Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

The Associate, Healthcare Strategy and Planning (HS+P) is a key role within the Lexica Healthcare Strategy & Planning team. In conjunction with the Director and other colleagues, you will help achieve the overall business plan to grow and develop strategic healthcare planning as a leading-edge offering to external clients, including NHS organisations and private sector clients in the UK and overseas.

This full-time, client-facing role requires you to be a key leader within the HS+P team, developing healthcare strategy and planning expertise, processes, and procedures to ensure quality assured service delivery. You will be responsible for the delivery and performance of healthcare strategy and planning advisory services of varying breadth and scope, managing projects and leading teams on major commissions.

You will contribute to an annual new business development target by developing a portfolio of consultancy clients, preparing tender responses, and delivering presentations for new business opportunities.

Strategic healthcare planners with a clinical or design background and healthcare planning experience, preferably including application of Hospital 2.0 guidance, are invited to apply.

Experience
Extensive knowledge of health services and/or health facilities gained through clinical practice, roles within health providers, or as an architect or other professional contributing to healthcare projects. Experience in strategic analysis, demand and capacity modelling, models of care, clinical and functional briefing, schedules of accommodation, and design reviews is required.
Experience managing projects and leading teams on major commissions.
Client relationship and account management experience.
Proven ability to deliver clinical and operational strategy development and health services and facilities planning.

About you
Agile and adaptable, able to support a wide range of projects using established and developing tools and methods.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage client relationships and lead stakeholder engagement sessions.
Excellent writing skills, responsible for reports, briefs, business cases, and peer reviewing.
Data analytics skills to assess health service needs and demands.
Creative and solutions-focused, able to develop service models and quality assurance processes.
Natural curiosity with the ability to apply rigour to evidence reviews and contribute to thought leadership.
Open and curious, willing to work on projects globally, understanding local cultures and practices.
Collaborative spirit, fostering multi-disciplinary teamwork and supporting team workload management.
Organised with strong project management skills including budget, invoicing, and delivery oversight.
Committed to contributing to new business development and bid preparation.

Qualifications
Relevant clinical or design background with healthcare planning experience preferred.
Demonstrated expertise in healthcare strategy and planning methodologies.
Willingness to learn and grow within a dynamic, global team environment.