About The Role
Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and use of their physical assets. We are differentiated by our people, innovation, expertise, and experience.
At Currie & Brown we understand that a good idea does not care where it comes from. That is why we take a genuinely collaborative and open-door approach to running our business.
Our people, all the way from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and we have fun along the way.
The role – what is involved?
As associate director/director of project management you will jointly lead the service provision from our Belfast office. This person will be responsible for directing financial, operational, client and people-related objectives, in collaboration with the other directors in the office and across the region. The role encompasses leading, developing and monitoring the delivery of the business plan and ensuring services are delivered on time, to budget and with exceptional quality.
Responsibilities include:
1. Taking full P&L responsibility, monitoring and controlling financial performance
2. Identifying and delivering business expansion opportunities, ensuring that they meet the required financial targets and returns.
3. Working with the other directors in the region to establish a marketing plan which complements the business strategy and maximises sector growth where applicable.
4. Bringing new and repeat business to the company from a good network of client and business contacts.
5. Converting work-winning opportunities within the office into successful and profitable contracts
6. Creating a bid strategy and working with key resources to identify, capture and develop win themes.
7. Acting as senior account director for selected key client accounts while contributing proactively to the sharing of clients, ensuring service delivery is undertaken by the individuals most practically equipped to service the client.
8. Creating a cross-selling culture, ensuring all staff understand the full portfolio of our business offering.
9. Initiating and ensuring implementation of corrective action where performance deviates from plan
10. Directing all staff within the scope of line management on timely billings, cash collection to improve lock-up, and taking action to ensure that long-term debts are recovered.
What skills and attributes are we looking for:
11. Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Association of Project Managers, Chartered Institute of Building or Equivalent
12. Proven leadership with people development qualities
13. Ability to provide a clear vision and create a culture based on transparency, openness, and trust.
14. Demonstrable experience in business development in the Belfast local area with experience in the private sector of interest
15. A good network of business and client contacts with the ability to bring new and repeat business to the company.
16. Experienced in developing and implementing key account management plans.
17. Proven experience in discharging P/L accountabilities
About You
About Us
What is in it for you?
Investment in you and your career
Unlike some businesses out there, we prioritise to the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.
Equal, diverse and inclusive culture
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Empowered to do your best
With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.
This mix of our scope and scale, our partnerships and our people, mean we can offer you the opportunity to grow and advance in your