Associate - Healthcare Advisory

About The Role
Currie & Brown is one of the leading consultancies in the UK healthcare sector. We work with public sector organisations, private healthcare providers, funders and contractors in undertaking capital investment projects, service transformations and other clinical and estates improvements.
Our specialist Healthcare Advisory team provides expertise in healthcare planning, business case development, estate, digital and infrastructure strategy development and capital programme/project delivery. These advisory services cover a broad range of management disciplines that require specific experience and expertise to provide a bespoke service to reflect our clients’ expectations.
We have a strong reputation within the healthcare consultancy sector and were recognised as Consultancy of the Year at the prestigious 2022 Healthcare Estates Awards.
Role Summary         
We are seeking candidates who can support the continued growth and success of our Healthcare Advisory Services team. Successful candidates can expect to be directly involved in

• Supporting the NHS in securing investment for major health infrastructure programmes
• Working in partnership with clients and design teams to develop business cases, masterplans and estate strategies
• Working with NHS teams who are driving innovation and transformation
• Working as part of a team to lead and deliver a diverse range of projects and programmes for NHS and other healthcare clients

Candidates should be able to demonstrate relevant experience, preferably in the healthcare or consultancy sectors.
Specific Requirements
The Senior Consultant role will require an ability to:

• Provide strategic and operational health planning advice to support service optimisation, business cases and capital programmes
• Advise on space planning, spatial configuration, adjacencies and flow and participate in design reviews
• Develop whole hospital policies, departmental service packs and accommodation schedules and benchmark requirements against peer organisations
• Review 1:200 & 1:50 plans to ensure compliance against current guidance
• Input to derogation reports to record non compliance
• Produce high quality written and graphical content for inclusion in documents and presentations that are consistent with our branding guidance, are easy to read and concisely convey relevant information
• Work effectively with clients and within multi-disciplinary teams, building strong relationships and communicating effectively; winning the confidence of the client team to secure repeat business
• Produce and implement project plans and associated documentation as well as manage input from clients and advisors to produce strategic documents such as business cases and estate strategies
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and client meetings and develop and manage effective engagement strategies.
• Drive forwards projects and programmes, taking initiative and problem solving with ambition to grow and develop knowledge and skills within the sector
• Meet deadlines and manage a portfolio of work
• Understand and apply relevant guidance, including publications from HM Treasury, Department of Health & Social Care, NHS England, etc.
• Acquire sector specific knowledge, particularly with regards to the healthcare sector, capital investment and NHS organisations

 
General Job Requirements
Job Management

• Achieve deadlines and quality requirements in all assignments.
• Identify opportunities to expand commissions, gain repeat commissions and where possible achieve commissions for other parts of the company
• Liaise with members of the team to ensure the appropriate level of support, supervision, and audit of work
• Complete the project and personal management systems as required by company policy

• Contribute to delivering projects within the agreed resources

Client Management

• Chair and manage large stakeholder groups
• Convey professional, well-informed image to colleagues in person, and in written and verbal communications
• Respond positively to the needs of colleagues
• Develop good team working relationships with clients and other advisors
• Be an able and persuasive communicator

Teamworking

• Work successfully and constructively at all levels of a healthcare organisation with staff from a range of disciplines.
• Perform as an influential member of multi disciplinary teams with colleagues from this and other companies
• Seek feedback to improve own performance.
• Demonstrate energy and enthusiasm.
• Work flexibly to achieve the best outcomes from the wider team.
• Contribute to team effort as well as individual tasks.
• Act responsively in carrying out tasks, ensuring that the highest quality work is presented to clients.
• Seek to identify and develop new clients or workstreams for the team
• Participate in general and project specific marketing activities on behalf of the team

Location
The team is based in our London office, however we will consider candidates who live outside the London area.
Team members will need to be able to travel within the UK and, on occasion, internationally to work with clients.
 
About The Company
Why choose Currie & Brown?
Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.
We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously.   Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.  
With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.
We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives