Senior Consultant - Development Consultancy and Research (Riyadh)

Company Name: Knight Frank Middle East
Location: SaudiArabia

The KSA team is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and hardworking real estate development consultant. Knight Frank is a leading practitioner in global commercial real estate markets. The Development Consultancy & Research team provides strategic analysis on the office, retail, industrial, hospitality and residential real estate markets. The team primarily advises (semi) government entities, developers and private and institutional investors.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake and coordinate development and research advice on large mixed use projects.
• Undertake feasibility and highest and best use studies, assess risk and financial feasibility.
• Liaise with sub consultants and other professionals where required to deliver results.
• Have an understanding and appreciation of Middle East macro-economics and drivers of development strategies and real estate sector growth.
• Keep abreast of key trends/developments in real estate regionally and globally in order to provide informed opinion.
• Refer business leads or other potential fee earning opportunities into other parts of the Middle East and Global business.
• Contribute to business development including proposal writing and attending network events.

 

Team / Operating Environment:

• Completing deliverables to tight deadlines means that the ability to get on with colleagues and a flexible attitude towards office hours are as important as technical skills & experience.
• Increasingly demanding clients create a need for continuing development of research services and innovative solutions to client requirements.
• Requirement to provide high quality, user-friendly & value for money service.

Essential Requirements will include:

• The candidate should have a property development or consultancy background with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience and ideally have knowledge of the local real estate markets in KSA.
• Good interpersonal & communications skills for both written and oral presentations.
• Clear and logical thinker with well-developed report writing skills.
• The ability to understand and make use of computers and information technology (KF Internal Systems).
• Strong team player with the ability to build relationships.
• Flexible attitude towards travelling.
• Foreign language skills (Arabic) an asset but not essential

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  ConsultingResearch

• Industries

  Real Estate