Are you a Digital Strategy or Transformation professional looking to shape the future of our planet? Buro Happold is looking to recruit a Consultant in our rapidly growing Digital Advisory team in the UK.
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Buro Happold’s 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).
Our projects vary considerably; from defining the smart city technologies that will transform the resident, worker, or visitor experience of a bleeding edge city in the middle east, to developing a sophisticated data-driven 3D twin of a university campus to determine the most effective route to net zero carbon, to outlining how technology can add significant revenue streams across football clubs in the UK, to defining the team, processes and policies required for our clients to manage data quickly and securely... However, 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 covering digital strategy and transformation, digital systems and solutions and data and analytics. We are looking for colleagues who want to collaborate with our other global offices, our experts in design, and technologists internally and externally to make a real-world difference.
Our market-leading capability has resulted in the UK Digital Advisory team more than doubling in size over the last year with a strong growth plan and pipeline to double in size again this year. To support this growth, we are looking for a Consultant to support our digital strategy and transformation projects.
Key duties:
- Manage execution of deliverables (large projects) or workstreams (small projects) from objective definition to activity planning to successful delivery.
- Own deliverables and support team in execution of key aspects of a digital strategy and transformation project including running of workshops, developing strategy reports, roadmaps, defining solution designs, conducting research, drafting deliverables, delivering steerco presentations, developing and delivering process, governance, organisation and procurement outputs and more.
- Support development of digital strategy and transformation service via development of tools, templates and artefacts to allow the approach to be communicated, planned, or implemented more effectively.
- Support the facilitation of effective client workshops to accelerate current understanding, drive ideation, prioritisation, and build consensus across a broad set of stakeholders.
- Build relationships with client individuals based on credibility and active listening.
- Support and work collaboratively with team members on and off projects.
- Support digital advisory team community and our internal ways of working.
- Build new skills and strengthen your expertise with training and support.
Your skills & experience:
- Digital Strategy, innovation, transformation and/or relevant background.
- Some experience with project management and / or consulting methodologies e.g. MSP, Design-led thinking.
- Some experience of working on projects with client or customer interaction.
- An interest in the use of technology in business and urban transformation.
- Strong proficiency in Excel and Powerpoint.
- Degree educated.
- Understanding of construction process and / or experience within built environment would be beneficial.
Attributes for success:
- Integrity, values, principles, and work ethic.
- Ability to analyse information 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.
At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.
Apply today and be a part of our legacy.
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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