Senior Consultant (Estates Strategy & Planning)

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Background

Shared agenda is part of Sewell Group, a multi-disciplined group of companies operating across the North of England. As one of the fastest growing businesses within the Group, Shared Agenda is seeking talented individuals to join the team.

Shared Agenda provide strategic estates advice, business case services and programme/project management solutions to a wide range of customers across the UK. The Team are also contracted to provide management services to Hull Citycare Ltd, to manage and develop their £120m health and social care portfolio in Hull.

To learn more about Shared Agenda, visit: https://sharedagenda.co.uk/

Role Overview

Shared Agenda's vision is to be the consultant partner of choice to our customers and our mission is to achieve excellence in our advice and our solutions, delivering long-term added value to public services. Our current workload spans local, regional and national advisory roles for all aspects of the health sector - primary, community, acute and mental health - as well as local and regional education estate planning commissions for primary, secondary, SEND and Post 16 providers.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take the next steps or a new challenge in their career. Working as a lead member of a growing team they will need to embrace the complexity and breadth of this role, and relish the challenge of working creatively to understand and help solve our clients' estate problems.

The successful candidate will primarily work as the lead advisor on some of our most complex commissions, setting direction and managing the team, as well as being responsible for producing your own outputs to our high standards. In return we offer a progressive role within a forward thinking company, where our people are empowered and enabled to identify and create their own opportunities, and shape their future careers.

• Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm , 37.5 hours per week
• Location: Part home working / Part office based (Albion Mills, Willerby) - a balance to be achieved to deliver the role to the required standard.

Role Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following main duties:

Strategic Estates Advice

• To lead a team providing advice to our customers and partners as required (e.g. options appraisals, feasibility studies, estates strategies, PIDs, Business Case authoring, workshop facilitation, space utilisation, other research), either solely, as part of the wider team, or with external advisors as needed.
• Liaise with external clients and stakeholders to create new strategic estates opportunities for Shared Agenda in line with the business plan, working with colleagues, partners and shareholders.
• Appoint contractors and advisors to support delivery.
• Effectively lead internal and external multidisciplinary teams.
• To professionally represent Shared Agenda (and our ventures) at external meetings and events.
• Take on commission management responsibilities - monitoring workloads/deadlines and commercial performance.
• Line management of junior/graduate consultants

Client/Customer liaison

• Acting as the lead consultant/professional on our strategic advice commissions; presenting our offer to the client and ensuring the timelines and quality of our delivery.
• Promoting and presenting a professional and personal and company brand in all dealings
• Developing and nurturing successful and rewarding relationships with colleagues and the supply chain
• Listening and understanding the client's needs and developing new client relationships
• Ensuring a working environment exists where complete client satisfaction is at the forefront of every team member's mind

General

• Support the production of board reports and performance reports against the business plan KPI's
• Spotting opportunities for continuous improvement of our tools, processes and systems
• Understanding and mitigating risk to the business
• Support Shared Agenda in the pursuit of new opportunities and business development as required, producing fee proposals for potential commissions and clients
• Provide information to support the Associate Director with workload planning and forecasting
• Leading on your own strategic internal projects suited to your skills and expertise; in the past this has included quality management, office relocations, implementation of new software etc

Requirements

As well as exhibiting a polite and approachable attitude, displaying plenty of energy, initiative, professionalism, commitment and a strong team ethos, the suitable person will have the following:

Essential

• Hold a formal degree qualification (or 5+ years relevant experience)
• Experience in contributing to/delivering the preparation of estate strategies, and Business Cases in accordance with the HM Treasury Green Book guidance
• Experience of working within public sector, health, social care, and/or education sectors
• Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
• You will be resilient and have the credibility to engage with a wide range of local and regional stakeholders
• You will possess excellent communication and facilitation skills to harness and build positive relationships, whilst being able to put forward alternative points of view and respectfully challenge
• The ability to lead a team in a busy working environment, but also to work unsupervised at times and manage your own workload
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• The ability to learn and work with new technology and software
• Good decision-making skills
• An excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, in particular Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Have effective and efficient time management skills
• Awareness of the importance of confidentiality
• Have a thorough approach/high levels of attention to detail and accuracy
• Be able to implement new and improved ways of working
• A full, valid UK driving licence and own transport

Desirable

• Formal Better Business Cases qualification
• Membership of an appropriate professional body
• Working knowledge of LIFT, PFI or Procure 22 or other related frameworks
• Understanding of current national education and/or healthcare policy, strategic direction and objectives and national programmes
• Experience working in or around healthcare service planning and/or service change programmes

Shared Agenda is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Benefits

• Salary dependent on experience
• Significant annual bonus opportunity
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High street & retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 work scheme
• Technology scheme
• Paid parental leave and sickness absence
• Free use of the Coyle Health Gym
• Click here to view all of our employee benefits