Objective of the role
As a result of continuing business growth and client demand, we have an exceptional new opportunity for a Director of Cost Consultancy to grow the service line and deliver work for our clients, working for high profile investor, institutional logistics and retail clients. You will assist in leading the Cost Consultancy service line with the Senior Director across the company, forging relationships with both internal and external investment and institutional clients to deliver market leading consultancy advice.
As well as working to develop and grow the service line across the company, you will be working with existing clients such as Railpen, Aviva Investors, Legal & General, Grainger, Knight Frank Investment Management, GIC, abrdn, and M&G delivering on a range of high-profile projects across several sectors, including industrial, office, residential, purpose-built student accommodation and build to rent.
As a commercially focused consultant, you will be helping us to grow our Cost Consultancy services with the lead Senior Director, maintain and further develop client relationships and diversify the range of our current service offering, as well as progressing your own career.
You will be expected to help lead the CC service line and support the below actions:
- Coordinate business development, marketing, resourcing, and knowledge sharing, across all offices
- Champion the service line internally; driving improvements to working practices including templates and quality control
- Advocate and oversee operational and process improvement, promoting innovation and new ways of working.
- Drive and manage consistency and adherence to best practice
- Promote the service line externally for new and existing clients, supporting marketing as required
- Identify service line priorities and link back to the service line business plan, update annually
- Set service line SMART actions and deliver; updating progress quarterly
- Celebrate service line successes internally and externally
- Ensure marketing materials are up to date – case studies, capability statements
- Develop a community of practice and share across the firm
- Support the development of others within the business
Key accountabilities and deliverables
- Manage and drive company’s Cost Consultancy bringing a profile of technical strength and commercial excellent, to complement the existing team, and that established by the company across the UK.
- As well as being a hands-on delivery role, you will work with the Cost Consultancy Senior Director to help develop and deliver against a business plan for Cost Consultancy across the company.
- Support the management and development of the technical team, to deliver quality cost consultancy services to existing and new clients.
- End to end cost consultancy delivery
- Achieving performance targets (fee delivery and business development)
- Liaise with the Service Hub Leaders across Built Asset, Development and Engineering & Sustainability to align services with strategic goals and performance standards
- Network effectively with existing commercial clients and agreed targets.
Performance criteria
- Relevant degree equivalent qualification and MRICS
- Personable and confident with industry contacts
- Hands-on high-quality delivery of technical services, demonstrating expertise in Cost Consultancy
- Gain client trust with regard to commercial confidentiality be a direct contact for instructions.
- Demonstrable ability to influence, lead and respond constructively to challenges
- Existing cost consultancy client base with potential to generate new work and introductions.
- Attain financial targets (2.5 base salary for Directors), and support and manage the performance of others
- Engage with the team to win work and deliver profitability
Skills and behaviour
- Inspire others to achieve, and help in their development, through mentoring, coaching and achieving engaging appraisal discussions.
- Demonstrate excellent team skills, embracing the support and expertise of the wider company business
- Prioritise work effectively to enable quality of work and wellbeing for self and team
- Client facing and comfortable in business development
- Able to handle multiple jobs and manage your own workload
- Risk-manage through best practice aligned with company’s Risk Management Guidance protocol
- Confident and concise communicator both verbally and in writing
- Technology oriented to share information centrally
Knowledge
- Be aware of the latest commercial property challenges technically and commercially
- Be aware of market trends to inform business direction
- Identify areas of personal development to enhance performance.
- Be aware of the latest company research on Redefining Building Performance, and such other industry research that is relevant to clients
What’s in it for you?
- Flexible & hybrid working
- Competitive salary and car allowance
- Fee Plus bonus scheme, mobile phone & laptop, personal accident cover, private health care (after 6 months), life assurance, 27 days holiday, 1 day charity leave per year and annual wellbeing day. Company contributory pension scheme after 3 months.
- Season ticket loan and cycle scheme on completion of probationary period.
About Our Client
Our Client is the leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering and Sustainability consultants. They place the wellbeing of people and the performance of buildings at the heart of everything we do.
They’re proud of our reputation for integrity and delivering work of the highest quality, blended with commercial pragmatism. They offer a strong track record across all commercial property sectors, advising investors, developers,
occupiers and owners on maximising best property asset values. Diversity and strength in depth is important to us. Whether it be a technical thought leader with a career’s experience – or a recently qualified rising star – in today’s risk
averse world you need people on your side with a reputation for diligence, transparency, intellect and commercial insight.
Clients see the company as large enough to provide the expertise and resources to get the best from their portfolios, and small enough for it to matter personally. They have over 180 Senior Directors and employees operating from a network of offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Guildford, London, Manchester, Leeds and Southampton.
Our Client is passionate about people development and will provide you with excellent and progressive career opportunities and sponsored learning.
