Consultant (Housing & Regeneration Focus)

About us

31ten is an agile, independent consultancy and certified B Corp. Trusted by our clients and partners, we’ve been named as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies by the Financial Times every year since 2020.

We work in partnership with the public sector to make places better for the people that live, work, and learn in them.

Integrity, inclusivity, social and environmental awareness are at the heart of what we do, and we collaborate with our clients to deliver sustainable change, meaningful impact, and better outcomes.

31ten works across Local & Central Government, Housing & Development, Education, Health & Social Care and Blue Light Services.

Our services in these sectors typically take the shape of:

• Procurement & Partnerships,
• Placemaking & Regeneration,
• Finance & Assets,
• Strategy & Transformation,
• People & Change,
• Customer, Digital & Technology; and
• Business Cases.

About you

A great ‘31tenner’ is proactive and ambitious with a good eye for detail, but above all else is passionate about social impact and working with the public sector.

We hire the person first, experience second, shaping the role around the individual. We recognise that every candidate’s experiences and background will be different. We value a broad, diverse range of perspectives.

We’re keen to hear from values-driven, ambitious individuals with:

• At least three years’ experience in property, regeneration, housing and/or development services;
• A background in property, urban planning, development, real estate or regeneration with experience working for or with local government;
• MRCIS or RTPI qualified (desirable, but not essential);
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple projects or workstreams in tandem, monitoring timelines, budget and key risks;
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of writing feasibility studies and business cases;
• Experience of carrying out and reviewing development appraisals;
• The ability to engage successfully with clients, client teams and key stakeholders, as a lead or as part of a team;
• Working independently and self-managing time and resources;
• Supporting business development, from coordinating and producing material for proposals to creating case studies and marketing content; and
• A demonstrable commitment to improving public sector and local government services.

The role

We are keen to speak to candidates who are interested in helping us to design and deliver services to local government, which:

• Supports the development of ‘places’ and helps secure future housing provision through sound strategic decision making by carrying out option appraisals and feasibility studies, generating robust business cases and accessing regional and government funds and targeted project work (e.g. to reinvigorate the high street);
• Delivers effective planning and development management, development viability, programme management and project management;
• Establishes real or virtual funds to support economic growth / recovery and other objectives;
• Generate long-term sustainable income streams or one-off receipts through better use of assets;
• Identifies opportunities and evaluates options to drive regeneration, develop new housing and support growth ambitions;
• Secures delivery expertise via complex, high-value procurement exercises; and
• Develops a strategic approach to securing investment by developing and setting up trading companies, joint ventures and partnerships.

The points above reflect our broad-ranging mission, so we don’t expect relevant experience in them all. In fact, our preferred recruits tend to have a focused CV with strong evidence of experience in some but not all areas.

Additional details

Our office is near London Bridge and we operate a hybrid-working model, with flexibility to work from home and our office, with travel to client-site as required.

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this position. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor VISAs.

31ten is an inclusive employer, so if you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our office, or if you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme, please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexi bank holidays – the option to substitute religious holidays for a date that is meaningful to you
• The option to purchase up to 5 additional annual leave days (per year)
• Private healthcare package with the ability to add family members
• Matched pension up to 6% of gross salary
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave
• Annual performance-based bonus (discretionary)
• Work-life balance – we recognise that everyone has interests and commitments outside of their work and so we strongly advocate for working in the way that’s best for you. Whether that’s part-time, condensed hours, from home or the office, flexible working arrangements are actively supported
• A friendly and supportive working environment with regular opportunities for collaboration, team socials and modern offices with excellent facilities for staff in a central location
• Annual team away day and Christmas party
• Opportunities to get involved in our social value programme of volunteering and pro-bono support to causes that align with our mission
• Continuous opportunities for career development and training, including support to pursue professional qualifications (that align to our work)
• Unlimited access to our online learning platform,You Can Now
• Salary sacrifice cycle-to-work, tech at home and electric vehicle scheme