The London School of Architecture is seeking a Programme Lead to oversee the new Practice Support Programme. In alignment with the Greater London Authority’s Good Growth by Design Forward Plan (2022), you will be responsible for ensuring the programme achieves the following objectives:
Grow
- Grow the capacity and professional networks of practitioners and practices led by people from underrepresented groups, helping them to play a more active role in designing and shaping projects in London.
Build
- Establish a cohort of emerging and established practices that would undertake shared research, learning, and skills-sharing and foster feedback loops.
Respond
- Target the barriers associated with setting up by supporting practices led by people from underrepresented groups to broaden their networks, skills, experience, and practice portfolio to enable them to bid for public work successfully.
To do this, you will:
- Lead on the recruitment and onboarding of the participating practices.
- Lead on developing and delivering the pilot programme, launching in January 2025, testing ideas and understanding where the needs are to enable us to target support.
- Lead on the development of the programme curriculum.
- Lead on developing networks within the industry and identifying mentors for the programme.
- Work with LSA colleagues to implement marketing, PR, and communications strategies.
- Design and implement evaluation frameworks.
- Generate additional income from third-party funders.
- Liaise with the programme’s Advisory Board, arranging meetings and setting agendas.
- Liaise with the programme’s Working Group, arranging meetings and setting agendas.
- Work in collaboration with the LSA’s Finance Manager to ensure the programme operates within budget, and all grant funding is disbursed.
