design direction, delivering technical excellence, and ensuring the city's public spaces reflect the needs and aspirations of our communities.

You'll manage and develop a team of Senior Landscape Architects, providing leadership on everything from site evaluation and design strategy to contract management and performance improvement.

Your input will influence major schemes, funding bids, planning applications, and long-term city visioning.

You'll be a key voice in shaping sustainable, inclusive and accessible places--bringing together technical expertise, creative insight and strategic thinking.

This is more than a management role--it's a chance to make a lasting impact on a city with ambition.

If you thrive on collaboration, innovation and delivering real change through landscape architecture, we want to hear from you.

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this - we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.

To Apply

- please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email or call us on 01782 238189.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 49,764.00-52,805.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 11/08/2025
Reference ID: 0000024815