Urbanist, Design

About Ethos Urban

Ethos Urban is Australia’s leading national urban solutions company. We blend design, economics, social strategy, engagement and planning to create sustainable futures centred around human needs. People are at the heart of our business and projects – that is our ethos, and we believe our collective intelligence provides better solutions to complex problems.

We believe bringing collective intelligence to complex decisions delivers a better urban experience. Our towns and cities are always changing, and we know this creates choices that can make a difference to the quality of our urban living. With a total of approximately 160 staff across three offices, our people work in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities, and cities.

About The Role

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic Urban Designer to join our design team in our Sydney office. Our collaborative way of working is what makes us different. Our teams are multidisciplinary and fluid, so you will work on varied projects with a range of talented design and urban professionals – continuing to learn and share your insights for the best client outcomes.

Key responsibilities

With a passion for design and ability to build relationships with ease, your responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical and urban design expertise across the business.
• Support the delivery of high-quality graphics and documents to drive the best urban outcomes across all projects.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external teams and stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
• Research, develop and prepare visually compelling plans to convey design concepts to internal and external stakeholders.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is an individual who thrives in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment. The role would suit a recent graduate with up to three years’ experience with strong conceptual, design and presentation skills. You will be driven, proactive, results orientated with the ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve the best results.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Holds relevant tertiary qualification in Architecture or Urban Design or related degree/ discipline (essential).
• Has proven experience at a similar level or role, ideally up to 3 years.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and willingness to collaborate across all levels.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to produce high quality documentation.
• Experience working in Rhino, AutoCAD, Revit and Adobe suite (InDesign, Illustrator Photoshop). Understands the importance of delivering project outputs on time.
• Is adaptable & flexible in working across the organisation in various roles and

Why work with us?

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We continue to hire great people with a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. We encourage applicants from any background to apply to join Ethos Urban!

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide an access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For more please visit our website.

We have adopted the globally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our ESG framework. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is a clearly defined pathway to improving our world, and how business can align its goals and actions to help us all collectively get there.

As part of the Ethos Urban career development framework, all of our people have the opportunity to participate in our corporate employee led Committees alongside doing the ‘day job’. These include our Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Committee, Sustainability Committee, Reconciliation Action Plan Committee, Ethos Urban Engage, Future Leaders, Health, Safety & Wellbeing Committee and our Women’s Network.

How to apply

Interested in joining our team? We’d love to hear from you. Send a cover letter and CV to recruitment@ethosurban.com.