A PDF version of this job posting is available here.

We are a progressive and delivery-focused consultancy working to transition places to deliver better outcomes for people and the planet. ​We find innovative ways to solve the challenges our towns and communities face.

Good data and evidence is core to our work. It helps us understand the challenges and opportunities in the places we work and underpins the strategies and advice we provide for clients.

We are looking for a Consultant with strong data analysis skills. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality analysis for our clients, manage our team’s array of data tools and resources, and help identify and develop new data sources.

We are open to hearing from candidates from a breadth of professional backgrounds and with a range of specialisms and interests.

You’ll like this job if…

• You are excited by working with data to illuminate and solve real-world challenges
• You are interested in learning about different places and communities across the UK
• You want to work on projects that can have a positive impact on people and places
• You want exposure to a range of projects, from economic strategies to night-time economy studies to masterplan delivery programmes to commercial property market reviews
• You appreciate working in small teams with big ideas
• You like sharing what you learn with others
• You are driven to experiment with and explore data

Salary & benefits

• We operate hybrid working arrangements. Regular in-person attendance in London is essential (currently 3 days for 5 day/week staff, 2 days for 4 day/week staff) but our employees need not be London-based​.
• Starting salary from £31,500 to £36,500 depending on experience​
• Employer pension contribution of 5% gross salary as part of our workplace pension scheme​
• Discretionary bonus based on personal and company performance​
• 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays)​
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave ​
• Paid sabbatical after long service ​
• Cycle to work scheme​
• Tate membership ​
• Structured career progression plan and budget for training/professional development​
• Ringfenced volunteering time

About the role

You will play an integral role managing and supporting the delivery of PRD’s work across the public, private and civil society sectors. Regular tasks include:

• Designing research processes and collecting and analysing data from sources such as ONS, Department for Work & Pensions, Consumer Data Research Centre, MHCLG, Realyse, CoStar, etc
• Creating effective maps and charts with clear explanations of the data and its implications
• Presenting information to colleagues and clients in person and online
• Structuring and writing reports
• Working with colleagues to turn evidence into practical recommendations, strategies, and actions for our clients
• Assisting with engagement activities (e.g. speaking with council officers, developers, local businesses, residents)
• Supporting our company-wide Data & Evidence Strategy by helping us identify, test, and access new sources to use in our work
• Taking responsibility for the upkeep of and team training on our various data resources
• Building project management skills by taking responsibility for specific tasks or outputs within large-scale projects and for managing smaller-scale projects
• Managing your workload within specified timescales and budgets
• Contributing to bids, proposals, and business development

You will work closely and effectively with PRD colleagues, with opportunities to share your knowledge and ideas with the team. You will also often work with external collaborators, who we partner with to bring a wide set of skills to projects.

For example projects, please see (all open in new tab):

• High Streets Data Service
• Sheffield tram extensions/metroisation
• Waltham Forest Housing Commission
• London cultural infrastructure review
• Lewisham inclusive economy strategy
• Southwark socioeconomic evidence base

Essential & desirable attributes

Essential

• At least one year of professional experience in quantitative data analysis, including finding, cleaning, critically analysing, and presenting insights from data
• At least one year of experience using data sources and repositories relating to UK geographies, economics, demographics, property, etc (e.g. ONS, CoStar, Realyse, London Datastore)
• Experience with spatial analysis/GIS (i.e. able to source layers, create and edit layers and attributes, set symbologies and labels, perform spatial joins, run spatial analyses)
• Experience or demonstrably strong interest in regeneration, cities and the built environment and generally exploring new ways of working in these areas
• Ability to find connections and insights within data – and to communicate these clearly to non-technical audiences
• Excellent writing skills
• Inquisitive, methodical and attentive to detail

Desirable

• Excellent data visualisation skills
• Knowledge of R or Python (please note that while these skills are helpful, this is NOT a ‘data scientist’ role)
• Experience building dashboards in PowerBI
• Experience using APIs
• Experience with project management (for this role, managing small projects or managing specific tasks/outputs of larger projects)

Behaviours & competencies

Management: You manage your workload effectively and efficiently – and you identify and communicate potential pinch-points and problems

Organisation: You can alternate between different projects and activities while retaining diligence and quality

Collaborative approach: You like being part of small teams where you can work with teammates with a broad range of skills and perspectives

Interpersonal skills: You can hold engaging discussions with colleagues, partners, and clients, and you can explain complex topics in a clear, engaging way

Analytical thinking: You take a logical approach to challenges and can identify key insights from data

Problem solving: You take initiative to overcome challenges and develop new ideas to move projects and ideas forward

About PRD

Based just off Union Street in Southwark, London we are a focused team (about 20 of us) of subject area specialists who combine our skills around our shared passion for designing strategies to deliver more inclusive economies, impactful investment, and considered development. ​

Our core areas of work include social, economic, investment, activation and delivery strategies for places.​

We empower our clients to shape and realise their ambitions as well as to measure and demonstrate positive impact. ​

The team has experience supporting some of the most interesting and challenging areas of the UK to develop holistic, progressive and transformative place and asset strategies.

What we do

We do not define our work in terms of specific service areas or thematic topics. As a principle, we are agile and responsive to the needs of each individual client. 

Reflecting this, our work covers a broad spectrum of areas. Over the past year this has included:

• Undertaking social and economic research into places, economies and communities
• Developing placed based strategies from individual buildings to town centres to cities and regions
• Making the case for place-based investment, including developing strategic and technical business cases
• Defining and measuring project outcomes and success
• Advising on the development and delivery process, including building new delivery approaches, partnerships and governance mechanisms

Our team members cover a range of specialisms and interests, including:

• Inclusive approaches to addressing inequality and social injustice
• The importance of creative and culture sectors to places and economies
• The transition to net zero, and the role of the circular economy within this
• The role of data and evidence in improving strategic decision making
• Better approaches to engagement and participation
• More progressive approaches to development and property

Hallmarks of our approach

We…

• are creative and entrepreneurial in the way we approach our work and relationships
• partner with our clients to help the mobilise the strategies we develop together
• are values driven in the work we chose to do, how we do it and how we treat each other
• are committed to creating a positive and supportive work environment where everyone is supported to reach their full potential (including opportunities for training and personal development)
• are proud of our record of delivering community engagement projects that have enabled local people to shape the places they live, work and study and have created more inclusive and prosperous places
• listen to communities and respond to their ideas, aspirations, and concerns
• are committed to considering people and planet in everything we do
• are growing fast, with plenty of exciting projects and opportunities underway and on the horizon
• come from broad range of technical backgrounds, bringing different perspectives to our work and opportunities for team knowledge sharing

Application process

Part 1

Send the following items to careers@prdemail.co.uk with DATA CONSULTANT in the subject line by 9 am on Tuesday 13 August 2024. 

1. Your CV. You do not need to supply a cover letter.

2. Responses to the following questions:

• Tell us about a project in which you used quantitative evidence. What questions were you trying to answer or what problems were you trying to solve? What data did you use and how did you analyse it? How did you communicate the results? (max 300 words)
• Tell us about a time when you took initiative to solve a problem or develop a new idea. What problem did you hope to solve and how did your idea help? (max 300 words)

Part 2

Complete the Equalities Monitoring Form. This form will be separated from the rest of your job application upon receipt and will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or appointment process – the Equalities Monitoring Form is handled securely by a different team member to those who review your CV and question replies. 

Your application will not be considered complete unless this form has been submitted. If you do not wish to provide some/any of this information, there is an option within the form to select ‘Prefer not to say’.​

Notes

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, faith or disability. If you have accessibility needs, please get in touch and let us know any requirements you may have. We are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments.​

You must have the right to work in the UK.

If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Amanda Robinson, amanda.robinson@prdemail.co.uk​.

Direct applications only please, no recruiters.​

We are a progressive, delivery focused consultancy, working to transition places to deliver better outcomes for people and the planet. 

Whilst we understand traditional ways of delivering things, we challenge those traditions to find innovative, integrated pathways to solve the challenges our towns and communities face.  

We are seeking candidates who have a desire to further their property careers in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment and to consider property and the built environment differently.

A PDF version of this job post is available here.

The opportunity

We are excited to offer a new opportunity for early career development professionals. 

We want to hear from candidates seeking to develop the next stage of their career in a creative and fast-moving environment which values fresh perspectives on how property development, assets and land work for clients, partners and communities.

Development is a fundamental pillar of what we do at PRD and our work involves:

• bringing an appreciation of development to our ideas for projects and places
• identifying strategic investment opportunities
• the optimisation of limited resources
• making applications for funding to support project delivery
• running viability appraisals, including early-stage viability to influence the trajectory of a project
• strategic consideration of assets and property within masterplans and place-based initiatives
• championing re-use and re-purposing assets
• creative approaches to portfolio investment and management
• thinking differently about the role that property can play in places considering net zero and sustainability challenges
• identifying opportunities for value creation and designing inward investment strategies
• reshaping the role of the public sector in property and building local capacity
• building property strategies based on a fresh approach to assimilating place-based evidence and data
• considering practical and realisable steps for onward delivery  

Salary & benefits

• We operate hybrid working arrangements. We are based in London but service projects throughout the UK and Ireland. Regular in-person attendance in London is essential (currently 3 days for 5 day/week staff, 2 days for 4 day/week staff) but our employees need not be London-based​.
• Starting salary from £35,000 to £45,000 depending on experience​
• Employer pension contribution of 5% gross salary​
• Discretionary bonus​
• 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays)​
• Medicash scheme
• Annual overnight company away day​
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave ​
• Paid sabbatical after long service ​
• Cycle to work scheme​
• Company Tate membership ​
• Ringfenced volunteering time

About you

You are an interested and passionate professional with experience in development, preferably with a focus in regeneration and mixed-use masterplans. You will play an integral role in curating, managing and supporting the delivery of our projects, bringing property expertise to a range of regeneration work. Your work will span projects for the public, private and civil society sectors, and you will be a key voice within multi-disciplinary project teams.

You will support project managers, Associate Directors and Directors on multiple projects concurrently and will be active across the spectrum of our development and strategy projects. You will be expected to be able to manage tasks across multiple projects, taking ownership of timely and quality outputs. This will include being responsible for market research and analysis, engaging and liaising with clients and partners, including work with spatial and technical advisors, contributing towards strategy development and leading on production of reports and other outputs. As part of this, you will work closely and effectively with PRD colleagues and external collaborators. 

You will support the development of PRD’s new business pipeline such as by helping write bids and proposals, inputting your expertise from a property and delivery angle. You will support the broader external positioning of new ideas and campaigns and wider activities to support the business.

There will be unlimited opportunities for internal collaboration with colleagues who specialise in different areas, but who also see things differently and are focussed on better outcomes for places, communities and stakeholders. 

You will be actively encouraged to think creatively and challenge the perceived normal way of doing things. 

Essential attributes

• A minimum of two years of relevant development experience from the consultancy or client side (this can be either private or public sector)
• Actively building towards RICS qualification to become a Chartered Surveyor
• Ability to analyse and assess property market data across commercial and residential sectors
• An interest in regeneration, cities and the built environment and generally exploring new ways of working in these areas, with an interest in guiding the development of masterplans and area-based studies 
• A creative thinker who is motivated by problem solving and finding ways for projects and plans to happen
• An excellent communicator who is comfortable expressing their opinion with colleagues and external audiences
• Interest in developing your own ideas and market offering in a dynamic consultancy environment
• Possess a practical and commercial understanding of the complexities of property development, regeneration led development and the motivations of the various stakeholders in achieving the successful delivery of development

Desirable attributes

• RICS Membership
• Understanding of the financing and funding of development and associated investment models
• Experience of, or an interest in, developing cross sector working between the public, private and third sectors
• Strong analytical skills, to be used in developing property market baselines, evolving complex development appraisals, and determining creative options for large regeneration sites
• Able to deliver pragmatic and creative advice that supports our clients to meet their objectives
• Excellent written skills

Behaviours & competencies

Organisation: ability to alternate between different projects and activities, retaining diligence and quality

Collaborative approach: ability to thrive in small teams where you can work with teammates with a broad range of skills 

Interpersonal skills: ability to communicate ideas and information with colleagues

Analytical thinking: ability to identify key messages and clear insights from data

Problem solving: taking the initiative to overcome challenges and develop new ideas to move projects and ideas forward 

Delivering a variety of quality work at pace: taking an efficient and diligent approach to your work, even when working on a variety of different projects simultaneously

About PRD

Based just off Union Street in Southwark, London we are a focused team (about 20 of us) of subject area specialists who combine our skills around our shared passion for designing strategies to deliver more inclusive economies, impactful investment, and considered development. ​

Our core areas of work include social, economic, investment, activation and delivery strategies for places.​

We empower our clients to shape and realise their ambitions as well as to measure and demonstrate positive impact. ​

The team has experience supporting some of the most interesting and challenging areas of the UK to develop holistic, progressive and transformative place and asset strategies.

We are a values-driven company

Our work is always…

• Useful & useable
• Positively disruptive

Our work supports…

• Fairness in places & communities
• A just transition to net zero

We do this by being…

• Collaborative
• Agile
• Generous with our knowledge

What we do

We do not define our work in terms of specific service areas. As a principle, we are agile and responsive to the needs of each individual client. 

Reflecting this, our work covers a broad spectrum of projects. Over the past year this has included:

• Undertaking social and economic research into places, economies and communities
• Developing strategies from individual buildings to town centres to cities and regions
• Making the case for investment in towns and cities, including developing strategic and technical business cases
• Defining and measuring project outcomes and success
• Advising on the development and delivery process, including building new delivery approaches, partnerships and governance mechanisms

Our team members cover a range of specialisms and interests, including:

• Inclusive approaches to addressing inequality and social injustice
• The transition to net zero and the role of the circular economy within this
• The role of data and evidence in improving strategic decision making
• Better approaches to engagement and participation
• More progressive approaches to development and property
• Cultural and creative industries

We are always looking to grow and strengthen these specialist areas, alongside adding new ones where these align with our mission and values.

Hallmarks of our approach

We…

• are creative and entrepreneurial in the way we approach our work and relationships
• partner with our clients to help the mobilise the strategies we develop together
• are values driven in the work we chose to do, how we do it and how we treat each other
• are committed to creating a positive work environment where everyone is supported to reach their full potential (including opportunities for training and personal development)
• are proud of our record of delivering community engagement projects that have enabled local people to shape the places they live, work and study and have created more inclusive and prosperous places
• listen to communities and respond to their ideas, aspirations, and concerns
• are committed to considering people and planet in everything we do
• are growing fast, with plenty of exciting projects and opportunities underway and on the horizon
• come from broad range of technical backgrounds, bringing different perspectives to our work and opportunities for team knowledge sharing

Application process

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, faith or disability. If you have particular accessibility needs, please get in touch and let us know any requirements you may have. We are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments.​

You must have the right to work in the UK.

If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Jen Gutteridge, Jen.Gutteridge@prdemail.co.uk​

Direct applications only please, no recruiters.

​Part 1

Send the following items to careers@prdemail.co.uk with DEVELOPMENT in the subject line by 9 am on Tuesday 27 August 2024. You do not need to supply a cover letter.

1. CV

2. Responses to the following prompts:

• Tell us about two previous jobs or assignments. We want to hear about what you delivered, how the work relates to the role, why you are proud of your work and what value you added personally (max 250 words per job)
• Tell us why you are applying at PRD and what you think you can bring to the role (max 250 words)

Part 2

Complete the Equalities Monitoring Form. This form is separated from the rest of your job application upon receipt and will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or appointment process. Your application will not be considered complete unless this form has been submitted. If you do not wish to provide some of this information, there is an option within the form to select ‘Prefer not to say’.​