Estates Strategy Advisor (Health and Life Sciences)

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking a talented estates and strategic advisory professional to shape estate strategies and investment programmes for health, education and life sciences clients in London and beyond.

You will work in multidisciplinary teams, develop evidence‑based recommendations, and produce client‑ready reports and proposals while mentoring junior colleagues and supporting thought leadership initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering estate strategy, estate planning and advisory services within complex organisations.
• Experience developing estate masterplans, business cases and transformation programmes.
• Chartership‑level qualification (or working towards) in a built‑environment discipline or equivalent experience.
• Positive client engagement and contribution to successful delivery.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and political awareness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for high‑quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of estate strategies, portfolio planning studies and strategic advisory commissions.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to develop evidence‑based recommendations and solutions.
• Produce high‑quality analysis, insights and client‑facing outputs that support decision‑making and long‑term investment planning.
• Contribute to the growth and development of WSP's strategic advisory and estates planning capability.
• Support the Director of Life Sciences Strategy in delivering high‑quality commissions, proposals and thought leadership, and mentor junior team members where appropriate.
• Produce high‑quality reports, presentations and workshop materials, applying best‑practice methodologies and contributing to continuous improvement.

Skills

Estate strategy

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic advisory

Project management

Risk management

Change management

Client engagement

Communication

PowerPoint

InDesign

Illustrator

Microsoft 365

Education

Chartership level in built-environment

Tools

PowerPoint

InDesign

Illustrator

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job Description

WSP is a leading specialist consultancy, transforming environments for clients in health and life sciences. We help organisations become more efficient and effective by improving patient pathways for the NHS, developing laboratories to enable world‑leading science, and rationalising educational campuses to attract top talent and research investment.

A Little More About Your Role

We work with organisations across the public and private sectors to develop estate strategies, business cases, development frameworks and transformation programmes that align property portfolios and infrastructure investment with organisational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of estate strategies, portfolio planning studies and strategic advisory commissions.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to develop evidence‑based recommendations and solutions.
• Produce high‑quality analysis, insights and client‑facing outputs that support decision‑making and long‑term investment planning.
• Contribute to the growth and development of WSP's strategic advisory and estates planning capability.
• Support the Director of Life Sciences Strategy in delivering high‑quality commissions, proposals and thought leadership, and mentor junior team members where appropriate.
• Produce high‑quality reports, presentations and workshop materials, applying best‑practice methodologies and contributing to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering estate strategy, estate planning, strategic advisory, property consultancy or business planning services within complex organisational environments.
• Experience contributing to the development of estate strategies, masterplans, business cases, transformation programmes or capital investment plans.
• Chartership‑level qualification (or working towards) in a built‑environment discipline (architecture, engineering, FM, property) or equivalent experience.
• Positive client engagement and contribution to successful delivery.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and political awareness.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, high‑quality deliverables.
• Relevant experience supporting risk and change management in estates or technical environments.
• Relevant project‑management training or experience related to strategic planning in life sciences.
• Skills in the use of visual aids and graphics tools such as PowerPoint, InDesign, Illustrator.
• Good proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.