Senior Consultants – National Security – eDV Cleared
* Role: Senior Consultants / Management Consultants
* Salary: £55,000 – £95,000 (higher for technical or specialist profiles)
* Location: Cheltenham, Manchester or London
* Clearance: Must hold active enhanced DV / UKIC Clearance (no sponsorship or uplift)
* Start Date: ASAP
Overview
Searchablity NS&D is seeking Senior Consultants across multiple disciplines — including Management Consulting, P3M specialisms, Business Change, and Business Analysis — to deliver critical transformation and delivery programmes across the UK’s National Security community.
Support some of the most complex and high-impact projects in government. You’ll operate within secure client environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive digital, data, and organisational change initiatives from inception through to successful delivery.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver programmes and projects across the National Security landscape, ensuring outcomes are achieved to time, cost, and quality.
* Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating mission requirements into actionable change and delivery plans.
* Support business change activities, from stakeholder engagement and impact assessment to benefits realisation and continuous improvement.
* Lead or contribute to delivery planning, risk management, and project controls across complex multi-stakeholder environments.
* Collaborate within cross-disciplinary teams — spanning digital, data, and technology — to ensure delivery excellence and mission alignment.
* Contribute to internal proposition development, capability growth, and knowledge sharing within the consulting practice.
Skills & Experience
Essential:
* Proven experience delivering consulting, P3M, or business change programmes in secure or government environments.
* Strong understanding of project and programme management principles (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, Agile).
* Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders within complex, high-security settings.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
* Analytical mindset with the ability to turn insight into actionable recommendations.
* Must hold active enhanced DV / UKIC clearance.
Desirable:
* Background in digital transformation, data-led delivery, or technology-enabled change.
* Relevant professional certifications (APM, MSP, AgilePM, PROSCI, etc.).
* Experience working within Central Government / National Security.
* Prior consultancy or multi-supplier ecosystem experience.
Apply
If you hold active enhanced DV / UKIC clearance and want to make a direct impact on UK National Security delivery, submit your CV and contact details via this advert.