Job Description
This job is with JLL, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
This role will involve at a project level working with Senior colleagues, to navigate between client's long-term strategic choices and short-term marketplace dynamics and translating vision into realistic business strategies. Using data from diverse sources to solve complex problems, whilst using experience and industry know-how to make connections across the data and bring insights. You will be required to propose ideas and concepts which advance the organization, and resulting in new solutions, whilst also fostering an environment where diverse and inclusive thinking is embraced within the project team. In most projects, stakeholder engagement, strategy development and report/recommendation will form part of your role to enhance the quality of advice to our client's business. The successful candidate will be expected to provide innovative solutions to a broad range of clients and will ideally have experience in one or two of the following practice areas:
* Portfolio Strategy
* Target Operating Model
* Business and location advisory
* FM Strategy
* Change Strategy
* Transformation
* Workplace and People Strategy
* AI Adoption
Our consultants work with clients to develop and execute strategies that transform owned and leased real estate into a source of value, not just a cost. Whether an organisation is expanding or contracting, our advice will always focus on enhancing productivity and employee engagement in measurable ways.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables:
Project Delivery and Management
* Manage and deliver consulting advice and projects.
* Manage 2 to 3 projects at a time across geographies, both European wide, and globally (where required) - managing delivery teams to ensure best practice and full compliance with client's internal procedures.
* Work with JLL and client contacts to collect data and help make recommendations.
* Undertake analysis to generate business case reports including financial analysis - both qualitative and quantitative assessment.
* Annual revenue target of £250-400k is achieved per annum
* Ensuring a chargeability target of no less than 70% is achieved
Business Development
* Support Business Development activities through client engagement, relationship building and proposal writing.
* Manage and deliver projects in a manner that generates repeat effort or downstream opportunities.
* Leverage the spectrum of services provided by the broader JLL occupier team and business streams.
Practice/People Management
* Team player and people management expertise when managing project resources
* Able to delegate resources efficiently to get things done, accurately scope out at length and difficulty of tasks and measure performance against goals
* Highly diplomatic with gravitas and an ability to relate well to professionals at all levels internally and externally.
* High energy to set direction and help the team pursue goals with drive and high personal impact.
* Support management and growth of the consulting practice and commercial performance; through taking responsibility for the financial management of projects, resourcing requirements, recognising business opportunities, putting together bids to win new business, negotiating, and agreeing contracts, strategically expanding, preserving or improving consulting team procedures, standards or practices
Key Requirements:
* Undergraduate (or equivalent) degree with strategy.
* Experience in Corporate Real Estate, Workplace or Corporate Environment perhaps with a Management Consultancy or niche practice.
* MRICS, or other specialist qualifications e.g LEEAD qualified.
* Strong abilities with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PPT).
* Excellent written and presentation communication skills, client facing.
* Financial analysis and modelling experience
* Analytical mind - able to assess options.
* Innovation - think outside the box to come up with bright ideas to help solve client's problems.
* Business case development experience.
* Astute commercial acumen.
* Strong project management skills, able to work to deadlines and under key milestones set by client.
* Experience managing fully integrated, seamless project delivery.
* Experience managing the necessary resources to meet project requirements
Competencies:
* Demonstrates accurate comprehension in new situations with a grasp of essential details quickly.
* Reliably produces work which requires little or no modification.
* Strong organisational skills and the ability to programme manage various projects at the same time.
* Ability to take a task and run with it - knowing when to ask questions and raise issues at the appropriate time plus involve others.
* Balances conflicting priorities and sets an example of the efficient use of own and other's time.
* Knows how to handle clients and win their trust.
* Modifies and adapts responses to meet the needs of a particular client.
* Proactive, rather than reactive.
* Self-starter and resource investigator.
* Seeks out and understands the needs, perspectives and motivations of our clients
* Creates win-win solutions
* Possesses appropriate expertise to perform job
* Seeks opportunities to increase knowledge and skills
* Understands and aligns work with JLL's values and mission
* Demonstrates inclusive leadership behaviours and/ or advocacy for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
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