Senior Consultant
We are looking for Senior Consultants to join our delivery team at IMPOWER!
Location: London / Hybrid
Salary: Starting from £45,000 + Competitive bonus + benefits
Reporting to: Delivery Director
Working pattern: Full-time (40 hours per week)
About us
IMPOWER is the country’s largest independent management consultancy, focussed exclusively on helping our public sector clients improve services for their local communities - and getting the best use of the public pound.
We understand that impactful and meaningful change cannot be solved sustainably through traditional, liner project management approaches. Our unique EDGEWORK methodology provides our clients with the skills, techniques and mindset to collaboratively solve the complex problems they face – and we have shown that IMPOWER’s way of approaching change has provided better outcomes for service users that have cost our clients less to deliver.
Our team of highly skilled consultants use applied behavioural science, insight, creativity and a talent for building strong relationships to transform public service delivery. If you have a passion for improving public services and the energy to tackle some of our clients’ most difficult challenges, we hope you will be inspired to join our team.
About the role
Our Senior Consultants provide administrative, project management and analytical work across our projects. Their day-to-day tasks include conducting, detailed analysis on both quantitative and qualitative information; working closely with clients at a strategic and frontline level to deliver change, and creating documented deliverables including reports and presentations – all in which aid the progress of our work.
Our Senior Consultants lead on specific elements of a project, with the support of the project Manager. This will includes tasks ranging from administration and coordination of project activities, running workshops, working with frontline professionals, and sharing key insights with senior clients.
Our Senior Consultants are curious and inquisitive, and they take a genuine interest in our clients to work together in solving the important challenges they face. They are flexible, adapt positively to change, and have great deal of emotional intelligence and empathy.
About you
To be right for the role of Senior Consultant within IMPOWER, you should have a combination of the below skills and experiences:
- Evidenced experience of working on change and transformation projects within the public sector, social care, local government or health environments - including leading on elements of the project with senior project support.
- Demonstrable experience working closely with others on a project, building strong relationships quickly and tackling resistance as it arises.
- Demonstrable experience facilitating, developing or supporting workshops, focus groups or other similar activities.
- Evidence of working at pace on a project whilst delivering high quality outcomes.
- Experience and demonstrable comfort in adapting quickly to new topic areas, clients or developing new skills when required.
- Demonstrable experience building and managing relationships across a range of stakeholders.
- Empathy and emotional intelligence, with the resilience for dealing with the challenges that come with working with as a consultant.
- Good understanding of what it means to work with values-based people and organisations.
- Competent in all Microsoft Office software, including:
- Ability to use Excel to analyse data.
- Presentation skills to a range of stakeholders.
- Producing high quality documents and reports.
- Project Management skills.
- Good public sector knowledge.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Organisation skills.
About our offer
- Competitive salary, with a personal and company-based performance bonus
- 28 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), with buy/sell/rollover scheme
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance and Income Protection
- Medical and Dental Insurance
- Gym Subsidy contribution, including to online fitness subscriptions
- Parent, guardian, and carer friendly policies
- Discounts at a variety of high street retailers
- Regular training and development opportunities
- Paid volunteer/CSR days
- Regular team socials and celebrations (even virtual ones!)
About our commitment to Inclusion
At IMPOWER, whilst we are committed to being an equal opportunities employer - our commitment to facilitating a safe, inclusive working environment doesn’t just stop at an Equality and Diversity Policy.
We have recently signed up to the Disability Confident scheme and we are an organisation that is actively working towards anti-discrimination of any kind against race, gender, gender identity, sexuality, disability, age, religious belief, parental or carer commitments, marital status or civil partnership. We do this through our D&I strategy, through constant review our policies and procedures, through our recruitment processes, and through the training and development of our staff.
- Department
- Delivery Team
- Locations
- 8-10 Warner Street
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
8-10 Warner Street
What we offer
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Being human
We are led by our values and by a desire to do the right thing. Our starting point is respect - for the people who work in public services, and the people who use them (including, of course, our own employees). -
Celebrating individual differences
We value all differences in our team, acknowledging different skills, experiences and motivations. -
Wellbeing
Wellbeing – employee wellbeing is a company priority and we treat it accordingly. We look out for each other - for example, since the pandemic struck, staff have been empowered to adjust their working hours and manage their diaries to encompass home schooling or caring responsibilities. We have a wellbeing action group which works with colleagues from across the business to develop wellbeing initiatives and strategies, such as training a team of Mental Health First Aiders. We provide a gym subsidy contribution (including for online fitness class subscriptions). -
Flexibility
We have parent, guardian, and carer friendly policies in place. -
Insurance
We provide private health, dental, life and income protection insurance. -
Socials
We are a social bunch! We like to get together regularly in project teams or as a whole company, whether for meals out or an activity. Even during periods of lockdown we have kept this up via our online clubs, virtual drinks and fitness challenges. The strength of our social relationships at work have helped create and maintain a genuinely supportive company culture. -
Development opportunities
We offer regular training and development opportunities, and personal development is a key element of ‘People Friday’, held every two weeks. -
Corporate social responsibility
All our staff can spend two days a year volunteering in support of causes or organisations that are important to them. -
Discounts
Our employees benefit from discounts through Perkbox.
Company culture
We are determined to achieve positive impact and contribute to a better society – but also to be a good employer, so that our people can enjoy their work and fulfil their potential.
Here’s what some of our colleagues say:
- "People ACTUALLY care...about each other, about the public sector, about making a difference on a daily basis (it's not lip service it's true!)"
- "I came to IMPOWER straight from the public sector, and it feels like the company are equally as driven to deliver outcomes for citizens as colleagues in the public sector are"
- "There is a culture of high performance but with the support, trust and emphasis on personal development needed to thrive. There is a real focus on outcomes and client impact"
- "We're an intellectually curious, seriously friendly bunch...who aren't afraid to go against the grain to make a big positive impact on people's lives"
- "The culture is supportive, fun and mind-expanding. I feel respected by my managers and colleagues and empowered to think of new ways to meet client expectations"
About IMPOWER Consulting
IMPOWER is an award-winning independent consultancy focused exclusively on improving public services and tackling the most complex social problems.
Senior Consultant
We are looking for Senior Consultants to join our delivery team at IMPOWER!
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