Associate Director / Director – Real Estate Advisory

Turner & Townsend Limited; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly motivated consultant for a senior leadership role. This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead a team in delivering high-quality consultancy services for Defence and Public sector real estate clients. The ideal candidate will possess proven leadership skills, a strong focus on client relationships, and the ability to drive business growth. Join a dynamic environment that values work-life balance and fosters professional development, where your contributions will significantly impact the success of high-profile projects. If you are ready to take on this challenge, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• Professionally qualified member of a recognised institution.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing project and delivery teams.
• Ensuring client requirements are effectively identified and delivered.
• Developing and delivering consultancy services for public sector clients.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Thinking

Client Relationship Management

Team Development

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated consultant to fulfil the role of Associate Director or Director, working as part of our senior leadership team to lead and support high quality service delivery with our clients and to develop and grow our team. The role will focus principally on developing consultancy products and leading delivery of high-quality services for Defence / Public sector real estate clients, while recruiting, leading and developing a team of consultants to fulfil these roles.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with high-profile clients. It is expected that the selected applicant will build their personal ‘brand’ and the reputation of their team with our clients, while working collaboratively with others. Proven leadership skills, coupled to integrity and a team-focused working ethos, are essential qualities. The expectation is for development beyond the original role and to bring others along with them; this, along with diligent service to our clients and achieving profitability, will be the key markers for success.

Responsibilities (Duties)

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include:

1. Leading & managing project and delivery teams.
2. Ensuring that client requirements are effectively identified, scoped, and delivered to high quality.
3. Leading business growth by responding to open tenders, managing bid responses, seeking business opportunities, and building strong internal & external client relationships.
4. Developing and delivering a consultancy offer in defence and public sector real estate.
5. Building a team to deliver services effectively, achieve commercial targets, and develop technical capabilities.
6. Networking & coaching/mentoring as appropriate to develop Turner & Townsend’s wider skillset.
7. Inputting to the strategic direction and operational management of the Asset’s and Facilities Management team as a member of the senior management team.
8. Driving results and delivering on a day-to-day basis.
9. Training, coaching, and advising delivery teams to ensure that sound collaborative behaviours and techniques are adopted and maintained.
10. Taking ownership of effective formal and informal communications with senior key stakeholders.
11. Leading business development activities, writing proposals, and supporting tender submissions.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject.

Professionally qualified member of a recognised institution.

Impact and influence, conceptual and analytical thinking, developing others, team leadership, subject expertise, organisational awareness, and sound administrative skills.

Experience

Experience of working in public and private/commercial sectors delivering transformational change in major programmes.

Business development experience, in the context of identifying and winning opportunities with existing as well as new clients.

Good working knowledge of relevant legislation issues.

Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and matrix management organisations on major projects and programmes.

Excellent communication skills, including writing and presentation skills – including the ability to communicate with clients and other key stakeholders on global, national, and regional issues.

Able to build strong, professional client relationships and proactively identify and resolve clients’ issues.

Experience of people management, line-management of a team of different grades, including talents, development plans, recruitment, and growing a successful team.

Confident leading and working alone or as part of a team, with the ability to adapt as required.

Attention to detail in service delivery, communications, and ways of working effectively with others.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.