Principal / Director Management Consultant

A leading consultancy is seeking a highly experienced independent management consultant to support future Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Consultancy and Professional Services framework submissions.

This is a specialist assignment for a fractional, interim, or contract consultant. It is not a Bid Manager, Bid Coordinator, or generic bid writing role.

We are looking for consultants who have previously developed successful responses to these types of hypothetical government consulting questions because they have personally delivered programmes of comparable complexity across UK Central Government. The assignment is to apply first-hand management consulting experience to develop exceptional responses to quality questions for the new GCA Consultancy and Professional Services framework, drawing upon previous experience of successful CCS Management Consultancy Framework (MCF3 and MCF4) submissions.

Essential Experience

• Principal, Director, Managing Consultant, Partner, or equivalent consulting experience within the UK Central Government practice of a leading management consultancy or major systems integrator.
• Played a leading role in developing and authoring successful quality responses for CCS Management Consultancy Framework submissions, including MCF3, MCF4, or equivalent government consultancy frameworks.
• Extensive experience designing, leading, and delivering large, complex transformation programmes across UK Central Government.
• Extensive experience responding to hypothetical government consulting scenarios by developing credible delivery approaches based on practical consulting experience.
• Strong understanding of how government quality responses are evaluated and scored.
• Demonstrable ability to translate practical consulting experience into clear, concise, and high-scoring responses within strict character limits.
• An exceptional communicator and wordsmith, capable of expressing complex management consulting approaches in clear, persuasive, and high-scoring responses.
• Able to articulate practical consulting methodologies in a structured, logical, and persuasive manner.
• Broad experience advising Central Government on transformation, programme delivery, governance, operating models, organisational change, policy implementation, and senior stakeholder engagement, supported by the judgement and credibility expected of a senior management consultant.