Consultant - Policy

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Key Responsibilities

Personal 

• Deliver high-quality work that brings original thought and insight. 

• Write compellingly and persuasively, with work that rarely needs significant substantive changes. 

• Manage your own workload and help supervise the workloads of junior colleagues, so deadlines are met. 

• Anticipate delivery issues and come with solutions, going the extra mile where needed. 

• Build expertise in a policy area or discipline, in and outside of work. 

• Welcome feedback and act on it. 

• Give junior colleagues clear, consistent and personal feedback, and advise senior colleagues on their development needs when asked. 

Client 

• Play a pivotal role in managing up and down so accounts run smoothly. 

• Lead and / or be the point of first review on some accounts, helping ensure work is delivered on time and to a high standard. 

• Respond directly to client requests and use your own judgement on next steps. 

• Execute tasks with minimal supervision, bringing in senior colleagues as required, especially around emerging issues. 

• Build detailed knowledge of your clients’ operating context and become a reliable source of truth. 

• Earn client trust and build productive working relationships. 

• Propose informed, creative activity that supports client goals. 

• Contribute to client strategies, understanding how goals, objectives, strategies and tactics fit together, and start to challenge activity to make sure goals are being met. 

Business 

• Work in an open, collaborative way with all colleagues no matter their seniority 

• Plan and support client and Henham events. 

• Build your own network and learn how relationships turn into new business. 

• Contribute to business development through ideas, marketing and proposals. 

• Show an interest in Henham’s commercial performance and what drives it 

• Be a credible ambassador for Henham, with growing trust to represent us externally. 

 

About You

Essential 

• A minimum of three years’ professional experience within a consultancy, policy-focused or comparable environment.  

• Strong quantitative skills, including confidence using Excel and analysing economic and other data.  

• Experience of contributing to the development of economic strategies, business cases and/or economic impact assessments. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to a range of audiences.  

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.  

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience of building relationships, conducting interviews and workshops, and engaging confidently with senior stakeholders. 

• Confidence working with senior colleagues and clients, with the ability to take responsibility for managing client relationships and accounts.  

• Willingness to contribute to the planning and delivery of events.  

• A strong interest in public policy, public affairs and/or politics. 

 

Desirable 

• Knowledge of, or a demonstrable interest in, devolution, local economic growth and/or innovation policy.  

• Experience of working with local or combined authorities, central government and/or other public sector organisations.