Interested in joining the team?

📍Location: Rejen Architects, Waterman House, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast

💷Salary: £30,000–£35,000, commensurate with experience

🕒Hours: 37 hours/week (Hybrid / flexible working in tandem with dedicated studio time)

📅Contract: Full-Time (ARB or RIAI essential)

⏳Application Deadline: 09th January 2026 (early applications encouraged)

Rejen Architects is a design-focused architecture practice passionate about breathing new life into buildings and places. Our work spans hospitality, workplace, high-end residential, and healthcare sectors, and we specialise in heritage and regeneration.

Due to an expanding workload across Ireland and the UK, we are looking for a recently qualified architect to join our growing Belfast studio. This will be someone who is talented, focused, ambitious, curious, and ready to become a key part of the Rejen team as we design and deliver projects across Ireland and the UK.

What you’ll be doing

You will work closely with the Project Director, supporting the design development and delivery of projects at a range of scales across all RIBA Work Stages.

This will include:

• Working on feasibility studies, concept design, planning applications, and design development packages

• Producing high-quality drawings and visual material using freehand sketching, AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion, and various emerging AI applications and workflows

• Supporting heritage, conservation-led, and contemporary design projects through research, sensitive design, and construction detailing

• Preparing high-quality tender and construction drawings and specifications

• Performing the role of Project Architect as projects move from detailed design to on-site construction, contract administration, and delivery

• Preparing client presentations and participating in design reviews and internal crits

• Visiting sites, conducting surveys and inspections, and coordinating and managing design teams

• Participating in practice-wide continuous improvement, helping to refine workflows and utilise emerging AI applications

• Travelling to sites in NI, ROI, and GB as required

This is a new and growing practice environment where you’ll be mentored, stretched, trusted with responsibility, and exposed to real-world project delivery early.

Who we’re looking for

• ARB / RIBA or RIAI recently (or soon-to-be) registered architect with up to 3 years’ post-Part 3 experience

• Excellent design skills at both conceptual and technical levels

• Passionate about contemporary design, adaptive reuse, heritage, and sustainable design (Passivhaus or similar an advantage)

• Strong freehand drawing skills and a high standard of proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and emerging AI applications

• Good technical awareness and interest in how building elements come together, with both curiosity and commitment to develop detailing skills and construction knowledge

• Excellent communication, organisation, and presentation skills – visual, verbal and interpersonal

• Ability to manage your own time and workload while supporting junior team members and contributing effectively to the wider team

A full driving licence and access to transport will be required for occasional site work.

Why join us?

At Rejen, you will be joining an ambitious studio with a clear long-term vision to become a leading practice in Ireland and the UK for breathing new life into old buildings and places.

You’ll benefit from:

• A competitive salary of £30,000–£35,000 per annum (commensurate with experience)
• 20 days’ annual leave + statutory holidays (increasing by 1 day per year of service up to 25 days)
• Hybrid / flexible working in tandem with dedicated studio time
• ARB or RIAI professional subscription fees covered
• Discretionary profit-share bonus scheme (related to individual and practice performance)
• Excellent career progression potential as the practice grows
• Financial and time support for continued professional development and training
• Workplace pension scheme

If you want to develop fast, contribute meaningfully, and help shape unique projects we’d love to hear from you.

How to apply

📩Please submit:

1. A short cover note telling us why Rejen is the right place for you and what you believe you can contribute

2. Your CV and a concise PDF portfolio (10–15 pages max) showing both design and technical work

Email applications to: studio@rejenarchitects.com

(Studio Leadership & Project Delivery Role)

•  Location: Rejen Architects, Waterman House, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast

•  Salary: £40,000–£45,000 per annum, plus performance-related bonus scheme

• Working Hours: 37 hours/week (Mon–Thurs 9:00–5:30, Fri 9:00–5:00)

• Start Date: To be agreed

• Early applications encouraged

• Relocation Allowance available to right candidate

Join a Studio with Purpose – and Help Shape Its Future

Are you a senior or experienced architect ready to step into a studio leadership role – someone trusted to run projects, lead teams, and work closely with a director to help grow a design-focused practice?

At Rejen Architects, our purpose is to create healthier, more vibrant, and sustainable places by breathing new life into buildings and places. We specialise in heritage, hospitality, and regeneration projects that are design-led, commercially intelligent, and socially meaningful.

We’re now seeking a Senior Architect / Associate-Designate to join our growing studio in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter. This is a pivotal role – effectively a right-hand person to the Director – with real responsibility, influence, and a clear opportunity to shape both projects and the future direction of the practice.

The Role

This is not a conventional senior architect position. You will play a central role in the leadership, delivery, and growth of the studio.

You will:

• Lead the delivery of complex, design-led projects across heritage, hospitality, regeneration, healthcare, and residential sectors.

• Act as project lead on key commissions across Ireland and the UK, from early concept through planning and on to site.

• Manage and mentor architects and assistants, helping set design, technical, and delivery standards within the studio.

• Work closely with the Director as a trusted collaborator, contributing to design direction, resourcing, and studio operations.

• Represent Rejen at client meetings, consultant workshops, and site inspections.

• Support the ongoing growth of the practice, including business development, reputation building, and thought leadership activity.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys responsibility, values autonomy, and wants to help build a practice, not just work within one.

Why Join Rejen?

You might recognise some of these…

• You’re operating at a senior level but want greater influence, trust, and autonomy.

• You’re ready to step into an Associate-level role, without waiting years for the opportunity.

• You want to work on unique, meaningful projects, not repetitive or formulaic schemes.

• You’re passionate about heritage and adaptive reuse, but don’t want to be pigeon-holed.

• You want to be part of a small, ambitious, purpose-driven studio with am where your contribution genuinely matters.

• You may be based in GB or ROI and considering a move back to NI – perhaps for family reasons – but only for the right long-term opportunity.

• You like the idea of working in the Cathedral Quarter, surrounded by culture, creativity, and energy.

• You value benefits aligned with your values, including our EV salary sacrifice scheme, alongside a performance-related bonus that rewards contribution and impact.

Or perhaps you’re simply ready for the next chapter: leading projects, shaping teams, and helping grow a practice with ambition and purpose.

Who We’re Looking For

• ARB / RIBA or RIAI registered, with a minimum of 5 years post-Part 3 experience (or equivalent).

• Proven experience leading projects through planning, technical design, and delivery.

• Strong design judgement, particularly within heritage contexts and contemporary interventions.

• Confident communicator with clear leadership and mentoring ability.

• Commercially aware, proactive, and comfortable taking responsibility.

• Collaborative and motivated by the opportunity to help grow a practice and its people.

• Full driving license and willingness to travel across Ireland and the UK.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re excited by the opportunity to step into a key leadership role within a fast-growing, design-focused practice – and to help shape its future – we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Please send your CV, portfolio, and a cover letter to:

studio@rejenarchitects.com

Final Takeaway

This is a rare opportunity to become a trusted senior leader in a growing practice – where the scope of the role, and your career, is shaped by your ambition and impact.