Senior Consultant

Role Overview

• Project Delivery: Playing an active role in fee-earning client engagements and, when free, on internal projects that help to develop Transform’s consulting practice. Working on deliverables and positive outcomes for the client, taking responsibility, supporting colleagues. Understanding the variety of roles that make up delivery and proactively stretching yourself by taking on new challenges. Honing skills through active learning, practice and working effectively with others.
• **Management of delivery engagements: **With oversight from our Principal Consultants and/or Directors, working up to and/or taking responsibility for day-to-day management on client engagements. Demonstrating the ability to step up at short notice. Providing less formal leadership or guidance to others when needed.
• Personal development and helping others: Refining your capability in both the breadth and depth of skills required for consultancy. Developing own preferences and strengths. Showing how your skills contribute to the whole. Proactively seeking opportunities to support others. Taking every available opportunity to learn through the work you do. Planning and executing personal development objectives and goals.
• Supporting Transform’s growth and culture: Identifying new opportunities through network or current clients. Opening doors to close yourself or leveraging others. Getting involved with sales and proposals to develop skills and understanding. Communicating the Transform brand, values and experience. Supporting new colleagues on client/internal assignments. Identifying potential new colleagues. Acting in recognition of our combined strength and being greater than the sum of our parts.

Requirements

• Extensive transformation experience, in either central or local government environments
• Experience and understanding of working in the following environments: strategy, change management, research, stakeholder engagement, innovation and analysis
• Good problem-solving, analytical skills and rigorous approach to challenges. Thinking objectively, you will be able to synthesise information and insight, working collaboratively with data and technical colleagues, to develop robust, defendable solutions and recommendations to achieve goals
• Excellent interpersonal skills, calm under pressure and emotionally resilient, with a focus on effective relationship management
• Strong presentation, writing, communication and analytical skills, with a clear demonstration of excellent listening and questioning skills
• Experience of working directly with clients and supporting the management of projects
• Integrity and presence, we are looking for someone who is self-motivated and keen to make a difference
• Experience in objectively evaluating organisations from understanding stakeholder needs, auditing assets and capabilities, and identifying future technology, skills and culture
• A collaborative, pragmatic and flexible ‘can-do’ attitude with a curious and inquisitive approach to work
• Some experience in performing reviews and analysis, and evaluating impact and options
• An enthusiasm about digital and how it affects companies and individuals
• A growth mindset
• AI curious and ready to embrace opportunities

Benefits

Our culture is built on:

• We raise the bar
• We look out for each other
• We embrace our differences
• We shape a changing world
• We’re all in

**Our benefits include: **

• Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days (note that 3 days are held for Christmas holidays)
• Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
• Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
• Cycle to work schemes
• Gym & retail discounts
• Regular social events/activities
• A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package