Designation: Advanced Associate – Urban Design
Studio: Urban Design Studio
Location: Bangalore
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 Bengaluru with experience in street design execution and implementation. The role offers an opportunity to design and execute urban design projects across India in order to transform and create vibrant public spaces
What will the Advance Associate – Urban Design really do?
- To work with the team– in creating reports, presentations, concept designs, working drawings and BOQs
- Active participation in design discussions with clear articulation of ideas.
- Preparing detailed drawings
- Working on photo montages, and 3D / SketchUp images
- Writing reports, efficient documentation and organization of data
- Interacting with government and other related agencies
- Ability to travel for Site visits and analysis
Qualifications and Experience
- Masters in urban design is a plus. Bachelor Degree in Architecture is compulsory
- Experience in Street Design Execution
- Professional work experience 5+ years in the field of urban design and architecture
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, SketchUp and or other 3D soft wares
- Strong preference for those engaging with senior stakeholders in government /civil society/ industry.
What competencies does it take to be Advance Associate – Urban Design?
- 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
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 Bengaluru
Please write to us with your CV and portfolio, along with a link to your updated LinkedIn profile at work@janausp.org with “Advance Associate – Urban Design_Bengaluru_<your name>” in the subject line.