Programme and Change Management Consultant

Job Description Summary:
Come and think independently with an organisation that's doing the same. It's why we empower our people to bring new ideas to the table and take the lead in driving them forward. It's invigorating. It's inspiring. It's creating opportunities every day for our clients, our business, and everyone here. So bring your passion, ambitions and ideas, and together, let's make change happen.

Business Consulting are a truly global team and have more than 60 highly experienced people, with more than half a millennium of experience.
We have grown our practice around the brightest people with varied backgrounds and more than two thirds of our team have held line management roles in industry in European and global businesses. We have successfully completed more than 200 projects across a wide range of sectors and service lines and our team were recently triple award winners at the Management Consultancies Association Awards with "Project of the Year", "Change Management in the Private Sector" and "People" award.
This is a client facing role, and the successful candidate will be engaged in delivering a positive impact on client based projects. While you will be based in one of our Grant Thornton offices, significant travel will be required for client based projects within the UK and overseas. We work across various industries; our clients are varied, and therefore location will vary.

Job Description:
What you'll be doing:
• Supporting the design, implementation and development of project, programme or portfolio management offices
• Developing plans and managing critical paths based on a clear understanding of the inter-dependencies between workstreams and projects etc
• Drafting and reviewing project progress reports
• Leading on processes around identification, mapping and management of risk / issue / action / dependency management in relation to the programme, project or initiative
• Managing / maintaining project assets ensuring documentation is kept up to date and facilitating effective sharing / communication
• Mentoring and managing less experienced project team members

• Internal and external networking, in progressing business development and targeting activity

Who we're looking for:

• 5+ years' experience of managing the delivery of project different types of complex projects, either within industry or with a consultancy
• Working knowledge and experience across multiple sectors and industries
• Experience of assisting with the design and development of a PMO from the ground up
• Development of project plans across work streams and management of critical paths and dependencies in a project
• Project / Programme management qualification e.g. Prince2, MoP, and understanding and experience of other project management methodologies (e.g. Agile)
• Ability to coach, mentor and manage others in a project tea
• Experience of progress reporting and risk management; preparation of status updates and reports as part of a PMO
• Experience with preparation of programme / project initiation and mobilisation documents incl. budgets and business cases
• Excellent communication, organisational problem solving and analytical skills; confidence in, and capable of managing communications and engagement at all levels from C-Suite and project sponsorship, through to fellow team members and stakeholders
• Ability to take initiative and self-manage, with a 'can do' attitude, ability to cope with tight deadlines and work under pressure
• Understanding of, and experience in using Project Management software

You should be commercially focused with the ability to deliver innovative solutions. You should be focused on self-development as well as having the desire to coach, mentor and develop your colleagues. You must also share our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.

We're looking for people who have a strong connection with and share our core beliefs:

• Profit with a purpose that leads to a sustainable business
• We create sustainable value for our clients
• We are better together
• Our CLEARR values underpin all we do
• We never compromise on quality

Valuing you
Your personal development plan will help you grow your skills. And you'll be able to progress your career within your team or by moving across our business or going on secondments in the UK and beyond. You'll also enjoy a competitive salary and a flexible benefits package designed to meet your individual needs.

Becoming a shared enterprise
Our unique culture is built around collaboration. Everybody here plays their part. We share ideas. We share responsibility. We share the rewards. Put simply, we're better together.

The time you spend outside of work helps shape what you can bring to our firm.
We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider all flexible working applications.