Director of Architecture

• Developing and maintaining positive professional relations whenever dealing with current and prospective Clients.
• Actively participating with marketing and business development activities as requested, including coordination of technical and financial inputs.
• Ensuring execution of projects with the best outcome in terms of Client satisfaction and Company returns through appropriate selection, assignment, utilization and management of architectural staff.
• Planning, leading, organizing and controlling operations of the Architecture Department to ensure project execution in accordance with agreed project plans established by the designated Project Manager for the project.
• Providing design guidance and technical oversight to the Architecture Staff engaged in design and documentation of projects, in support of the designated Project Manager for project.
• Ensuring implementation of project specific quality assurance and control procedures to ensure all product produced by the Architecture Department meets high international standards.
• Alerting the Managing Director and or the Operations Principal of any situation under the responsibility of the Architecture Department Head likely to prevent a project from achieving targets in Client satisfaction, on time delivery or internal budgets.
• Ensuring all Architecture Staff understand and apply all Company policies and procedures.
• Liaising and coordinate with the other Departments and Divisions for project support.
• Developing mutual respect of staff, maintains staff morale and discipline and with the Technical Leader, identifies any training requirements.
• Providing leadership in the exchange of knowledge relating to best, current international practice and in identification and analysis of new technology and trends in the field of Architecture.
• Establishing and maintaining controls for utilization and productivity of the Architecture Staff in conjunction with senior Department staff; reports to the Managing Director and Operations Principal on surplus or demands and make recommendations regarding the recruitment of or reduction in Architecture staff.
• Responsible for the recruitment activities through review of applications and CVs, discusses and agree course of action with Operations Principal, conducts interviews and report to Managing Director.
• Monitoring the technical and professional capabilities and competencies of all staff within the Architecture Department, recommend course for action to improve individual and group capabilities.
• Considering abilities of the senior Staff to manage within project and the Department office environments and recommend course for action to improve management capabilities.