Senior Workplace Strategy Consultant

Ottawa - Ontario - Canada

About The Role


As a CBRE Workplace Strategy Sr. Consultant, you will manage the delivery of large to high-profile portfolio plans, occupancy strategies, and work environment solutions.

This job is part of the Client Consulting function. They are responsible for Advisory services in relation to real estate operations and investments.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to complex strategic plans for optimizing clients' property portfolios. Grow business relationships with new and existing clients.
• Collaborate with internal partners and clients to understand direction and workplace needs. Forecast space requirements against business and market conditions.
• Identify data for the creation of physical or virtual space solutions. Produce a visual display of quantitative and qualitative information. Illustrate relationships that impact spaces.
• Collaborate with occupiers through change management. Educate on new ways of working. Train on how to evaluate effective workplace performance.
• Guide clients in accepting flexible ways of working and aligning business management to adopt change.
• Create, review, and approve migration and origination plans, as well as schematic schedules. Serve as point of contact throughout the Migration Planning Process. Maintain thorough knowledge of space needs and changing workplace environment.
• Measure work environment efficiency, effectiveness, and expression. Attend key stakeholders, and board meetings, and obtain approvals to proceed when needed.
• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.
• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.
• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.
• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.
  
  

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-10 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.
• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the business.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
  
  

Why CBRE


When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

Our Values in Hiring


At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.

Disclaimers


Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages application from all persons regardless of race, creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, family status, gender identity or expression, disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, provincial or territorial law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individual with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [email protected] or via telephone at Via telephone at +1 866 388 4346 (Canada) and +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.)

Service line: Advisory Segment