Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 700 people working across the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. We are a values-based organisation that aims to improve people’s lives by delivering innovative and enduring solutions that transform businesses, governments and communities.
Nous is regularly acknowledged as a Great Place to Work. In 2023 Nous was named Best Workplace by Great Place to Work in every country we operate, with the UK team recognised in its category for Best Workplace overall, Best Workplace for Development and Best Workplace for Women.
We are looking for an experienced Director to join our team. As a Director, you will build client relationships, secure and manage projects, and drive thought leadership in your area of expertise. You will leverage your networks to develop new professional relationships for Nous and contribute to project content, direction, and the design and structure of client solutions. You will also have the opportunity to mentor and coach less experienced consultants to support their growth on projects at Nous.
You are:
* Passionate and driven: delivering ideas that matter and creating positive influence in a diverse, creative environment
* Innovative: keeping abreast of developments in your areas of expertise and contributing to their implementation on projects
* A strong contributor: actively contributing to thinking, writing and the quality of client deliverables
* Knowledgeable: in an emerging area of specialization to shape compelling ideas and solutions
And the practical experience:
* 10+ years of experience in a related role, including 5+ years in consulting
* Proven experience working on higher education projects in the UK
* Ideally experience in transformation and change, digital and AI, or both. See our capability areas and sectors at nousgroup.com
* Strategic thinker with experience in discovery, service design and delivery
* Effective management of medium-large and complex projects and programmes, with direction of smaller projects
* Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative data
* Commercial mindset with understanding of business challenges
* Ability to produce high-quality client materials in a short timeframe
* Effective relationship manager
The work:
Below is a snapshot of recent projects you could work on in our UK office:
Higher Education
* Developed an operating model for a large Russell Group University with focus on academic administration and professional services, co-developing a service catalogue and new ways of working with user experience in mind
* Evaluated a university’s innovation ecosystem to benchmark performance and identify opportunities to deliver against government and stakeholder expectations
* Supported a university transformation office with strategy and delivery, establishing a best-practice PMO and moving projects out of red risk status
Government
* Leading masterclasses with newly appointed CEOs of public bodies to explore leadership in arms-length bodies
* Ran a red-team review of a major defence programme to challenge the status quo
* Conducted a data maturity assessment for an arm’s-length body to improve data-driven decision making
* Co-designed and facilitated an organisation-wide leadership development programme to build capability and embed strategy
Important details
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Nous is a flexible workplace offering consulting opportunities on a full-time or part-time basis. We value diversity and inclusion and partner with initiatives such as 10,000 Black Interns.
If you enjoy solving complex problems and want to be part of a dynamic team that puts people at the centre of everything, we’d love to hear from you. Please click Apply.
Right to work: To apply for a role in London you must have the right to work in the UK. Background screening will be required prior to commencement.
Seniority level
* Director
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Consulting and Education
* Industries: Business Consulting and Services and Higher Education
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