Company Description
Colliers is a leading diversified professional services company. With operations in 70 countries, our more than 24,000 enterprising people work collaboratively to provide expert advice to maximize the value of property for real estate occupiers, owners, and investors.
As a global leading real estate firm, Colliers is redefining workplace strategy worldwide, helping organisations rethink where they work, how much space they need, and how their workplaces should function in an increasingly complex, hybrid, and sustainability-driven landscape.
Job Description
We are seeking a Space Strategist / to join our dynamic team. This role is ideal for a proactive professional who thrives in an international, fast-paced environment and enjoys collaborating with global clients to translate business needs into innovative workplace solutions.
This opportunity sits as part of our growing EMEA occupier services team and is based within our office in Amsterdam with the EMEA workplace advisory team. Working closely with stakeholders across multiple countries, you will develop workplace strategies and strategic occupancy and space planning solutions that align with business objectives, workplace standards, and evolving client requirements.
Main Responsibilities:
- Delivery of strategic occupancy and space planning projects across EMEA for one of our global clients with an office portfolio of c. 200,000 sqm;
Planning Support & Scenario Development
- Assist in developing space and workplace scenarios based on business needs, growth assumptions, and utilization insights
- Prepare planning options, test fits (working with designers/partners as needed), stacking and adjacency plans, and capacity models
- Help evaluate feasibility for consolidations, expansions, and flexible seating strategies
Occupancy & Utilization Analysis
- Analyze occupancy and utilization data to support right-sizing and planning efforts
- Use dashboards, space data, and IWMS tools to model future capacity needs
- Track and organize planning inputs, assumptions, and changes
Client Engagement & Stakeholder Alignment
- Support planning sessions and workshops with meeting materials, notes, and follow-ups
- Assist with stakeholder communications and presentations to summarize analysis and planning recommendations
- Partner with workplace, facilities, and project management teams to gather inputs and understand business priorities
- Communicate complex planning concepts and analysis in clear, executive-friendly formats
Workplace Strategy Integration
- Apply workplace standards, planning guidelines, and design principles when preparing planning materials
- Assist in planning for flexible workplace programs and future workplace pilot areas
- Help escort planning decisions through change management processes,
- Provide inputs to programming, project implementation partners, and change enablement activities
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Work cross-functionally with the Workplace Strategy team, client real estate teams, PMO, and Technology partners
- Contribute to the development of planning methodologies, tools, templates, and best practices on client accounts
- Support planning, governance, and standards to ensure accuracy, consistency, and adoption across the portfolio
- Participate in planning reviews and lessons-learned discussions to support continuous improvement
- Support planning, governance and policies that enhance accuracy, consistency, and adoption
Planning Documentation & Reporting
- Prepare reports, visuals, and dashboards summarizing planning outcomes and scenarios
- Maintain planning files, demand logs, and scenario models to ensure accuracy and traceability
- Contribute to playbooks, templates, and planning tools that improve consistency and speed to insight
- Remain informed of planning assumptions, space standards, capacity metrics, and demand forecasts
- Partner with IWMS and reporting teams to ensure data supports strategic planning and decision-making
Qualifications
Key Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in a similar workplace strategy and space Planning role. International experience is a big plus.
- Strong data analysis skills, with the ability to interpret occupancy and workplace data, identify trends, and translate insights into strategic space planning recommendations.
- Experience with AutoCAD and CAFM systems.
- Strong analytical skills, with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and the wider Microsoft Office suite.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and communicate confidently with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work within agreed timelines.
- Client-focused, with a commitment to delivering an outstanding customer experience and practical workplace solutions.
- A collaborative team player who enjoys working across functions and cultures in an international environment.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multicultural, and globally distributed team environment.
- Passion for emerging workplace trends, planning technologies, and ways of working
- Willingness to grow skills in workplace strategy, scenario modeling, data storytelling, and decision-support tools
- Eagerness to contribute to planning standards, methodology improvements, and knowledge-sharing over time
Interview Process
Our recruitment process consists of three stages:
- First Interview – An introductory interview with the Head of EMEA Workplace Advisory and a key stakeholder. This conversation will focus on your experience, technical expertise, and overall fit for the role and team.
- Second Interview – A competency-based interview with two members of the global Workplace Advisory team. This stage provides an opportunity to explore your approach to collaboration, problem-solving, and working in an international environment.
- Final Interview – A case study presentation, where you will be asked to analyse a workplace planning scenario and present your recommendations. This stage allows you to demonstrate your analytical thinking, strategic approach, and presentation skills.
Additional Information
Recruitment Agencies and Independent Recruiters
We are fortunate to receive a strong volume of high-quality applications for our vacancies. If additional support is needed, we conduct our own direct search, and where appropriate, we work with our preferred recruitment partners.
For this reason, we kindly ask recruitment agencies and independent recruiters not to contact us regarding this vacancy or to offer recruitment services. Unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles submitted without a prior written agreement will not be considered, and no fees will be payable.
