Job Description

Job Title:

Live Works Project Officer

Posting Start Date:

17/04/2025

Job Id:

898

School/Department:

Architecture & Landscape

Work Arrangement:

Part Time (On site)

Contract Type:

Fixed-term

Salary per annum ():

38,249 -46,735

Closing Date:

09/05/2025
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.


We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Overview

Live Works is the School of Architecture and Landscape's 'urban room' and project office. Live Works engages local people in the past, present and future of the city, and supports community-led regeneration of the city's buildings, streets and neighbourhoods. We provide design services to community, public and voluntary organisations on socially-engaged projects. We also deliver participatory research activities in collaboration with academics across the University of Sheffield. We specialise in engaging diverse communities in place shaping, through the use of creative tools to develop design proposals that are sustainable and locally meaningful.

As Live Works Project Officer, you will get the opportunity to develop your skills in participatory practice and socially-engaged design, collaborate with a wide range of civic and community organisations, and enhance your employability through the delivery of projects that will make a real difference to our region and its communities.

Live Works has several projects to deliver in Sheffield and the city region over the next 8 months. The role is to work with the Live Works team to deliver these projects that include the delivery of high quality community engagement activities and architectural design.

The experience gained in this role could contribute towards ARB/RIBA Part 2 Practical Experience.

Main duties and responsibilities

Work with the Live Works team and civic stakeholders to develop high quality architectural designs that embed sustainability and social value. You will ace as a recognised source of expertise, providing advice and support to others.

Working with customers, other services, and external agencies, as well as attending external meetings and liaising with external contacts.

Liaise closely with Live Works team, other academics, staff and students involved in the delivery of projects. You will be required to undertake short-term project management within your own area/section or contribute as part of larger department-wide project teams, to support the achievements of project objectives.

Attend and Contribute to the organisation of project meetings and delivery of presentations and participant workshops.

Use your skills to assess and organise resources, and plan and progress work activities, projects, and changes within your own area of work, etc over the short-medium term; using initiative and judgement.

Assist in the writing of the project website/blog, newsletters, reports and scholarly publications. Well-developed written and verbal reporting skills are required, including presenting results via briefings, presentations, or written reports

Fulfil reporting requirements in line with project needs.

Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.

Person Specification

Our diverse community of staff and students recognises the unique abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs of all. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and is respected. Even if your past experience doesn't match perfectly with this role's criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

Essential criteria

Masters level qualification in architecture or higher (assessed at: application)

Experience in participatory and socially engaged architecture practice (assessed at: interview)

Experience in participatory projects with external partners and local communities (assessed at: interview)

The ability to produce high quality architectural design that is founded on principles of sustainability, social value and co-production (assessed at: application & interview)

The ability to communicate design ideas to a wide variety of audiences - verbally, in writing and through drawings (assessed at: application & interview)

Good IT and graphic communication skills e.g. Google and Adobe suites (assessed at: application & interview)

The ability to work independently as well as part of a team (assessed at: interview)

The ability to assess and organise resources and plan and progress work activities (assessed at: interview)

The ability to work and deliver to tight timescales and manage own time (assessed at: interview)

Desirable criteria

Graduate of the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield (assessed at: application & interview)

Experience of curating and organising community engagement events and activities - (assessed at: interview)

We are a research university with a global reputation for excellence. Our ideas and expertise change the world for the better, making a real difference to society. We know that when people come together with different views, approaches and insights it can lead to richer, more creative and innovative teaching and research and the highest levels of student experience. Our University Vision (www.sheffield.ac.uk/vision) outlines our commitment to building a diverse community of staff and students that recognises and values the abilities, backgrounds, beliefs and ways of living for everyone.