Registered Architect at Beehive Centre for Social Enterprise

Beehive Centre for Social Enterprise is dedicated to transforming lives and communities through innovative and sustainable social enterprises. We create opportunities, foster entrepreneurship, and delivering impactful solutions to address the socio-economic challenges in Malawi. With a staff of 597, we run schools, businesses, farms and a construction enterprise.

We are looking for a:

REGISTERED ARCHITECT

Key Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the architectural design, coordination and management of various Beehive Construction projects from concept stage through to completion, and ensuring that projects are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Signing-off Architectural designs for submission to the relevant government authorities, for approval, and ensuring that formal permissions / approvals for each built project are received and documented, within the required timeframes
• Ensuring that architectural design outputs are compliant with local building codes and laws
• Working closely with Project Engineers, in both Malawi and the UK, to ensure that structural documents issued for use on-site are fully-coordinated with architectural intent
• Working closely with the Construction Manager and Local Site Engineers in Malawi to review, check and assess structures and details being constructed on-site against issued design documents and specifications
• Liaising with various design Consultants, in both Malawi and the UK, to ensure that the Client’s brief is achieved, in design-terms
• Liaising with various external technical Consultants, in both Malawi and the UK, to ensure that building services are fully coordinated with architectural and engineering intent
• Liaising with staff and sub-contractors working on-site to ensure that information issued and being built-from is correct and up-to-date
• Assisting in preparing budgets and programmes for construction projects
• Mentoring and training Architectural Assistants so that drawing production is efficiently and correctly delivered
• Communicating regularly with the Directors and Funders in the UK, ensuring that they are aware of project design and construction progress

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Up-to-Date Registration with the Malawi Board of Architects
• Member of the Malawi Institute of Architects
• MSCE
• Degree in Architecture (or similar)
• Masters in Architecture (or similar)
• Professional Architectural Examination certificate (or similar)
• Minimum 5 years professional experience as a working Architect / Architectural Assistant in Malawi
• Strong understanding of construction methods and processes in Malawi
• Self-motivated and results orientated
• Organised, reliable and punctual
• Excellent management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Team player with exceptional interpersonal skills
• Passion for social enterprise, and commitment to making a positive impact

Method Of Application

If you are ready to make a difference and drive construction excellence in a dynamic social enterprise, we want to hear from you! Please send your CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Registered Architect Application – [Your Name]’

Application Deadline:

Friday, 20th September 2024