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At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making a difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. For over 75 years we have been helping our clients deliver on their objectives. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth and we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To reach this goal, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

We are seeking a Consultant to work in our Real Estate Consulting (REC) team. We work with health and social care clients nationally to identify and test the feasibility of real estate investment opportunities; helping clients to build up the case for change and make the best real estate investment decisions.

The successful applicant will ideally have experience in planning and developing healthcare estate and infrastructure projects and programmes. You will have supported the development of healthcare estate strategies, authored business cases using the HM Treasury 5 case model and have a robust understanding of the business case development stages from Project Initiation to Full Business Case.

• Be experienced in the preparation of business cases (SOC / OBC / FBC), estate / property strategies, property target operating models, and change management.
• Hold a relevant real estate industry qualification or experience.
• Have experience in a client side and consultancy environment.
• Have exceptional interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be confident in managing client relationships.
• Be financially literate, with a good commercial understanding and financial analysis capability.
• Have the ability to understand and combine commercial, strategic, and operational perspectives.
• Be persuasive and not afraid to challenge, debate and influence key decisions.
• Demonstrate programme management, project management, capital projects and contract management skills.
• Competent in the handling of data sets and analysing/presenting data to evidence proposed solutions.
• Being a team player, collaborative and confident with others and ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Flexibility to travel as and when required, plus also to work in new sectors or environments.

• Relevant professional qualification: Bachelor’s degree
• Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2, MSP or equivalent relevant experience
• Business Case Writing Skills or equivalent relevant experience
• Previous experience of working collaboratively and managing change across multi-disciplinary teams
• Project Management planning and organisational skills, including the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Knowledge of the HM Treasury 5 case model and experience supporting business case authoring and development
• Able to demonstrate experience of working with large and complex datasets
• Excellent interpersonal, persuasion and influencing skills
• Able to work flexibly and adapt to suit the changing requirements of the project
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral and including presentation skills
• Able to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision
• Clear understanding of good practice data management procedures

• Relevant Industry qualification – Surveying, Engineering, Financial, Accounting
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Better Business Case Accreditation
• Experience of Strategic infrastructure programmes in large/complex organisations
• Experience of working as a project manager level in Health or Social Care services
• Ability to lead and develop Business Case for major capital investment opportunities
• Demonstrate initiative and resilience to deal with challenges and resistance
• Able to use data (e.g. MS Excel, Power BI) to deliver perceptive and well-supported analysis which can be used to drive evidence-based solutions to complex issues

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.