• Be accountable for business analysis delivery across defined projects, products, or programmes.
• Take ownership of stakeholder relationships, delivery outcomes, and escalation of issues where appropriate, proposing pragmatic options and solutions when challenges arise.
• Operate primarily in a billable consulting role, either independently within blended client teams or as part of a wider Herd engagement.
• Lead engagements with customers across different stages of the delivery lifecycle, from early exploration and discovery through to live delivery and implementation.
• Work independently, applying sound judgement, influencing decision-making, and helping teams reach informed outcomes and consensus where needed.
• Contribute to wider professional communities and share your experiences internally across Herd and externally through blogs, podcasts, speaking engagements, and events.
• Support the growth of Herd through contributions to bids, tenders, pre-sales activities, Statements of Work, case studies, and thought leadership content.
• Support and develop others across Herd through coaching, mentoring, and, where appropriate, task management or line management responsibilities.
• Where required, support hiring activities including reviewing applications, assessment design, interviewing, and hiring recommendations.
• Embrace the reality of a growing scale-up environment and be willing to get stuck in where needed.

Core skills and characteristics

• Enjoy getting things done and driving tangible outcomes.
• Build strong working relationships with people at all levels, across teams, functions, and cultures, and can influence senior stakeholders and help shape decision-making.
• Able to synthesise complex information and communicate it in a simple, clear, and effective way.
• Confident leading difficult conversations and constructively challenging clients and colleagues when there may be a better way forward, balancing confidence with empathy and professionalism.
• Accountable, proactive, and comfortable owning delivery outcomes, decisions, and key deliverables.
• Confident influencing stakeholders, facilitating discussions, and helping teams navigate ambiguity and complexity.
• Able to apply sound judgement and pragmatism to determine the right approach depending on the customer, context, and desired outcome.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail across both words and numbers.
• A self-starter who can identify priorities, make decisions, and work independently within complex environments.
• Comfortable presenting and defending your thinking under pressure, whilst remaining open-minded to better ideas and alternative perspectives.
• Comfortable working at pace within fast-moving delivery environments.
• Able to guide teams and stakeholders towards pragmatic, evidence-based decisions and delivery approaches.
• Curious and adaptable, with the ability to learn new concepts, domains, and tools quickly.
• Someone who takes pride in producing high-quality, engaging, and visually clear deliverables.
• Comfortable supporting, coaching, and developing others across teams where needed.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Desirable experience

• Experience working within central government, arms-length bodies, local authorities, higher education, or charities.
• First-hand experience working within the GOV.UK Service Standard.
• Experience using data analysis tools such as Power BI, SQL, or Python.

Right to work

You must have the right to work in the UK. Applicants without this will not be progressed. Herd Consulting does not currently offer sponsorship.

Security clearance

Due to the nature of the clients we work with, you may be required to undergo security vetting up to and including Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance levels.

If you have any reason to believe you may not successfully obtain the required clearance, this must be declared as early as possible and before accepting any offer of employment.

Location

You can be based anywhere across mainland UK. There will be some expectation to travel to client sites as and when needed.

You’ll also be expected to visit our Sheffield office at least once per month for team meetings. For those living within a 25-mile radius of Sheffield, we encourage regular office time where possible, typically around once per week. Outside of that, we’re completely comfortable with folk working remotely from within the UK. Due to the nature of the work we do, remote working from outside of the UK is not permitted.

Benefits

Package: £57,000-£62,000 (depending upon experience) plus the following benefits and perks:

• 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
• An additional day off to celebrate your birthday
• £1,000 annual personal development fund to spend as you wish
• Employee perks programme with exclusive discounts and savings across hundreds of retailers
• Electric Vehicle (EV) and Cycle to Work salary sacrifice schemes (available after passing probation)
• Life assurance cover at 3x salary
• 24/7 Virtual GP and Advanced Nurse Practitioner access
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
• Child Mental Health Support
• Cancer Awareness and Nurse Support, provided by Perci Health, the UK’s leading virtual cancer clinic.
• Online physiotherapy service
• Second Medical Opinion — offers access to a UK based specialist consultant who can provide a second medical opinion on a diagnosis or treatment plan.
• Dog-friendly employer — we love seeing dogs in the office!
• Paid pet bereavement leave from Day 1
• Discounts with retailers in Leah’s Yard
• Regular Herd socials, both virtual and in-person, including lunches, beer tasting, award nights, crazy golf, and more

We're also proud to be named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work for two years running, 2024 and 2025.

Closing Date

We review applications as they come in and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or fill the roles ahead of schedule. If it sounds like your kind of thing, we’d encourage you to apply sooner rather than later.