Senior Consultant-RE Strategy & Workplace Consulting

Turner & Townsend; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a senior consultant to join their dynamic team in Manchester. This role focuses on delivering innovative real estate and workplace strategies in the Healthcare and Defense sectors. With a strong emphasis on strategic thinking and project management, you'll engage with clients to drive transformative projects that enhance workplace environments. Join a collaborative team where your insights will shape the future of workplace consulting, and enjoy a flexible working environment that promotes work-life balance and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible Working Environment

Professional Development Opportunities

Health and Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years in workplace strategy or corporate real estate consulting.
• Experience managing workplace consulting projects.
• Knowledge of workplace market trends and innovations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage workplace innovation projects.
• Conduct client interviews and workshops.
• Analyze client data to develop workplace models.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Data Analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Organizational Skills

Knowledge of Well/LEED Principles

Adaptability

Education

Degree in Relevant Field

PRINCE 2 Certification

MRICS

PROSCI Certification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

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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 Consultant (senior-principal level) in London to support with our Healthcare and Defense sector projects to play a critical role in providing real estate and workplace strategies to our key clients.

Reporting to the local Real Estate Consulting Lead, you will lead and support on various, often concurrent projects and have the ability to manage your own workload and work both independently and part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Some of the standout projects we have delivered in recent months include a £4bn capital transformation estate strategy for one of the UK's largest hospital trusts, various evidence-based funding applications and business cases to support regeneration and service improvements, and new and innovative solutions in the workplace environment.

Your Background

You must be able to demonstrate one or more of the below:

• Experience working on built environment projects as a senior consultant or project manager
• Consultative background in Strategic Estates or Organisational Development
• Experience on transformational programmes and projects in the public or private sectors, with particular focus on healthcare, government or defence

Essential Functions

• A strategic thinker with significant understanding of the workplace market including current and future trends.
• A person who can meet with client leadership and other client representatives; conduct interviews; run workshops; conduct and analyse surveys; gather, analyse and summarise data in easy to understand presentations.
• The ability to analyse different dimensions of the client organisation's data and translate critical business/work processes into workplace models and spatial requirements.
• Manage workplace innovation projects to meet fee objectives, organise and manage resources, and be responsible for invoicing.
• Implement regular communications to clients and the business regarding project progress.
• Meet and interface with clients to develop options, finalise project concepts and prepare final documents for client approval.
• Support the development of workplace improvement proposals, stacking options, design reviews and relevant workplace solutions.
• In conjunction with the wider Advisory team help to develop a thought leadership strategy considering options and channels to develop and promote the workplace consulting offer to the market.
• Help support in identification of workplace strategy opportunities.
• Contributing towards the preparation of bid proposals.

Skills

• Excellent strategic planning and project management understanding.
• Excellent time management skills when working on multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent customer service acumen and interpersonal relationship skills throughout all job duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to adapt emerging best practices and industry innovations to client needs.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior client leaders.
• Ability to analyse data, think critically, draw conclusions and present solutions in simple summarised ways. Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to effectively partner and deliver results in a matrix management environment.
• Ability to adapt best practices and industry innovations to client needs.
• Project management and organisational skills.
• Ability to be effective while working independently and within a team environment.
• Knowledge of Well/LEED principles.
• Ideas on the future of the workplace post COVID and knowledge of the thought leadership in the market on this topic.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working experience in either workplace strategy or design/interior design/ corporate real estate occupier consulting/ Business Analysis.
• Degree qualified preferable but not mandatory
• One or more of: PRINCE 2, MSP, MRICS, APMPQ, Better Business Cases, other professional qualifications (desirable), PROSCI certified practitioner
• Experience of project managing workplace consulting and real estate consulting projects.
• Experience using technology and workplace/real estate data.
• Experienced in working in and delivering workplace/real estate solutions and strategies, within a corporate environment.
• Experience of engaging with stakeholders within complex environments.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.