Consultant
£35-65k • Full-time / Flexible • London / Remote
31ten is a trusted, agile consultancy that works in partnership with the public sector to make places better for the people that live, work, and learn in them.
Integrity, inclusivity, social and environmental awareness are at the heart of what we do, and we collaborate with our clients to deliver sustainable change, meaningful impact, and better outcomes.
31ten works across Local & Central Government, Housing & Development, Education, Health & Social Care and Blue Light Services.
Our services in these sectors typically take the shape of:
- Strategy & Transformation,
- People & Change,
- Finance & Assets,
- Customer, Digital & Technology,
- Procurement & Partnerships,
- Placemaking & Regeneration; and
- Business Cases.
About you
We’re keen to hear from values-driven, ambitious individuals, with up to five years experience in either a management consultancy or public sector organisation. We offer our consulting team experience across a broad variety of projects in a boutique consultancy environment.
A great ‘31tenner’ is detail-oriented, proactive and ambitious, but above all else is passionate about social impact and working with the public sector.
We hire the person first, experience second, shaping the role around the individual. We recognise that every candidate’s experiences and background will be different. We value a broad, diverse range of perspectives.
The role
In this role, we’d expect you to…
Clients & Projects
- Have an understanding of public services and the unique challenges they face
- Contribute to the design and delivery of projects, as part of a wider team
- Take responsibility for planning and delivery of clearly defined tasks, meet deadlines, and proactively seek out help and support if needed
- Engage successfully and professionally with clients and client teams, through excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Efficiently gather and analyse quantitative and qualitative data, drawing out and conveying key insights
- Carry out benchmarking and research to enable comparison of client’s performance
- Think analytically; systematically and logically breaking down complex information to enable us, and our clients, to better understand them
- Create reports, presentations and dashboards that summarise findings and recommendations
- Have a growing awareness of project commerciality (margin, budget, rates, frameworks) and take responsibility for personal role / impact on this in project delivery
Values & Behaviours
- Embrace ambiguity and creatively problem-solve complex or unclear issues
- Demonstrate initiative and ownership, self-managing your time, flagging your availability and clearly communicating updates with project teams
- Demonstrate a growth mindset, regularly seeking feedback and continuous self-improvement
- Be comfortable delivering clear, constructive feedback to others (or prepared to embrace the uncomfortable!)
- Actively contribute to the development of our company culture, role-modelling our values and engaging with internal initiatives and knowledge-sharing
Operations & Business Development
- Support the production of business development content including tender responses, case studies, articles and blogs – taking responsibility for specific tasks and deliverables
- Demonstrate commitment to developing your understanding of the sector and market
Additional details
Our office is in London Bridge and we ask that (as a minimum) you are in for our monthly team meeting. There will be a requirement for some travel to client-site as needed, but the rest of the time you are welcome to work wherever is best for you.
We offer flexible working and part-time working arrangements.
You must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this position. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor VISAs.
31ten is an inclusive employer, so if you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our office, or if you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- A bonus day off over the festive period
- Flexi bank holidays – the option to substitute religious holidays for a date that is meaningful to you
- The option to purchase up to 5 additional annual leave days (per year)
- Annual performance-based bonus (discretionary)
- Matched pension up to 6% of gross salary
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Work-life balance – we recognise that everyone has interests and commitments outside of their work and so we strongly advocate for working in the way that’s best for you. Whether that’s part-time, condensed hours, from home or the office, flexible working arrangements are actively supported
- A friendly and supportive working environment with regular opportunities for collaboration, team socials and modern offices with excellent facilities for staff in a central location
- Annual team summer away day and Christmas party
- Opportunities to get involved in our social value programme of volunteering and pro-bono support to causes that align with our mission
- Private healthcare package, including discounted gym membership, cinema tickets and smart watches – additional ability to add family members
- Continuous opportunities for career development and training, including professional qualifications and regular team-led Lunch & Learns
- Unlimited access to our online learning platform in partnership with You Can Now
- Salary sacrifice cycle-to-work and electric vehicle scheme