Analyst - Digital Strategy & Transformation - 2024 Start
Are you a graduate looking to shape the future of our planet? Buro Happold is looking to recruit an Analyst in our rapidly growing Advisory team in the UK. This opportunity is for a recent graduate with up to one year experience within the industry.
Buro Happold’s newly formed Digital Advisory team focuses on delivering technology and information transformation to clients to enhance their financial, environmental and social performance (the triple-bottom-line, across people, planet and places). We are part of a wider Advisory team in the UK.
Our projects vary considerably; from defining the smart city technologies that will transform the resident, worker or visitor experience, to developing a sophisticated data-driven 3D model of a university campus to determine the most effective route to net zero carbon, to outlining the team, processes and policies required for our clients to manage data quickly and securely. All our projects have engineering or ‘real-world asset’ expertise at their core and it is that, with our relentless focus on the triple-bottom-line, that makes us unique.
The team works across a range of consulting areas including strategy, business case development, program management, data, governance, solution development, innovation and change management. We are looking for analysts who want to collaborate with other offices, our experts in design, and technologists internally and externally to make a real-world difference.
We would expect the successful candidate to be able to also apply their skills and passion across wider Advisory projects from a range of capabilities such as Sustainability and Energy Transition, Strategy and Operating Models, Asset Optimisation and Commercial Advisory, and Capital Projects in addition to a key focus on Digital Advisory.
Key Duties;
- Support deliverables for client consulting engagements.
- Support formulation, planning or execution of digital transformation programme strategy or delivery.
- Support project team culture and environment.
- Support execution of client engagements through specific task delivery.
- Support preparation and delivery of workshops including ideation, concept generation, and idea prioritisation.
- Participate in workshops and client meetings to present findings and solutions.
- Support hypothesis development, data analyses and/or strategic research and benchmarking relevant to digital strategy formulation.
Your skills & experience
- Demonstrable interest for the built environment and/or digital technologies
- Passion and interest for digital innovation and knowledge of key digital trends
- Awareness of consulting process and market
- Experience working in teams
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including strong presentational skills
- Strong data analyses and problem solving technical skills
- Relevant digital or business BSc (MSc is a plus)
Attributes for success;
- Integrity, values, principles, and work ethic
- Ability to analyse data and deliver insightful, practical client-oriented insights or recommendations.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team to understand the needs from a technology and digital perspective.
- Ability to clearly articulate your thoughts, ideas, and develop a point of view about your work.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams.
- The confidence to build lasting and trusted relationships with colleagues and clients.
- Ability to perform well under pressure and with defined timelines and milestones.
Graduates at Buro Happold
When you join Buro Happold you are embedded into an exciting network of engineers and consultants, that supports your career development. We have a Graduate Connect learning programme that targets specific learning and supports your journey to chartership as well as our Young Employee's Forum that links all our young talent in terms of knowledge sharing, learning and very importantly socialising.
We place great importance on a having a safe and inclusive environment and will seek to make any arrangements that may be required to enable all who work with us to thrive. We have flexible working hours and hybrid working, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life. If you have any questions about how this could apply to your specific circumstances, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
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Application Process
For the purpose of this application, we have included a job specific questions that will hopefully allow us to get to know you better as well as your CV. For the application questions, please note that you are welcome to use another document to help draft your answers and copy them back into the text area once you are ready.
We believe in ensuring all our processes are equitable and that we help everyone access the opportunities we have to offer. To ensure that we do not disadvantage anyone during the application process we ask that all responses in application forms should be completed without the assistance of generative AI, not everyone has equal access to AI tools and we’d love to hear from you in your own words as we get to know you through the process.
We typically complete shortlisting after the role has closed. Therefore, you can expect to hear from us with 2-4 weeks of the job closing on our website. Should you wish to contact us to find out more information or to get an update, please contact earlycareers@burohappold.com
Please note that this role is for an 2024 start. We will have openings for our September 2025 opportunities in the Advisory team separately.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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