Description

Description

About Us
At P+HS Architects, our passion lies in creating spaces that enhance people’s lives. For over 40 years, we’ve brought energy, enthusiasm, and expertise to every project we undertake, whatever the scale or sector.

Our primary expertise is in designing for people, with a particular focus on the residential and healthcare sectors. Our work includes affordable housing, private homes, specialist living for older adults, acute healthcare, integrated care, and mental health environments.

We champion accessible routes into architecture, run STEAM outreach initiatives to promote diversity in the profession, and donate our time and expertise to local charities. Health and wellbeing are central to our practice.

We’re an ambitious and growing practice constantly challenging ourselves to seek personal and professional growth. Our commitment to enhancing people’s lives extends to our employees creating a great place to work, with employee development at our heart, supporting our team to grow rewarding careers while delivering work they care about.

About the Role
The Social Value and Sustainability Lead will be responsible for driving the Practice’s sustainability, environmental, and social value agenda, ensuring these principles are embedded into projects, business operations, and the wider Practice strategy.

The role will provide expertise, and support to project teams to improve environmental performance, deliver meaningful social value outcomes, and ensure the Practice continues to lead on sustainable design.
The role will also support business development activities by providing sustainability and social value expertise for bids, tenders, and framework submissions. This will include interpreting client requirements, aligning responses with sustainability expectations and evaluation criteria, developing compelling evidence based narratives, and ensuring commitments made through bids are deliverable and aligned with the Practice’s capabilities and strategic objectives.

The role will also be responsible for capturing learning from completed projects through post-occupancy evaluations and feedback, using this insight to improve future design decisions, project delivery, bid responses, and the Practice’s sustainability approach.
Requirements

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience leading sustainability initiatives within an architecture, built environment, or design practice.
• Strong understanding of sustainable design principles, building performance, carbon reduction, and environmental assessment methodologies.
• Experience delivering sustainability strategies and advising project teams from concept through to completion.
• Ability to analyse data, identify insights, and translate findings into practical improvements.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence architects, clients, consultants, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience developing social value strategies and demonstrating positive outcomes through projects.

Qualities and Attributes

• Passionate about sustainability, social value, and improving the built environment.
• Able to influence and inspire others to adopt more sustainable ways of working.
• Comfortable challenging existing approaches and encouraging continuous improvement.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with practical project delivery.
• Takes ownership and drives initiatives through to completion.
• Committed to sharing knowledge and developing sustainability capability across teams.
• Responds positively to changing priorities, project requirements, and business needs.