Job Title
Sr. Consultant Workplace StrategyJob Description Summary
Cushman & Wakefield's Total Workplace Consulting organization is a dynamic, global team of multi-functional thought leaders in the space of Location strategy, Portfolio strategy, Workplace strategy, and Change Management. Our consulting org helps clients transform their real estate portfolios and drive business outcomes. The Total Workplace team is an organization of creative, strategic, and intuitive thinkers who collaborate on some of the firm's most dynamic client engagements.Job Description
Our ideal candidate will be based in one of our local Florida offices (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, or Boca Raton).
As a Senior Consultant, you'll work closely with Total Workplace Florida leadership, gain experience in a verity of industries and be responsible for gathering and evaluating data, facilitating work sessions and interviews, conducting surveys/assessments, preparing presentations and requests for qualifications / proposals, creating concept layouts, and developing programmatic and strategic solutions for our clients. You will help our team successfully complete engagements for clients in:
* Programming and space planning
* Workforce transformation
* Real Estate optimization, and merger/acquisition strategy
* Employee experience and change management
* Corporate real estate organizational strategy & process design
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Support in the collection and analysis of client data including gathering and evaluating architectural, facilities, financial, and real estate market data for input into project specific deliverables
Perform qualitative and quantitative analyses including facilities and portfolio data (floor plans, headcount, and KPIs) and other materials as part of project due diligence process
Assist with field assessment of clients' real estate portfolio and facilities plans
Participate in benchmarking exercises, collecting data across projects to aggregate around key metrics
Conduct workshops, focus groups, surveys, leadership interviews and assessments
Synthesize output gained from floor plans, occupancy data, technology assumptions, and surveys for client recommendations
Develop space programs that can be leveraged for test fits and architecture planning
Create high-level space concept plans, test fits and adjacency diagrams
Assist with preparation of client deliverables and presentations to support real estate transactions and client presentations including use of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI, Bluebeam, AutoCAD and other applicable tools
Attend client presentations to assist and support senior team members
Help create and implement effective change management strategies to ensure successful and lasting change.
Work throughout the full project lifecycle by conducting research and needs analysis, recommends, and resolving issues identified, executing against a project plan, and engaging in reinforcement activities to ensure effective change has occurred.
Assist senior team members in communicating project findings and recommendations as well as the research and development of white papers and industry reports
Assist in the development of marketing proposals and collateral as well as tool and product development to enable efficient client delivery
Participate in team sales presentations.
Participate actively in the research and development of white papers and industry reports.
Look for and make recommendations to apply new industry tools/technology to current projects.
Occasional travel, estimated at 25% at client needs dictate.
Other job duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelors degree (required)
Architecture or Interior Design degree and/ or certifications (preferred)
5+ years consulting experience preferred, particularly in the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Design, Space Planning, Location Strategy, Portfolio Strategy, Workplace Strategy, and/or Change Management
Statistics / Research experience and / or Financial/Analytical Skills (required)
Prosci Change Management Certification (preferred).
Proficiency with the Hybrid Work model within Change Management
Familiar with and/or proficient in Qbiq (preferred)
Proficiency in CAD, Revit, or similar space modeling software technology (required)
Strong knowledge and proficiency with quantitative analysis (Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, ESRI, etc.) and presentation software (Word, InDesign, Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) (required)
Ability to work both independently and cooperatively in an agile environment, including virtual collaboration with remote colleagues
Ability to multi-task and successfully work in a team and individually in high-pressure deadline driven environments
Track record of managing multiple client projects from scope definition to delivery.
Development of client reports and work product synthesizing qualitative and analytical outputs.
Demonstrated problem solving skills.
Effective communication skills with an ability to share and synthesize knowledge to effectively influence clients. Very comfortable speaking with and in front of clients. Superior writing skills that are sufficient to create professional presentations and reports.
Excellent interpersonal communication, leadership and, relationship building skills.
Flexibility with work hours and travel, as needed. Travel estimated up to 25% but can vary due to client needs
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