Sustainability Workplace Specialist
Job Summary
As a Sustainability & Workplace Specialist, you will help shape and advance Deloitte's workplace strategy across the real estate portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of sustainability, well-being, workplace experience, and project delivery. You will work across strategy, transactions, planning, and operations to translate firm priorities into scalable workplace solutions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute workplace strategy
- Integrate sustainability and WELL standards
- Manage project stakeholders and governance
- Analyze portfolio performance and KPIs
Required Skills
- Corporate real estate experience
- Sustainability/WELL certification knowledge
- Strategic planning & analysis
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Executive presentation skills
Job Details
### Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of workplace strategies across the real estate portfolio, with emphasis on sustainability, well-being, portfolio optimization, and user experience.
- Lead or support strategic workstreams that integrate sustainability and WELL priorities into real estate projects from planning through construction.
- Partner with internal real estate leaders, consultants, and cross-functional stakeholders to align project outcomes with firmwide workplace standards and business priorities.
- Develop workplace strategy analyses, business cases, feasibility assessments, leadership presentations, and decision-support materials.
- Coordinate with project teams to embed sustainability goals and well-being features into project scope, documentation, specifications, and implementation requirements.
- Track and evaluate project and portfolio performance against workplace, sustainability, and operational KPIs.
- Support the evolution and application of workplace standards, sustainability guidelines, and well-being strategies across markets.
- Contribute to sustainability implementation efforts including embodied carbon considerations, material selection, circularity, waste diversion, and energy performance goals.
- Support WELL-related portfolio activities, including maintenance of well-being guidelines, project-level implementation, and biannual WELL at scale submissions.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement by gathering input, synthesizing feedback, resolving competing priorities, and advancing decisions that balance local needs with firmwide standards.
- Partner with finance, IT, security, procurement, communications, and other business teams to support integrated project delivery.
- Identify risks, issues, and trade-offs related to scope, cost, schedule, quality, and sustainability outcomes.
- Maintain strong project governance, reporting, and documentation practices.
### Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in architecture, interior experience, workplace strategy, sustainability, real estate, engineering, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in workplace, corporate real estate, sustainability, architecture, interiors, or related project delivery environments.
- Experience supporting or leading workstreams across the real estate project lifecycle, including planning and implementation.
- Experience with workplace strategy, standards, sustainability integration, or well-being programs within capital projects or portfolio initiatives.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong relationship management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook).
- Ability to travel 25% on average.