Senior Development Advisory Consultant

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Development Advisory Consultant to drive impactful projects in Manchester. This role involves managing client relationships, developing business strategies, and overseeing project management processes. You will work collaboratively towards net zero carbon goals while leading teams to achieve key performance indicators. The ideal candidate will have a strong commercial acumen, experience in consultancy, and a passion for innovation. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and offers flexible working options to make a meaningful difference in the development sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in client-side roles with developers or advisory businesses.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to develop value.

Responsibilities

• Deliver development advisory services within time, cost, and quality requirements.
• Manage client relationships and prepare business strategies.

Skills

Development lifecycle knowledge

Commercial acumen

People management

Analytical skills

Client relationship management

Innovation and best practices

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Professional qualification (e.g., RICS/APM)

Job description

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Senior Development Advisory Consultant, Manchester

Client:

Mace

Location:

Manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Consulting

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our website.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

The Senior Development Advisory Consultant will contribute to the implementation of business development and management strategy for the Development Advisory service line. This role delivers development advisory services to agreed outcomes and deliverables within time, cost and quality requirements, promoting the enhancement of value. Responsibilities include:

Winning work and client relationships

• Assessing new opportunities by having insight into the relevant markets, supporting bids and supporting growth across the development advisory service line.
• Maintaining and creating longstanding client relationships, including Client Relationship Management.
• Preparing strategies and visions, identifying client challenges, value creation and critical success factors.
• Preparing outline business cases, with some Green Book experience (excluding economic case).
• Developing delivery strategies, with some high level funding strategy experience.
• Assisting with development budgets and cost plans.
• Overseeing development and project management processes.
• Collaborating with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams through design, planning, procurement and cost management.
• Promoting the highest standards of safety, health and welfare across the team.
• Managing a team (or multiple teams) to deliver team and project objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Providing performance management, technical development and coaching.

Climate responsibility

• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and sharing responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll need to have:

• Knowledge of development lifecycle, from site acquisition to opening and disposal.
• Ability to demonstrate development experience including practical knowledge of appraisals and valuations.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to discern and develop value.
• Ability to work with other team members and external lawyers on transaction documentation.
• Demonstrable previous experience of innovation, knowledge capture and establishing best practice in service delivery.
• Demonstrable ability to standardise solutions to drive efficiency, whilst still innovating.
• People management experience, including talent attraction and retention.
• Experience in client-side roles with developers, advisory businesses or landowners.
• Experience across more than one sector.
• Develops and maintains excellent professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working in a consultancy environment.
• Growth mindset that promotes curiosity, high quality contribution and team collaboration.
• Effective appraisal/analytical skills to support reporting.
• Management experience and capability to take initiative within team environments.
• Tertiary qualifications (or equivalent).
• Professional qualification and membership relevant to the role (e.g. RICS/APM) (or equivalent).

You’ll also have:

• Technical understanding of strategy and vision development, business cases, project management practices, delivery strategies, funding strategies, programme production, sequencing and logic.
• Familiarity with operational management and service delivery.
• Advocate for health standards, safety and wellbeing.
• Focus on UK markets in residential and mixed-use sectors.
• Regeneration and local authority partnership experience.
• Encourages sharing of best practice and lessons learned between teams.
• Encourages awareness of skills and strengths of colleagues from different technical, social and cultural backgrounds.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.