Senior Consultant-RE Strategy & Workplace Consulting

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is dedicated to transforming the workplace environment. As a Consultant at this innovative firm, you will play a pivotal role in shaping real estate and workplace strategies for key clients in the Healthcare and Defense sectors. With a focus on delivering exceptional outcomes, you will engage with client leadership, manage concurrent projects, and contribute to groundbreaking solutions that enhance workplace efficiency and effectiveness. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact projects that drive real change, all while being part of a collaborative and inclusive team that values your insights and contributions.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Work-life balance support

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years in workplace strategy or corporate real estate consulting.
• Degree preferred; certifications like PRINCE 2 or MRICS desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead workplace innovation projects and manage resources effectively.
• Conduct client interviews, workshops, and analyze data for insights.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Communication Skills

Customer Service Acumen

Data Analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Well/LEED Principles

Adaptability to Best Practices

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree in relevant field

PRINCE 2 Certification

MRICS Certification

PROSCI Certification

Tools

Project Management Software

Data Analysis Tools

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 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.