Description Location: Podium. London Contract type: 12 months Fixed term Contract. Candidates must be undergraduate students in a sandwich year course able to start in January 2025 and returning to study in 2026 Salary Base salary: £26,650 pa to £31,300 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website. HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities. As an Architectural Assistant at HS2 you will report to the Lead Architect and is responsible for supporting the architectural team in all of the team’s activities and interfaces within HS2, and externally with the organisation’s suppliers and stakeholders. About the role: Support the Head of Architecture and other members of the Architectural Team in managing their varied workloads and responsibilities. Provide technical support in creating, sourcing and managing documents and material to enable the architectural team to fulfil its responsibilities. Support the liaison with interdisciplinary teams across the Infrastructure Directorate (ID) and the Phase 1 delivery team and Phase 2 to deliver a co¬ordinated multidiscipline approach to architectural design. Assist with the managing of programmes and workflows with Design Consultants. Assist with the management of Technical Requirements with members of the Architectural Team. Ensuring safety is a key priority in all aspects of the role. Providing a design custodian role for the HS2 Design Vision. Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI. About You: Skills: 2D & 3D CAD proficiency, and Adobe (particularly InDesign) competency essential Ability to manage workload to meet agreed deadlines and targets. Communication and organisation skills. Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Portfolio that demonstrates design thinking and design development. Knowledge: A RIBA Part 1 Architectural assistant. - Undergraduate only. Good working knowledge of Microsoft and Excel Good working knowledge of Indesign Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI. As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks. We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised, and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Please also attach your Portfolio (Max 4 pages) Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.