Studio: Urban Design
Location: Lucknow
Experience: 5+ Years
About Jana Urban Space Foundation
Established in 2007, Jana Urban Space Foundation (Jana USP) is a Professional Services Social Enterprise (PSSE), delivering transformational, world-class work on the spatial dimension of cities. Jana USP’s work is focused primarily on practice – the execution of projects that deliver this transformational experience on-the-ground. Such practice work is carried out in three studios: Urban Planning; Urban Design; and Inclusive Architecture. Over the years, Jana USP has also taken up several policy and reforms initiatives, related to spatial aspects of Urban Planning and Urban Design of Indian cities, with a view to address many policy, institutional and operational bottlenecks in these areas. Jana USP is a not-for-profit entity.
JanaUSP is part of the JANA Group – one of India’s best-known groups of not-for-profit institutions working towards the mission of fixing India’s cities. Swati Ramanathan and Ramesh Ramanathan co-founded Jana Group in 2001 and it presently works across citizen participation and city governance reforms (through Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy), city planning and design (through Jana Urban Space Foundation), municipal consulting services (through Jana Urban Services for Transformation Pvt. Ltd.), banking and financial services for the urban poor (through Jana Small Finance Bank) and affordable housing for the urban poor (through Janaadhar).
Our projects in the Urban Design space include
- Junction improvements across different cities in India, with a focus on pedestrian and NMT priority and creating landmark intersections.
- Street design across different scales including design, execution, project monitoring as well as focus on capacity building and stakeholder engagement.
- Waterfront masterplan and guidelines focusing on climate resilience and incorporating green infrastructure techniques to create memorable waterfront public spaces.
- Affordable housing projects and community based architectural projects.
We are looking for a passionate and quick-thinking urban designer based out of Lucknow with experience in street design execution and implementation for our work with URIDA, the Urban Road Infrastructure Development Agency in Uttar Pradesh, India. The role involves managing urban road construction schemes, including the implementation of CM GRIDS (Urban). The selected designer will contribute to safe, sustainable, and inclusive road infrastructure for all users, with a focus on pedestrians. Under URIDA’s scheme, roads are evaluated based on criteria, and eligible roads are included in the work plan.
What will the Senior Urban Designer really do?
- Coordinating between key stakeholders & maintaining clear / crisp communication channels between various stakeholders.
• To coordinate collaborative capacities of the local government, international and national organizations
• To understand the requirements of department / state government and stakeholder ensuring implementation of key projects.
• Training & capacity building to ULB Officials, Consultants, Contractors & other related personals related to Project preparation, execution, operation, management & maintenance with the help of team members.
• Development of Guidelines, policies, SoPs and other related documents related to project.
• Evaluate working drawing and design strategies as per urban standard.
• Development of Model DPRs, Template and other related documents (Templates of cross sections etc.) work to support ULBs for development of Road DPRs and Guidance to the ULBs about on-site solution on case base.
• Review and updating of Urban Road Directory and its related details with the support of other team members.
• Any other work related to Urban Design assigned by Authority.
• Regular site visits to partner cities to assist with design and construction related work.
• Troubleshooting during construction phase
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum 10 Years’ experience in Urban Road / Integrated Road development and related project
- Graduate degree in Architecture / Urban Design
- Post Graduate Degree in Urban Design
- Should have previous street / public space design and construction experience.
- Software Skills: Autocad, Adobe suite and MS Office
What competencies does it take to be Senior Urban Designer?
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Good graphic sense
- Okay with operating in ambiguous and fast – paced situations
- Determination to see the work through
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams
Remuneration
JanaUSP is an equal opportunity employer and offers a highly dynamic and enabling work environment. We provide competitive remuneration commensurate with relevant experience skill-sets and background.
This position is based out of Lucknow
Please write to us with your CV and portfolio, along with a link to your updated LinkedIn profile at work@janausp.org with “Senior Urban Designer_ URIDA <your name>” in the subject line.