Graduate Consultant

Location: Hybrid - Office based (Leeds, Hull or Stockton) with an opportunity for some home working on completion of probation period

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5.00pm core hours, but will be required to be flexible to meet the needs of the business

Salary: £24,000 -26,000 per annum, plus bonus opportunity

Background

Community Ventures is part of Sewell Group, a multi-disciplined group of companies, and is in a period of growth with an ambition to become a leading estates advisory company with a national footprint. At the heart of the business’ vision and strategy is delivering value for the communities it serves, promoting opportunities by employing local people and investing in developing talent, as well as giving back to communities and supporting the regional economy through commissioning the local supply chain.

We pride ourselves on our commitment to support, train, develop and reward employees. In return, we ask that our employees work hard, live the company behaviours and have some fun along the way. Culture is a massive part of the day-to-day life at Sewell and our people follow core principles of being Positive; Professional; Customer Focused; Team Players; and Always Doing the Right Thing.

In 2021 the Group was recognised as one of only 18 businesses across the country in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity – the most prestigious accolade for UK businesses. We have also featured in the Top 100 Best Companies to work for list six times, including being placed in the Top 50 large companies to work for in 2022.

Role Overview

Community Ventures forms part of the consultancy division within the business, and is an industry leader in delivering strategic estates advice, development & project management and the operational management to clients across the UK.

We’re a friendly, approachable team, and whilst our backgrounds vary, the one thing that’s consistent is our passion for what we do.  Our collective vision is to be the consultant partner of choice to our customers and our mission is to achieve excellence in our advice and our solutions, delivering long-term added value to public services.  

Our customers are predominantly across the health and education sectors, helping GPs, health centres. hospitals, Councils, schools and colleges to identify creative solutions to their estate and service delivery related challenges.

Role Responsibilities

Our graduates are involved in customer facing projects from the start, giving them the opportunity to build both their communication and technical skills on a variety of commissions, as well as deepening their understanding of the markets we operate within.

If successful, you will work across all areas of our collective businesses, allowing you the time to discover where your interests and skills best fit, before choosing to specialise later in your career if you so wish.

Why Start Your Career With Us?

• We will provide you with a personalised induction programme, intended to make sure that by the end of 90 days you have been introduced to all aspects of our business, our vision and values, the wider group structure and your role – as well as getting to know your new colleagues
• You will take part in regular reviews to track your development and progress and identify opportunities for further training and improvement to help you on your career path
• We offer flexibility and autonomy in the direction of your career, with the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience across our varied service offer
• We will support your further professional development, including providing Better Business Cases and Project Management specific training and then additional sponsorship to pursue your own chosen professional accreditation (e.g. RICS, APM, CIOB) 
• We have a variety of Internal training and development opportunities, including leadership workshops, personal development skills, management training and ‘learning lunches’ 
• Our wider group structure enables us to offer coaching and mentoring with a diverse group of business leaders
• Be part of a peer-to-peer support network with other graduates and juniors across the Sewell Group
• We enable your access to local networking events through our corporate membership of Marketing Humber Bondholders  and other similar organisations

To learn more about the Sewell Group and Community Ventures, please follow the link below:

Home - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)

Home - Community Ventures (communityventuresltd.co.uk)

Requirements

As well as exhibiting a polite and approachable attitude, plenty of energy, initiative, professionalism, commitment and a strong team ethos, the suitable person will have the following:

Essential

• Hold or be studying towards a formal degree qualification linked to the built environment, business, finance, economics or humanities
• Promote and present a professional personal and company brand in all dealings
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise tasks accordingly, meet set deadlines and work with multiple ongoing tasks
• The ability to work as a team member in a busy working environment, but also the ability to work unsupervised at times
• The ability to learn and work with new technology and software
• Have effective and efficient time management skills
• Awareness of the importance of confidentiality
• Have good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Be able to implement new and improved ways of working

Desirable

• Previous working experience in a consultancy, estates or property related role
• Experience working in or with the public sector
• Hold a full, valid UK driving licence and own transport

Sewell Group and Community Ventures are equal opportunities employers, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience
• Annual Bonus opportunity

• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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