Managing Consultant

Managing Consultant Public Sector Transformation Consulting 📍 London (2 days per week) with UK-wide client travel 💰 Up to £125,000 + Bonus + Benefits Shape the Future of Public Sector Transformation We're partnering with an ambitious and rapidly growing consultancy that helps public sector organisations deliver meaningful and sustainable transformation. Having established a strong reputation across healthcare, local government and wider public services, the business is entering an exciting phase of growth and is looking to appoint a Managing Consultant to support the continued expansion of its public sector consulting practice. This is an opportunity to join a consultancy where you'll have genuine influence over client outcomes, project delivery, business growth, and the future direction of the practice. If you're looking to move away from the constraints of a large corporate environment, or you're currently leading transformation initiatives within the public sector and want to apply your experience in a consulting environment, this could be the ideal next step. The Role As a Managing Consultant, you'll lead complex client engagements, build trusted stakeholder relationships, and play a key role in both project delivery and business growth. You'll work across a diverse portfolio of transformation programmes including:

• Digital transformation
• Organisational redesign
• Target operating model development
• Service improvement and transformation
• Programme mobilisation and governance
• Strategic reviews and business cases
• Local government transformation
• Public sector operational improvement You'll have significant autonomy, working directly with senior client stakeholders while helping develop more junior consultants and associates. Key Responsibilities
• Lead and deliver complex consulting engagements across the public sector
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams and specialist associates
• Design and deliver high-quality client outputs and recommendations
• Support business development, bid writing and proposal activities
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships
• Coach and mentor consultants within project teams
• Contribute to the growth and evolution of the consultancy's offerings About You We're looking for an experienced transformation professional who combines strong delivery capability with commercial awareness and exceptional stakeholder management skills. We're open to candidates from either:
• A consulting background with experience delivering public sector transformation programmes, or
• A public sector leadership or transformation background, particularly within healthcare, where you've led complex change, improvement, digital or organisational transformation initiatives. You'll Bring
• Experience leading large-scale transformation programmes
• Strong stakeholder management skills across all organisational levels
• Experience managing complex projects, programmes or workstreams
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capability
• The ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders
• Experience contributing to business development, bids or growth initiatives is advantageous Highly Desirable
• Healthcare transformation experience (NHS, integrated care systems, trusts or wider healthcare organisations)
• Local government experience
• Wider public sector experience including central government, policing or defence
• Digital transformation experience
• Target operating model, service redesign or organisational design experience
• Experience working within a consulting environment What We're Looking For ✅ Naturally curious and adaptable ✅ Comfortable working across a variety of projects and sectors ✅ Credible with senior stakeholders and executive leadership teams ✅ Collaborative and people-focused ✅ Commercially aware without being sales driven ✅ Passionate about improving public services ✅ Comfortable operating in a growing and entrepreneurial environment ✅ Motivated by delivering meaningful outcomes for citizens, service users and communities Most importantly, we're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys solving complex challenges, building strong relationships and delivering lasting transformation. Why Join?
• Significant career growth opportunities
• Exposure to a wide range of transformation programmes
• Opportunity to influence the direction of a growing consultancy
• Direct access to senior leadership
• Collaborative and supportive culture
• Strong emphasis on delivering meaningful public sector outcomes
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits package
• Opportunity to work across healthcare, local government and wider public sector clients Interested? Whether you're currently working in consulting or leading transformation from within the public sector, this is an opportunity to join a growing consultancy where you can have a visible impact, broader responsibility and play a key role in shaping the future of the practice. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation.