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Role Description
Job Title: Senior Consultant
Reports to: Managing Director
Salary: £TBC
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Flexible (UK-based)
About Us
Founds Group is a small independent and fast-growing SME consultancy providing Professional and Technical Advisory Services to Local Authorities, Devolved Administrations, and Private Sector Clients. We are both innovators and thought leaders across Digital Infrastructure, Highways & Transportation, and Planning & Placemaking sectors and deliver market-leading programmes and projects. Established in 2016 to provide expert support, guidance, and advice, we have continued to grow steadily and sustainably and this year celebrate 10 years in business. We continue to form a strong portfolio of collaborative client relationships and successful projects delivered.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly talented, self-motivated Senior Consultant with the experience of managing all elements of project, programme, and contract delivery including; technical leadership, advisory, strategy development, project management, procurement, cost and commercial management, and construction management. The successful candidate should have strong infrastructure experience, ideally with a focus on Highways and Transportation. Working as part of a high-performing team and directly with our clients, you will become one of our trusted advisors and you will be joining a growing business, with strong client relationships and an expanding order book – this is an exciting time for our business.
We are looking for someone who is creative, dedicated, and willing to lead, to fit with our collaborative hard-working culture and ethos. The role fits someone who has a flexible approach to working across the UK, someone who is a high achiever, an innovator, and a leader; and can both help support and develop our team, alongside delivering on projects. Most of our projects are delivered across multi-disciplinary teams, within politically and financially challenged environments – so experience of public sector delivery would be an advantage.
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Candidate Requirements
- Provides natural leadership, support, and coaching to Client teams and internal teams.
- Can provide technical advisory and assurance on complex projects, ensuring Client satisfaction and project deliverables are always met.
- Uses a full range of skills, appropriate tools, and delivery techniques, can manage delivery of projects, contracts, and programmes to high standards, manages budgets, programme, and risk in a professional and effective way.
- Experience with writing contracts/specifications, producing detailed reports including commercial and cost planning, risk management, stakeholder engagement, benefits realisation – as examples.
- Is creative and innovative in providing advice and solutions for Clients, maintaining governance in challenging environments.
- Able to undertake systematic assurance, monitoring, reporting, and conveys effective and concise information.
- Ensures excellence in delivery and clear communication with teams, stakeholders, and Clients.
- Actively seeks and supports new business opportunities and strengthens existing Client relationships.
- Experience of supporting senior leaders with business management, strategy, and delivery.
Skills
- Self-motivated and excellent communicator, with a high standard of ethics and strong guiding principles.
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, including the ability to negotiate complex delivery issues.
- Natural leader with an individual style that supports strong values and principles.
- Strong collaborator and able to build trust with colleagues and Client teams, and developing junior staff.
- Ability to respond to changing project environments, whilst maintaining strong governance and control.
- Digital and software literate, including establishing systems and processes, and lean methodologies, including AI adoption.
- Coach, mentor, and develop junior staff, direct reports, and peers to support staff development across the company.
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Experience and Qualifications
Extensive experience of leading in a senior management role, including across digital and highways and transport-based infrastructure. Ideally 15+ years delivery experience with a relevant professional membership, accredited and qualified (i.e., MICE, MCIHT, MAPM etc) and a proven track record in working in multi-disciplinary team delivery.
Opportunity and Progression
As a senior business leader, we are looking for someone who has the ability to become part of our executive team and can both deliver programmes and projects but also help grow the business. This would involve strategy, work winning, staff development, business accounting, and future innovations and investment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Discretionary bonuses.
- A flexible approach to working.
- 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.
- Option for 7 days Annual Leave buy-back.
- Career progression, with personal development funded training.
- Company pension scheme, with matched contribution up to 8%.
- Company HealthCare Plan.
- EV company car options.
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