Estates Strategy Advisor; Health and Life Sciences

Estates Strategy Advisor (Health and Life Sciences)

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.

WSP is a leading specialist consultancy, transforming environments for clients in health and life sciences. We help organisations become more efficient and effective in the core sectors we serve: improving patient pathways for the NHS, developing laboratories to facilitate world‑leading science, and rationalising educational campuses to attract top students and research investment.

We work with organisations across the public and private sectors to develop estate strategies, business cases, development frameworks and transformation programmes that align property portfolios and infrastructure investment with organisational objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the delivery of estate strategies, portfolio planning studies and strategic advisory commissions.
• Working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to develop evidence‑based recommendations and solutions.
• Producing high‑quality analysis, insights and client‑facing outputs that support decision‑making and long‑term investment planning.
• Contributing to the growth and development of WSP's strategic advisory and estates planning capability.
• Supporting the development and delivery of estate strategies, development control plans and business cases aligned to client objectives.
• Applying analytical thinking, research and scenario testing to evaluate strategic options and inform robust recommendations.
• Building trusted client relationships, providing tailored strategic advice and embedding within client and multidisciplinary teams as required.
• Supporting the Director of Life Sciences Strategy in delivering high‑quality commissions, proposals and thought leadership, and mentoring junior team members where appropriate.
• Producing high‑quality reports, presentations and workshop materials, applying best‑practice methodologies and contributing to continuous improvement.

Required experience and skills:

• Experience delivering estate strategy, estate planning, strategic advisory, property consultancy or business planning services within complex organisational environments.
• Experience contributing to the development of estate strategies, masterplans, business cases, transformation programmes or capital investment plans.
• Evidence of positive client engagement and contribution to successful delivery.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and political awareness.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, high‑quality deliverables.
• Relevant experience supporting risk and change management in estates or technical environments.
• Relevant project‑management training or experience related to strategic planning in life sciences.
• Skills in the use of visual aids and graphics tools such as PowerPoint, InDesign, Illustrator.
• Good proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.