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About the Role

The Public Sector Strategy & Consulting team is working on high-profile transformations across UK government and healthcare sectors. You will work on innovative projects, driving excellence from strategy through implementation, making changes that directly impact citizens using the latest technologies and methodologies to achieve tangible outcomes and accelerate value. This role offers a challenging career in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts.

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver solutions to real-world problems, partnering with clients for positive outcomes through collaboration.
Maximize the use of data to drive solutions and tell meaningful stories to clients.
Lead with user-centricity at the heart of work.
Drive value for clients.
Work on projects across a range of public sector clients, including central government departments, the NHS, arms lengths bodies, private health clients, research and regulatory, and integrated care systems.
Act as the client-facing representative for Accenture, working with senior stakeholders to advise, challenge, and coach.
Develop a detailed understanding of client businesses and drive issue-based discussions grounded in client challenges.
Cultivate trust-based client relationships.
Identify and address client business issues through root cause analysis and pragmatic, results-driven problem-solving techniques.
Use a human-centered approach to solve problems, frame opportunities, and achieve innovation through collaboration and co-creation.
Own streams of complex work, delivering value-centric, data-driven outcomes that meet client expectations.
Operate at all stages of a project/programme lifecycle, from proposal to full programme delivery.
Manage risks and work with senior client partners.

Requirements

Willingness to undergo a Security Clearance process, requiring at least 5 years of UK residency and no more than 30 consecutive days spent outside the UK.
Display the right attitude: actively contribute to community and clients, think logically, engage others.
Driven to develop self and others.
Ability to see and articulate the bigger picture of how individual projects create value for citizens.
Passion for innovation and the latest technology trends.
Creative thinking.
Excellent client communication skills.
Ability to identify new innovative ways to apply skills and services to solve client problems.
Experience in analytical problem-solving and continuous improvement techniques.
Experience in strategic thinking and bringing insight to complex problems.
Experience in designing and/or implementing operating models.
Experience in creating and/or managing complex business cases.
Experience in designing or delivering supply chain transformation.
Experience working with data in the design or delivery of consulting services in the public sector.
Experience working with technology to design or deliver transformation of public services.
Strong interpersonal skills with the capability to influence senior stakeholders.
Experience working with public sector clients (government departments or health & care clients).
Experience driving new business (strategy, relationships, growth opportunities).
Experience in project & programme management methodologies and governance (e.g., PRINCE/MSP).
Experience delivering projects using Agile techniques and frameworks.
Ability to lead Agile teams.
In-depth understanding of specific government or healthcare landscapes.
Experience with data science or data architecture.
Experience owning and managing relationships with leadership (clients or internal stakeholders).
Trained in Agile methodologies, programme or project management techniques (e.g., Prince 2, Managing Successful Programmes) and/or a Design Thinking practitioner.
Experience using data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Qlik).
Exposure to a current technology (e.g., Cloud platform, CRM platform).
Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.

Skills

Analytical problem solving
Continuous improvement techniques
Strategic thinking
Operating model design/implementation
Business case creation/management
Supply chain transformation design/delivery
Data utilization in public sector consulting
Technology application in public service transformation
Interpersonal skills
Stakeholder influence
Public sector client experience
New business development
Project & programme management methodologies
Agile techniques and frameworks
Data science
Data architecture
Relationship management
Agile methodologies
Programme management techniques
Project management techniques
Design Thinking
Data visualisation tools (Power BI, Qlik)
Cloud platform
CRM platform
PowerPoint
Excel

Location

London
Manchester
Newcastle

Work Type

Up to 100% mobility required
Onsite client engagement required

Experience Level

Consultant

Benefits

Competitive basic salary
30 days vacation per year
Private medical insurance
3 extra days leave per year for charitable work

About the Company

Accenture is a leading global professional services company providing strategy and consulting, interactive, technology, and operations services with digital capabilities.
We apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets, and next-generation technology to business challenges.
We believe in inclusion and diversity, and supporting the whole person.
Our core values include Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual, and Integrity.
Accenture is recognized worldwide for business performance, inclusion, and diversity.
We help leading businesses, governments, and organizations build their digital core, optimize operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services.
We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in over 120 countries.
We combine strengths in technology, cloud, data, and AI with industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability.
Our services span Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Song.
We are committed to creating 360° value for clients, employees, shareholders, partners, and communities.

Equal Opportunity

All employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Our diversity makes us more innovative, competitive, and creative, enabling us to better serve clients and communities.