Senior Landscape Architect

About the role

Why This Role Matters Schoolyards are where students play, learn outdoors, and find shade on hot days. As Senior Landscape Architect for the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest public school district, you will lead the Landscape Unit and shape the landscape, greening, and site improvement work delivered across District campuses. You will serve as Landscape Architect of Record for District-designed projects, direct in-house staff and consultant design teams, and work directly with principals, teachers, parent groups, and community partners. The outdoor spaces you design and approve will serve students and neighborhoods for decades.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Landscape Unit – Oversee the staff, projects, programs, and activities of the Landscape Unit, providing professional leadership, technical direction, and guidance in the planning, design, development, and implementation of landscape architecture and greening projects.
• Provide technical direction and professional oversight to consultant landscape architects and other design professionals on District landscape architecture, greening, irrigation, grading, and related projects.
• Direct and supervise the