Consultant Public Sector, Service Delivery Optimisation, Systems Engineering, Consulting, London

Job Description

Your opportunityAre you the type person that identifies a problem and immediately thinks about how you might solve it Are you the type of person that wants to be part of a team that will truly transform how public sector organisations operate If so, then this may be the job for you.Technology is embedded in everything we do. It crosses all industries and the future workplace will be very different to what it was just five years ago. You will be joining a team of over 1,700 practitioners across the UK whose job it is to intimately understand our clients business and deliver technology solutions tailored to their needs. Our breadth and depth of business and technical understanding enables us to be our clients trusted advisors and implementation partners. As a member of the Delivery team you will work alongside other specialists to provide our clients with the advice and delivery support they need in their most complex technology programmes. You do not need deep technical expertise. Instead, you need an understanding and passion for how technology can benefit our clients. As part of the team, you should be able to listen to the business needs and translate them into effective solutions. Specifically, you will be helping our clients to: •Imagine and design digital, technology, and cloud transformation projects and programmes. •Successfully deliver digital, technology, and cloud transformation projects and programmes. •Independently assure or support in the recovery of troubled projects and programmes. Demand continues to increase rapidly for our services and you will be at the centre of helping organisations transform their business through their projects and programmes. This opportunity will provide you with the platform to challenge yourself, grow and develop into a rewarding career. Business Operations Our Delivery team sits within the Business Operations service line. It will enable you to work with the latest technologies, as part of a team helping international organisations transform their core business capabilities. Whether youre working with on-premise systems, Cloud technology, or custom-developed solutions (to name just a few), your expertise will help clients deliver continuous improvement and innovation, from initial design right through to implementation and optimization. Your roleAs a Consultant within the Delivery team, you will be delivering projects, and building lasting relationships with both new and existing clients using a combination of management and technical skills to: •Support the engagement lead in establishing the project, programme or portfolio structure. •Ensure that workstreams or individual projects are delivered on time, to budget and that they exceed client expectations. •Develop and manage plans and associated critical paths through understanding of the inter-dependencies between workstreams. •Review and develop project progress reports and provide oversight of risk, issue, action, dependency management processes and financial control processes in relation to the programme, project or initiative. •Review and develop project or programme financial reports and undertake financial modelling to prepare budgets and business cases. •Manage upkeep of project assets ensuring documentation is kept up to date and facilitating effective sharing and communication. •Mentor and support less experienced members of the team. •Build and maintain client relationships to support the sales process. We are looking for people who understand technology but equally understand public sector government departments. The successful candidate will need to hold a valid SC or DV security clearance and have at least 12 months experience in one or more of the following areas: •Project or programme design or set up. •Agile delivery or project management using Scrum, Lean, Kanban or similar. •Operating within a Programme Management Office (PMO) on an IT delivery or transformation project or programme. In addition, the successful candidate will also have strong communication, reporting and stakeholder management skills and be able to demonstrate proactive management of your career and professional development to-date. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution. Fostering Inclusion and Taking care of each other are two of our global shared values and it is at the heart of everything that we do. We recognise having a diverse workforce improves your experience, aids in delivering a world class service for our clients and makes a more meaningful impact on society. To achieve this, we are committed to building a more diverse workforce, bringing strong representation of society into the workplace and a diversity of thought, which will drive success - but also ensuring every individual is comfortable being themselves. Your work, your choiceAt Deloitte we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We carefully consider agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best impact for our people and our clients. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you. Location: We are recruiting for a permanent full time role within our Deloitte London offices. Whilst a number of our clients are based in London, we do spend time on site with regional and international clients. We specify full mobility for our consulting roles but endeavor to be as accommodating as possible to your own personal needs. Work pattern: This is a permanent opportunity. Although, our team members work a variety of agile working patterns. Tell us what arrangement works for you and we will try to accommodate. Your professional experience•Experience supporting medium and large delivery projects and programmes. •Proficient stakeholder management and communication skills with an ability to engage senior stakeholders and a broad range of individuals and teams across various disciplines. •Experience of both Waterfall and Agile software development methodologies. •Understanding of the procurement lifecycle, requirements gathering, evaluation techniques, negotiation skills; •Experience in maintaining risk and issue logs and change control records. •Experience with financial reporting and modelling for budgets and business cases. •Able to bridge the gap between business and IT in delivering cost effective and pragmatic solutions. •Attention to detail and organisation skills with the ability to work independently and support teams to deliver packages of work to short deadlines. •Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to clarify ambiguous requireme