Principal Consultant - Healthcare Planning Country: United Kingdom Position Location: London, United Kingdom Contract Type: Permanent Work Pattern: Full Time Sector: Built environment Discipline: Health Job Ref: 2939 Recruiter Contact: Cassidy Browne Mott MacDonald We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK. Our values: P rogress, R espect, I ntegrity, D rive, E xcellence. About the business unit The Buildings and Cities Unit (BNC) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors. About the team Our Global Health team is looking to recruit a Prinicpal Consultant to help grow our healthcare offering and support the wider development of our project teams within the healthcare sector globally. This role, with a focus on Healthcare Planning, would be able to demonstrate a strong track record in undertaking many of the technical aspects of a healthcare planner, including, but not limited to: needs assessment, healthcare capacity planning, development of functional content and schedules of accommodation for new healthcare infrastructure, healthcare equipment listing, and the development of clinical briefs and operational output specifications to support healthcare business case developments. Our specialist health team is embedded in the delivery of health and healthcare programmes covering 3 key strands: ODA (official development assistance) public health work Healthcare system design and reconfiguration including healthcare infrastructure delivery Embedding health considerations across the work that other business sectors in Mott MacDonald work in. This team comprises a wide range of health-related professionals including clinicians, healthcare management consultants and programme and project managers. This team works closely across the 3 strands and with other teams across Mott MacDonald’s technical and engineering disciplines. Our healthcare system design and reconfiguration strand cover service redesign and reconfiguration, strategic healthcare planning, evaluation, productivity improvements, impact assessments, change management (including digital interventions) and information analysis and modelling. About the role The role of Principal Consulltant would be focussed primarily in supporting the growth of this strand of work and able to deliver some or all of these commission types, with a particular emphasis on leading the technical healthcare planning in healthcare system and hospital design projects and in offering our clients more imaginative service offers to suit their needs. The Prinicipal Consultant provides leadership for winning and delivering projects, ensuring that the project is delivered successfully for the client and for Mott MacDonald. Successful technical delivery and maintenance of trust between Client and the company is key to commercial and financial success for Mott MacDonald. The Principal consultant will have ultimate responsibility for engaging with clients and will oversee Project Managers and the support team members responsible for the commissions as well as mentoring and coaching as necessary with the prime aim of ensuring the projects are able to deliver a successful outcome. Key Accountabilites: Responsible for leading on many of the technical healthcare planning components of healthcare system and hospital redesign within individual assignments. Winning and securing new project commissions through successful pre-positioning with customers and bidding. The successful completion of all projects under their oversight as Principal Consultant. Success means technical, commercial, financial success and realisation of client benefits agreed at tender stage. Broken down it means: Technical success: Implementing a commission delivery strategy to meet the objectives and scope provided by the client. Commercial success: Ensuring contract terms and risk mitigations from tender stage are put into practice; that terms and risk are challenged during the tender stage to ensure project is feasible. Financial success: Delivering the commission in accordance with the budget and actively managing change. Client satisfaction: Engaging with clients to manage relationships and leading the delivery team to deliver the commission scope on time and to budget. Sound project governance: Instigating formal reviews and application of lessons learnt within the project, assessing whether project structure is fit for purpose, that risks are reviewed and mitigations put in place, and that the commission delivery plan is actively used to manage the project. Health, Safety and Welfa re: Always working to Mott MacDonald’s global standards and reviewing Health Safety and Welfare alongside project commercials and risk. The successful candidate must be able to possess and demonstrate the following skills and personal attributes: Degree/ Masters level or equivalent Relevant experience in the NHS or healthcare consultancy environment, with an emphasis on healthcare facility planning Overseas experience is desirable Track record in leading and supporting the delivery of complex projects in healthcare on time and on budget Can demonstrate examples of problem-solving skills to achieve delivery of a solution or outcome Excellent report writing experience, appropriate to different audiences Experience of supporting business development opportunities, for example, developing new client relationships, writing proposals, business cases Experience of being client facing Effective interpersonal skills Capable of working autonomously or as part of a team We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Equality, diversity, and inclusion We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute. Accessibility We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you. Agile working Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace. We offer some fantastic benefits including: Health and wellbeing Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments. Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family. Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too. Financial wellbeing We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%. Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary. Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury. Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing. As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes. Lifestyle A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme. Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service. Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers. Enhanced family and carers leave Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay. Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid. Learning and development Primary annual professional institution subscription. A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options. Networks, communities, and social outcomes Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities. Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes. Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Additional leave, Company pension, Employee discount, Private medical insurance