Senior Consultant - Strategic Consulting

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Senior Workplace Consultant

Global Occupier Services

London

Cushman & Wakefield is a global leader in commercial real estate services, helping clients transform the way people work, shop, and live. We put our clients and our people at the center of what’s next in the world of real estate.

The Strategic Consulting Team provides clients with business value by aligning real estate impact with key organisational objectives, including talent attraction and retention, space and energy efficiency, employee experience and productivity, wellness, and sustainability.

As our team continues to expand, we are seeking a Senior Workplace Consultant to collaborate across our EMEA Strategic Consulting group. Our clientele spans the corporate, public, and educational sectors, and our offerings comprise strategy development, change management, user experience analysis, workplace performance assessment, building and development evaluation, concept development through to implementation, and post-occupancy review. We maintain close partnerships with our PM and Design teams to ensure seamless transition from strategy to execution.

As a Senior Workplace Consultant, you will be actively involved in all aspects of delivering workplace strategy services to clients, from proposal development through to final deliverables. You will also play a supporting role in broader business development, research and events. This is an opportunity to develop a thriving career within global real estate advisory firm with opportunities to work internationally. 

Your background experience could include workplace design and strategy, organizational change management, strategic FM, or experience in a large occupier managing workplace transformation.

Experience, Skills & Attributes (Senior Consultant)

Consulting Judgement & Thinking

• Demonstrates sound consulting judgement; able to work confidently with ambiguity, incomplete information and competing priorities
• Frames problems before solving them; distinguishes root causes from symptoms
• Balances creativity with rigour, ideas are evidence-based, feasible and impactful

Client & Stakeholder Maturity

• Trusted to work directly with senior client stakeholders, handling sensitive conversations with confidence and emotional intelligence
• Able to challenge thinking constructively and adapt approach without diluting integrity
• Proactively manages expectations; identifies risks early and proposes solutions

Ownership & Professional Attitude

• Takes personal ownership for workstreams, deadlines and quality of outcomes
• Self-starting and proactive; does not require constant direction
• Open to feedback, resilient under pressure, and maintains standards in demanding environments

Analysis, Insight & Storytelling

• Strong analytical capability; able to move from data to insight to implication
• Synthesises qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategic narratives
• Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills; produces client-ready outputs with minimal oversight

Collaboration & Team Contribution

• Works effectively across teams and service lines; builds trust and credibility
• Acts as a positive role model for junior consultants through behaviour and approach
• Contributes actively to team culture and continuous improvement

Minimum Requirements

• Demonstrate experience in delivering Workplace Strategy and Behaviour Change Management with occupiers and building appraisal advice with developers
• Creative thinker
• Strong verbal and graphic communication skills
• Extensive post graduate experience
• Responsible and self-assured
• Languages would be a benefit

Software Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) essential
• Design tools (Adobe, InDesign, Illustrator, CAD) desirable but not essential