Lead Consultant - Health and Local Government

We are excited about the future of public services, and partner with health and local authorities to deliver meaningful transformationat pacethat hasa tangible positive impact on the people they serve.Our consulting teamswork at the heart of public services to improve experiences and outcomes forpeople, andreduce spendbydelivering therightcare in therightplace. Wewill betypically working on either an intense diagnostic or on multi-year, multi-million-pound transformation programmes with the guarantee of a delivery outcome to our clients.This can befor examplebuilding new services and ways of working,improvinghospitalflow, improving care pathways to maximise independence,ormaking the shiftto proactive preventative approaches.

It is crucial that we understand the client fully toidentifythe biggest opportunity for improvement, design the right solutions and workhand-in-handwith the client to implement these in a way that is sustainable. We work where our client works which can often mean working away from home during the week.

As aLead Consultant, you willbe responsible forthe delivery of workstreams typically delivering value of ~£2m to the client. You will be designing solutions,identifyingthe right KPIs for yourself and your team, and driving continuous improvement. You will have productive mid-level client relationships that help to deliverexcellentresults.You will be at the heart of drivingresults, getting the best out of both your team and the client..

The role is incredibly varied but would typically cover, but not be limited to:

• Managing a small teamof consultants (no more than 4) through advanced analysis and modelling toidentifythe biggest opportunities, and then leading your team and client to deliver them
• Reviewing the proposed designfor a workstream as created by the Principal Consultant or Business Manager in your programme
• Working closely with programme leads toensure your workstream KPIs are aligned to client organisational outcomesand wider goals
• Aligning your team and client to measurable KPIsthrough design and implementation of effective governance that embeds a culture of continuous progress review day to day thatenables successful delivery
• Working on site, day to day with your client counterparts toreview progress and problem solve to drive performance up, directly or through your teams, building your client's capability
• Creating a clear, compelling story for stakeholders - fromfrontline managers to the senior managers– and working with programme leads to develop this for the senior client stakeholders to remove blockers to progress
• Proactively escalating risks, andsupporting with the adjustment of resource and commercial plansto keep the programme on track

Successful recruitment will see you hired intoour PublicCluster.During your onboarding that chosen cluster will commit to scheduling you into the right client programmes with the right support to adapt to Newton’s core approach to programme delivery. Once you are fully onboarded there will be opportunities to work more broadly across our othermarketsin line with business needs.

A Lead Consultant in Newton is likely to be at theearly stagesof aManagergrade (or equivalent title) or progressing towards that in another consulting firm,or equivalent public sectortransformationroleleading part of a programme with support from a programme lead and directly managing small teams. You will be used to building andmaintainingrelationships with senior managers or heads of function orprogramme.

We will be looking for demonstrable experience in delivering multiple operational transformation and improvement projects with a focus on driving tangibleimprovement in public service deliveryinany of the below sectors:

• Healthservices
• Local government
• Central Government

It is crucial to have the following skills and attributes to be successful in this role:

• Building trusted relationships with clients and internal teams
• Direct line management of a small team of multi-disciplined consultants
• Purpose led analysis skills and ability to use logic to solve a problem
• Resiliencein solvinghighly complexproblems
• Collaborative nature, working with internal and external teams to get to the best outcome together
• Proventrack recordfor driving improvement or impact with an outcome focused mindset
• Willingness for self-development and commitment to supporting the development of others around you; activelyseeksand gives feedback
• Ambitious and driven; always strives for the best outcomes for self and others
• Flexible and willing to work away from home

Supporting you starts from day one. New joiners often highlight the Newton energy and support they first encounter in the recruitment process and that continues through into their time at Newton. Once in role,you’llget support from several sources – from stretching projects, on-the-job feedback anddevelopmental guidance from Directors and Partners.You’llhave a dedicated and consistent Sponsor/Development Manager to support your career progression with promotions at Newton happening throughout the year and based on performance and readiness to perform and succeed at the next level.You’llreceive regular appraisals and annual pay reviews.

We offer a highly competitive salary, a standardised sign-on bonus and our generous benefits package includes car allowance, life assurance, income protection, pensioncontributionsand 28 days holiday (not including bank holidays). We alsooperateprofit share and equity schemes so that our people share in the success of the business. The profit share bonus is based on company performance and typically paid out in March and September.

Joining us also brings many social benefits. We have a full social calendar with Spring activity days, Christmas events, a 2-daySummerevent and 4 Newton-sponsored weekends a year.

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