Workplace Consultant

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is seeking a Workplace Strategy Consultant to craft strategic workplace briefs for diverse projects. You will coordinate data gathering on physical, cultural, and technological aspects of work environments and translate findings into compelling concepts, space budgets, and client briefs that align with business needs and workstyles.

You will influence senior leadership, manage projects hands-on, and drive change across client organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience developing strategic workplace briefs for small or large projects.
• Ability to translate data gathering into a meaningful client brief and space budget.
• Strong communication with stakeholders and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as single point of contact for workplace strategy issues.
• Design and run visioning sessions, workshops and focus groups.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data from research and surveys.
• Determine spatial requirements and develop space budgets.
• Translate research into workplace guidelines and briefs.
• Lead change management for workplace transformations.

Skills

Workplace strategy

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project management

Change management

Spanish & English

Tools

CAD

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented peopleand empowering them tothrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

JLL es una empresa comprometida con la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres / JLL as a company is committed to equal opportunities for men and women.

Workplace Consultant

What this job involves:

The Workplace Strategy Consultant will develop strategic workplace briefs for small and large-scale workplace projects. This includes the coordination and undertaking of strategic data gathering exercises of the physical, cultural, and technological aspects of a working environment, the analysis, and presentation of these results. Working closely with key stakeholders and project teams the information gathered will be translated into a meaningful concept, space budget, and ultimate client brief that aligns with business drivers and supports the different workstyles of the organization.

The Workplace Strategy Consultant is required to work effectively at all levels of the organization and confidently influence others, including executive leadership, toward a common vision. At the heart of this role is a proactive, client-focused approach, where the ability to communicate and partner with multiple stakeholders is crucial. The role is ‘hands-on’ and will require demonstrable project and change management experience.

What your day-to-day would look like:

• Single point of contact for all workplace strategy-related issues – key interface for client and project team
• Design and deliver visioning sessions, workshops, and focus groups
• Conduct and analyse quantitative and qualitative data from research such as surveys, utilization studies
• Determine spatial requirements and development of space budget, understanding and knowledge of building code and occupational standards
• Understanding and knowledge of building regulations and occupational standards
• Synthesize research from internal and external sources into a workplace brief
• Workplace guidelines development, planning, and design experience/knowledge base
• Change Management process related to workplace transformations

Experience/Skills Requirements

• Strong understanding of current best practices and trends in the workplace and other architecture and design fields
• A high level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness, and patience
• Strong quantitative/analytical skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable in translating large data sets into compelling findings
• Ability to present and articulate ideas and analyses
• Clear understanding of best practices and regulatory requirements around building occupancy.
• Strong Design / CAD skills are not essential, but the ability to read, review, and mine all types of drawing information for key metrics is required.
• Practical hands-on experience in profiling a business and developing a workplace strategy aligned to business need
• Can evidence knowledge of or experience in qualitative and quantities research methods, agile/flexible/activity-based working concept design, space budgeting, test-fit creation/oversight, workplace concept/guideline development, and the use of technology as an enabler
• Fluent in Spanish and English (written and spoken)
• Softer skills relating to gaining business buy-in/stakeholder management, relationship building, confident to lead client conversations, sell the workplace proposition and dealing with resistance around the proposed change
• Experience in business development, scoping, pricing, pitching, wining and delivering projects

Location:

On-site –Barcelona, ESP, Madrid, ESP

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