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 essential.

Proven ability to manage projects, lead teams, and deliver healthcare strategy and planning advisory services. Experience in client relationship management and account management within a portfolio of clients.

Familiarity with clinical stakeholder engagement, facilitation skills, and excellent report writing and peer reviewing capabilities.

Data analytics skills to assess health service needs and demands at various levels and scales.

Ability to contribute to new business development, bid and tender preparation.

About you
Agile and adaptable, able to support a wide range of projects related to clinical and operational strategy development, health services and facilities planning.

Creative and solutions-focused, helping clients investigate service needs, develop solutions, review and assess options, and participate in service model development and quality assurance.

Natural curiosity with the ability to apply rigour to evidence reviews, keeping abreast of trends and research in healthcare planning.

Open and curious, willing to contribute to projects globally, understanding local cultures and practices, and sharing best practices across regions.

Collaborative spirit, fostering multi-disciplinary teamwork, managing workloads, and developing processes to ensure quality assured service delivery.

Strong organisational skills to manage project budgets, invoicing, delivery, and monitoring inputs to ensure projects remain within budget.

Qualifications
Relevant clinical, design, or healthcare planning qualifications preferred. Demonstrable expertise in healthcare strategy and planning is essential.

Willingness to grow professionally and support training of new team members as the business expands.