Senior Consultant - Regeneration and Delivery

Metro Dynamics is an independent consultancy that provides strategic advice to those who lead, do business or invest in local economies. We work with a range of clients including local government, Combined Authorities, national bodies, universities, and private sector investors and developers across the UK.

Metro Dynamics is an employee-owned business, demonstrating our commitment to independence and a strong social purpose. We are focused on increasing our positive impact on places and ensuring our work leads to meaningful economic change. All our staff have a financial stake in the business, alongside access to a range of benefits including a share of company profits.

The successful candidate could be based at either our Manchester or London office. There would also be a certain amount of travel around the UK to client meetings.

The Team

The role presents an opportunity to join a fast growing part of the MD offer.  Our team already possesses a depth of experience in physical regeneration across the UK with embedded skills in economic development, economic analysis, planning, real estate, programme management and delivery structures and is helping clients move their projects from concept to delivery.

We act across the project life cycle, supporting clients to reach the point of physical implementation.  We work with our clients to translate MD’s sector, innovation, policy and strategy expertise into tangible projects, and support clients in realising the potential of their places by defining the physical development and investment opportunities that exist,

As a result we engage across a range of delivery focussed projects and programmes, including site specific development propositions that unlock specific development opportunities, area-wide integrated delivery plans to support wider place-based regeneration and the establishment of investment portfolios to support the deployment of capital into impactful projects.

Regardless of the project our corporate DNA provides a golden thread, ensuring our place based expertise defines authentic and relevant propositions to the place we’re working, identifies the most effective delivery mechanisms that are tailored to the context and client needs, bolstering client side expertise and capacity by working collaboratively with them and articulating investment cases through meaningful impact assessment.

Our Work

Our project portfolio is diverse in terms of location and focus, a snapshot of recent projects includes:

  • Developing innovation led site specific proposition for a city centre brownfield asset on the South Coast

  • Identifying the development opportunity and delivery needs of a large port location industrial site in the North East

  • Establishing a delivery toolkit for housing estate regeneration in Central London

  • Providing nation-wide advice to a major investment fund on place-specific investment opportunities

  • Establishing the case for the establishment of a new locally led development corporation in Central London

  • Articulating the vision for a market town in the north west and developing an intervention plan to secure its long-term vitality

  • Preparing an ‘investment prospectus’ for a major town centre in the Home Counties to establish a new public-private delivery partnership

We work across the public and private sector, using our expertise to bring the two together to ensure our projects deliver impact and value across a range of metrics that matter to our clients and their places.

We work in partnership with a range of other specialists including urban design, architecture, development consultancy, engineering and sustainability advisors to ensure we provide clients with genuinely integrated and effective advice.

About You

We are seeking to grow our team, broadening the skills, knowledge and expertise that our clients can draw upon to move their projects closer to reality.

You will have worked in a related field for at least 4 years post qualification and have developed a range of technical, analytical, project management and consultancy skills.

You will possess the following attributes:

  • Intellectual interest in the built environment and the mechanisms for delivering change

  • Passion for the role of regeneration in driving better social and economic outcomes, and supporting long-term growth potential, in places across the UK

  • Understanding of how economic, socio-demographic, property market and other data/trends intersect to impact demand, viability and delivery

  • A strong understanding of the UK’s investment and development market and how this influences opportunity

  • In-depth knowledge of one or more practice areas supporting physical regeneration, for instance:

  • The UK planning system and its influence on our places

  • Challenges and mitigations to viability of major projects

    • Familiarity with the UK planning system and its influence on our places

    • Experience of managing a portfolio of consultancy projects to time and budget on behalf of public and private sector clients

  • Familiarity with a range of relevant data sources including ONS, CoStar, DataCity, Beauhurst

  • Ability to present complex ideas and concepts to a non-technical audience in both written and oral form

  • Experience in working within and coordinating multidisciplinary consultancy teams

  • Enthusiasm to work with colleagues from different teams and offices to deliver client needs and develop future talent.

Your technical expertise should be coupled with a passion for places and a desire to bring forward positive change across the country through the delivery of new homes, non-residential spaces and infrastructure.

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary dependent on experience and an excellent benefits package comprising:

  • Annual profit share (dependent on company performance)

  • 8% employer contribution to company pension scheme (after three months)

  • 29 days annual leave which includes company closedown between Christmas and New Year and one day birthday leave

  • Wellbeing benefits including life insurance, income protection insurance, cycle to work scheme

  • Access to our employee assistance programme which provides various support services including 24/7 GP appointments

  • Hybrid working with an expectation of at least 3 days per week in our London or Manchester office

  • Access to training and personal development in line with career progression goals and business requirements

Our values

Metro Dynamics is proud to be an employee-owned business. We are a diverse team of people with different work backgrounds, skills and experience, but believe what joins us together is our commitment to our shared values. We are looking for candidates that share our values and are committed to our mission and purpose.

You can find out more about our values here.

How to apply

Our team is growing and we are eager for new staff to join us over the next couple of months. If you are interested and think this might be the right role for you, we encourage you to get in touch as soon as possible.

Please send a CV and covering letter to Elizabeth.peters@metrodynamics.co.uk with the subject line ‘Metro Dynamics – Senior Consultant’. In your covering letter please explain why you would be suitable for the position. Unfortunately, we are not able to consider applications submitted without a covering letter.

Metro Dynamics recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

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