Associate Movement Consultant

Associate People Movement Consultant – Buro Happold

We are recruiting for an Associate People Movement Consultant to work on some of the world's most complex and technically challenging crowd flow projects.

The Analytics & Crowd Dynamics team at Buro Happold is challenged with the most unique, interesting people‑centric projects around the world. This requires us to be at the forefront of innovation in the field to address the complex challenges of analysis, optimisation and solutions for how people move and behave.
We are disrupting how buildings and cities are planned, designed, and operated. We put people at the centre of decision making, using people flow simulations and other methods to analyse crowd behaviour, visitor movement and management. We optimise spaces such as airports, museums, theatres, workplaces, stadia, campuses and urban spaces. We take pride in delighting our clients by providing practical solutions that have significant positive impact on user experience, the performance of the venue or space and facilitating crowd management.

• Work across several interesting projects worldwide covering many scales and sectors, from unique attractions in the UK to analysing millions of people in Makkah.
• Provide day‑to‑day design and management advice to clients including architects, developers, operators and authorities based on people flow analysis and expert knowledge in crowd modelling and management.
• Deliver top‑quality crowd flow / people movement consultancy working with international clients and stakeholders. Oversee modelling and analysis, report/presentation delivery, and client liaison.
• Develop client relationships, prepare and submit bid proposals for work in liaison with the team’s work winners across the business.
• Undertake necessary project management, quality assurance and time management to deliver high‑value, profitable work effectively.
• Support across a range of sectors using existing understanding of the standards and methods that are applied to different scenarios. Guide and mentor other team members in such analysis and delivery to the client.
• Contribute innovative ideas in group meetings and team discussions, taking a lead on innovative development of ideas on a project or otherwise.
• Travel as needed to attend on‑site and client meetings.

• Significant industry experience of crowd, pedestrian modelling, crowd management consultancy.
• A degree in a relevant subject including transport, mathematics, economics, statistics, operational research, geo‑spatial analysis, physics, organisational psychology, and engineering.
• Experience leading crowd flow projects.
• Experience working as part of a specialist team integrating with a variety of disciplines and stakeholders. On‑site crowd management experience desirable.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills with experience analysing and interpreting people flow and other data sets, generating assumptions when data are unavailable.
• Experience with crowd modelling packages such as Legion, Pathfinder, Mass Motion, Viswalk etc.
• Ability to present and communicate technical ideas in an accessible manner to clients, including at board level.
• Desirable experience using GIS software to analyse and visualise geospatial data (ArcGIS, QGIS).
• Confidence using Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud products (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) beneficial.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Generous pension contribution of 10%, life assurance and income protection.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• A 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to continuous development – whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your well‑being through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• An opportunity to support your local community…