Your role

Working independently or as part of a team, our Senior Consultants can expect to lead and be involved in a range of projects at any one time, providing hands-on support to clients and support and guidance to team members. The work we do requires a mix of technical, problem-solving and relationship management skills; Consultancy is entrepreneurial and project-based by nature, meaning the day-to-day activities are often complex and varied.

Our projects vary in length and size, as do the demands of the client. You may be working with a large degree of independence or as part of a wider team. Your work can be based at our office, at a single client site or across several sites and work may involve travel and the possibility of overnight stays within the UK.

The requirements of any project will vary, but typical tasks and responsibilities for our Senior Consultants include:

• Managing small/medium scale projects (i.e. 2-3 staff, usually up to £100k - but can be more over a longer period of time), delivering on time and to budget.
• Understanding all the project deliverables, managing their delivery and making sure all deliverables produced by us are timely and high-quality;
• Developing strong working relationships with clients and partners, building confidence and trust as well as tactfully raising issues, challenging client thinking, building consensus and resolving conflict;
• Communicating ideas clearly and effectively one-on-one and in groups, both with and without visual aids, and in a variety of meeting environments;
• Analysing complex data - both hard and soft - evaluating different sources of information and reconciling conflicting or ambiguous data;
• Leading the development of written reports that add insight and/or resolution to client issues;
• Quality-assuring work by other team members, providing good feedback and guidance;
• Identifying opportunities to market and sell services to new and existing clients;
• Leading the production of proposals in response to invitations to tender and writes expressions of interest; and
• Acting as a coach and mentor, providing expertise, guidance, support and regular feedback to others.

About you

We are looking for someone with a genuine passion for public services and a good understanding of the major themes in public service reform, with the following skills, experience and attitudes:

• A minimum 2:2 degree in any discipline and at least three years' experience either working with public services and/or in a management consultancy environment;
• Experience of managing projects and teams, including delivering advice to senior figures;
• An ability to interpret complex data (both hard and soft data, including numerical and statistical information);
• Demonstrable leadership, coaching and mentoring skills;
• Strong networking and relationship-management skills, with the ability to foster and maintain strong professional relationships and networks;
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and comfortable with facilitation and presenting (to small and large groups);
• The ability to work effectively under pressure, recognising when to seek help or to delegate;
• Able to deal positively with change, prioritise and manage simultaneous demands, and to recover quickly from setbacks and challenges;
• Experience in business case development, business planning and/or financial modelling
• Business development experience, including drafting successful bids and proposals;
• Be comfortable with travel and the possibility of overnight stays within the UK (at times this could be two/three nights a week).

What do we offer?

• Annual discretionary bonus
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme (8% employer contribution)
• Family Private Medical and Mental Health Insurance
• Flexibility of working hours
• Flexibility to work from home two days per week
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life insurance 4x salary
• Income protection / long term sickness cover
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Paid pro bono days (2 per year)
• Discounts with a variety of high street retailers
• Regular paid team socials, celebrations and away days
• Personal use of company iPhone

This vacancy will close subject to the volume of applications received. All successful applicants will be contacted within 2 weeks of their application, and will be invited to inform us confidentially if you need any adjustments or accommodations to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Unfortunately, where there are high volumes of applications we will not be able to reply to unsuccessful candidates.