Lead Consultant - London, United Kingdom - TPXimpact

TPXimpact

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role:

70% to 80% billable

20% to 30% on coaching, sales & practice

Lead Consultants lead by example. They demonstrate and shape best practices through hands-on delivery as part of project teams.

They represent what the best of TPXimpact looks like for their professions, working with our other design specialists on the ground.

They provide detailed direction to TPXimpact projects.

They take project leadership roles as or alongside Project Directors, by informing how user, organisation and community needs are understood and met.

They work with directors and partners on accounts and projects to plan future project work, responsible for ensuring that TPXimpact strategy, transformation, organisation design, change, impact and/or research work is well planned and well-executed.

Lead Consultants will report to the Consulting & Change Director and have responsibility for shaping and delivering improvements to the practice within TPXimpact.

Lead Consultants are part of the capability leadership team, working alongside the Head of Operations and OD&C Managers to improve practice.

Lead Consultants are credible experts and conveners, supporting designers, researchers, technologists and analysts across multiple projects and disciplines.

This is a capability and client work leadership role and will therefore be accountable for TPXimpact and client work objectives to delivery.

A TPXimpact Lead Consultant:

Is comfortable with ambiguity and helping clients at all levels and teams find clarity and direction
Is creative, curious, and a lateral thinker
Has deep experience of translating ideas and insight into tangibles
Works and coaches colleagues and stakeholders to build trusted relationships
Has resilience, grit and empathy
Leads by example in delivery and behaviours

Key responsibilities

Lead and carry out handson consulting & design work as part of delivery teams
Detailed direction for consultants / designers on projects across multiple specialisms including organisation design, change, impact and technology
Coach consultants / designers in the project team to develop skills aligned with their objectives
Work alongside Partners and Directors to plan project work with meeting user, organisation and community needs at the forefront
Lead in developing and improving practices across all projects, aligned to the goals of the Consulting & Change practice and TPXimpact strategy
Lead in making our best practice repeatable and accessible for both perm staff and contractors through knowledge management
Lead on sales and pitches, ensuring a pipeline of work for Consultancy & Change
Lead risk, issue and project management
Lead on Org Design content for Community of Practice development and bringing together multidisciplinary teams to enhance TPXimpacts collective skills & knowledge
Line manage and coaching for senior consultants where applicable and support recruitment of new skills into the directorate

About You:

Essential skills

Experience working with and coaching all levels of stakeholders to build trusting relationships and embed change
A track record of leading other consultants / designers and researchers (across organisation and service design, design research, change and impact) to create quality, impactful and usercentred outcomes
A track record of leading the design of inclusive and accessible organisations, products and services, using ethical methodologies
Experience of defining bestpractice consulting, design, change, impact and/or research approaches and coaching others to use them
Experience of prototyping structures, processes, frameworks, products and/or services using a mix of methodologies to gain different insights at different stages of design
Experience of working with teams to ensure robust impact measurement of interventions, organisations, products and services, including theories of change and preparation of business cases
Able to operate in a fastpaced environment, balancing internal business priorities with external delivery and work on client projects
Experience leading projects on risk, issues and project management
Willing to travel in the UK to work with TPXimpact clients and for the purposes of conducting research as part of project delivery, and prepared to stay overnight on occasion if required.

About Us:

Why work at TPXimpact

The opportunity to achieve impact in the public sector through your work
Flexible working to help you function at your best
We're collaborative, and will readily give our time to help your development and invest in your training
Everyone has a voice inclusivity and respect are key to our culture
A focus on wellbeing with access to a range of wellness activities and an annual Fitness challenges
An inclusive workplace with active advocacy networks for women, LGBTQI employees and people from ethnic minorities

Some of the benefits include: