Senior / Principal Consultant - Programme Advisory - London, United Kingdom - Faithful+Gould

Faithful+Gould

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Would you like the opportunity to help shape a rapidly growing Programme Advisory business?

Faithful+Gould is one of the world's leading management consultancies operating at the forefront of the construction and built environment industry sectors industry sectors.

Placing great emphasis on our people - their wellbeing, development and progression - we're dedicated to providing high quality professional services with cutting-edge expertise.

What makes us different is that we are one of the most diverse and supportive working cultures within the industry and we have the capability to provide an end-to-end service for our clients, right from helping them create strategies to helping implement them.

We want to 'change the industry' through how we add social value, protect the environment and look after the well-being of our people.

Our Programme Advisory team:

Our Programme Advisory team exists to transform the capabilities of our clients' organisations and set-up their programmes for success, creating lasting legacies.

We do this through providing a number of services including business diagnostics, operating model design, delivery of transformation programmes and optimising organisational performance.

We work with a varied range of clients, across public and private sectors.

What we're looking for:

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who can bring their sector knowledge, advisory experience and drive to make a real impact to the business and their career.

Responsibilities (will vary between Senior and Principal grades):

Deliver as part of a Programme Advisory client engagement team, often within complex stakeholder environments, whilst managing commercial risk to the business. This may be deliveriing key workstreams of activity or key outputs within a larger engagement team, or delivering a direct service to a client as part of a smaller engagement.
Build relationships with client stakeholders to manage expectations, establish an environment of trust and deliver outstanding client satisfaction
Work with and support team members as part of a high performing team
Lead delivery of cient deliverables, setting new standards in service excellence
Identify opportunities for further business and support their conversion, including managing or contributing to bid proposals
Help us to improve what we do and how we do it by driving meaningful internal initiatives, including internal toolkits, products, service propositions and business engagement
Support other members of the team in their development and progression
Work with the wider business to deliver integrated services to our clients
Help grow the team by supporting the recruitment of others

Requirements:

Sector knowledge (construction / capital programme delivery / built environment) with a strong understanding of largescale projects and programmes their component parts (e.g. governance, assurance, controls, lifecycle processes, etc) and how functions combine to deliver outcomes
An outstanding track record of delivering value, ideally in a consulting/advisory business, showing creative problemsolving skills
Knowledge and applied experience across some of the following topics:
Business diagnostics and maturity assessments
Target Operating Model design and development (including focused elements of operating models (e.g. governance design, organisational design, etc)
Transformation programme setup and delivery (qualifications such as MSP are desirable)
Business change management (qualifications such as PROSCI or APMG Change Management are desirable)
Understanding of programme data management and digital tool solutions
Applied knowledge of practical consulting tools and techniques
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Very strong project management skills with the ability to manage the delivery, commercial and financial aspects of client engagements
Workshop design and facilitation
Strong commercial awareness including the ability to identify and manage risks
Experience with supporting work winning activities
High standard of proficiency in oral and written communication with very high attention to detail

The Individual:

Excited by the opportunity to have a major impact in the growth of a recently formed team
Highly adaptable, creative and able to pick up new concepts and deliver in ambiguous environments
Ability to work in an agile manner, working flexibly to ensure deadlines are achieved
Able to work at a strategic level, but also highly analytical and able to quickly process information or data
Charismatic, resourceful, energetic and enthusiastic
Individually strong but a great team player, who seeks diversity of thought and engagement from others
Engaging and approachable with strong communication and presentation skills
Desire to grow and develop as part of a growing business unit
Innovative, with ability to work with and support other