Key Information
Role: People Consulting Management Consultant – National Security
Location: London, Manchester, Cheltenham
Mobility: Up to 100%
Working pattern: full-time or part-time
Career Level: Consultant
Clearance requirements: Applicants must hold current enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV) clearance aligned to a National Security organisation.
Overview
Our National Security team is a successful, growing and high‑performing part of the Public Sector Strategy & Consulting practice. Within the practice you will work on innovative projects with colleagues and clients to drive excellence from strategy through to implementation, making changes that directly impact citizens. You will use the latest technologies and methodologies to help clients achieve tangible outcomes and accelerate value.
What you will learn
* How to develop and deliver solutions to real‑world problems, partnering with clients to achieve positive outcomes through collaboration.
* How to maximise the use of data in everything you do, using this data to drive solutions and tell meaningful stories to our clients.
* How to lead with user‑centricity at the heart of our work.
Responsibilities
* Work on projects to transform the Workforce across National Security clients.
* Lead complex, people‑centric transformation workstreams to drive business change, integrating across large multi‑disciplinary programme teams and providing leadership on the people side of the solution/implementation.
* Be the face of Accenture to the client in your engagements, working with senior stakeholders to advise, challenge and coach as needed.
* Develop detailed understanding of your client’s business and drive issue‑based discussions grounded in a clear understanding of client challenges and barriers.
* Cultivate trust‑based client relationships.
* Identify and address client business issues through root cause analysis and by applying pragmatic, results‑driven problem‑solving techniques and creative insights.
* Use a human‑centred approach to solve problems, frame opportunities, and achieve innovation through collaboration and co‑creation.
* Contribute to business development and sales, working with account teams to scope opportunities and developing compelling proposals to win new work.
Qualifications
We are looking for experience in the following skills:
The most important thing for us is that you display the right attitude. We would like you to actively contribute to our community and clients as practitioners, grow our practice, think logically to tackle problems and engage others. You should be driven to develop yourself and others, see and articulate the bigger picture of how individual projects and deliverables create value for citizens, and have a passion for innovation and the latest technology trends. This role requires creative thinking, excellent client communication skills and the ability to identify new innovative ways to apply our skills and services to solve a wider set of client problems.
In addition, you should have experience in more than one of the following areas:
* 2–5 years of people consulting experience in a National Security environment
* Analytical problem‑solving skills and continuous improvement techniques
* Strategic thinking skills and the ability to bring insight to complex problems
* Designing and/or implementing operating models / organisation design
* Change management
* Leadership Development
* Culture Advisory
* Workforce Transformation
* Experience of working with National Security clients
* Experience identifying growth opportunities
* Ability to operate at all stages of a project/programme lifecycle, from proposal through to full programme delivery, and experience managing risks and working with senior client partners.
* Working with data in the design or delivery of consulting services in National Security
* Working with technology to design or deliver transformation in National Security
* Strong interpersonal skills
Set yourself apart:
* In‑depth understanding of the National Security landscapes you have worked in
* Experience in owning and managing relationships with leadership (either with your clients or internal stakeholders)
* Trained in Change Management or Agile methodologies, programme or project management techniques (e.g. Prince 2, Managing Successful Programmes) and/or a Design Thinking practitioner
* Exposure to a current technology (e.g. a Cloud platform, a CRM platform)
* PowerPoint and Excel skills
What’s in it for you
At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will have an extensive benefits package that includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance, and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role, as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.
Locations
* London
* Manchester
* Cheltenham
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