Buro Happold
Senior Consultant, Space Planning & Strategy
Buro Happold, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27703
Do you want to transform the experience of higher education and public institutions?
Are you resourceful and thrive at taking on one challenge after the next, collaborating with colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders, making sense of disparate information, and creating compelling stories through diagrams, graphs, and narratives?
Are you passionate about creating exceptional experiences for people through space, service, and/or organizational design? Do you have experience with programming spaces?
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
We create engaging and equitable student experiences by transforming spaces, services, staffing, and systems. Together with our clients, we increase student success, improve research support, and enable staff productivity while making institutions more efficient and effective.
Building on decades of growth and success, Buro Happold and our decades long experience in higher-education consultancy, we are looking to grow our integrated team of experts to help solve the weighty and complex challenges impacting colleges and universities today.
Responsibilities will include:
Leading/managing two or more projects at a time to develop space, service, and/or organizational strategies
Leading the development of client presentations, engagements, and reports
Planning, conducting, and documenting multi-day user research activities (surveys, workshops, observations, interviews, focus groups, etc.)
Programming and planning spaces, qualitatively and quantitatively
Facilitating client workshops with the support of your teammates
Interacting with and supporting senior leadership within our client organizations
More about you:
A bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in architecture, related field, or design strategy with 4-8 years of experience
Plus experience and expertise in higher education or cultural sector and/or anthropology, organizational or environmental psychology, or business
Expertise in space programming, with experience in higher education preferred
Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
Exceptional verbal, written, visual communicator
Skilled collaborator, both face-to-face and remote
Adept at engaging and energizing people
Resourceful, with an entrepreneurial spirit
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with Tableau/PowerBI proficiency a plus
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite a plus
Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship
What we offer:
Salary range of $85,000 to $100,000. This will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience
Generous benefits package
Annual discretionary bonus
Generous PTO (4 weeks) in addition to 10 paid holidays
401k with company match
Hybrid working & summer hours
Reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees
Connection to global network of experts on the forefront of industry initiatives
Access to wide ranging learning and development opportunities
Be a part of supporting our diverse company culture through open engagement with our Young Employees Forum, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Buro Happold Women's Network, and/or our Black at Buro Happold Employee Resource Groups
Ready for something a little less ordinary?
Apply now to start your career journey with us.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalized groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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Are you resourceful and thrive at taking on one challenge after the next, collaborating with colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders, making sense of disparate information, and creating compelling stories through diagrams, graphs, and narratives?
Are you passionate about creating exceptional experiences for people through space, service, and/or organizational design? Do you have experience with programming spaces?
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
We create engaging and equitable student experiences by transforming spaces, services, staffing, and systems. Together with our clients, we increase student success, improve research support, and enable staff productivity while making institutions more efficient and effective.
Building on decades of growth and success, Buro Happold and our decades long experience in higher-education consultancy, we are looking to grow our integrated team of experts to help solve the weighty and complex challenges impacting colleges and universities today.
Responsibilities will include:
Leading/managing two or more projects at a time to develop space, service, and/or organizational strategies
Leading the development of client presentations, engagements, and reports
Planning, conducting, and documenting multi-day user research activities (surveys, workshops, observations, interviews, focus groups, etc.)
Programming and planning spaces, qualitatively and quantitatively
Facilitating client workshops with the support of your teammates
Interacting with and supporting senior leadership within our client organizations
More about you:
A bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in architecture, related field, or design strategy with 4-8 years of experience
Plus experience and expertise in higher education or cultural sector and/or anthropology, organizational or environmental psychology, or business
Expertise in space programming, with experience in higher education preferred
Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
Exceptional verbal, written, visual communicator
Skilled collaborator, both face-to-face and remote
Adept at engaging and energizing people
Resourceful, with an entrepreneurial spirit
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with Tableau/PowerBI proficiency a plus
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite a plus
Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship
What we offer:
Salary range of $85,000 to $100,000. This will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience
Generous benefits package
Annual discretionary bonus
Generous PTO (4 weeks) in addition to 10 paid holidays
401k with company match
Hybrid working & summer hours
Reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees
Connection to global network of experts on the forefront of industry initiatives
Access to wide ranging learning and development opportunities
Be a part of supporting our diverse company culture through open engagement with our Young Employees Forum, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Buro Happold Women's Network, and/or our Black at Buro Happold Employee Resource Groups
Ready for something a little less ordinary?
Apply now to start your career journey with us.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalized groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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