Business Consultant

DAINTTA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business consultancy in the UK seeks a technically literate business consultant to engage with defence, law enforcement, and government clients. The role involves shaping technology-enabled change and enhancing the consultancy's capabilities. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, strategy definition, and mentoring juniors. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of consulting experience, strong communication skills, and public sector familiarity. This position offers competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary bonuses and awards

Comprehensive Private Health Insurance

Free breakfast every Tuesday

Training budget up to £1,000

Employee referral programme

Qualifications

• 3+ years of consulting experience in core areas.
• Proven public sector experience with SC/DV clearance or eligibility.
• Ability to communicate complex issues succinctly.

Responsibilities

• Engage senior stakeholders through interviews and workshops.
• Define strategies and business cases for programs.
• Produce high-quality deliverables to agreed timelines.
• Support graduate consultants through coaching.

Skills

Consulting experience in data, cyber, or networks

Strong stakeholder management

Excellent written and verbal communication

Comfortable with ambiguity

Job description

You are a technically literate business consultant who can move seamlessly between strategy definition and hands‑on business analysis. You'll work with defence, law enforcement, national security and central government clients, shaping technology-enabled change across data, cyber security and telecoms / networks. You'll translate complex technical issues into clear, defensible recommendations, build and maintain trusted stakeholder relationships, and drive delivery to time, cost and quality. You'll also help grow our consulting capability : developing propositions, winning work and coaching juniors.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage senior and practitioner level stakeholders, running interviews and workshops.
• Define strategies, target operating models and business cases for technical programmes.
• Perform structured business analysis : requirements, process mapping, options appraisal, benefits / business cases.
• Design and implement pragmatic improvement roadmaps, tracking delivery and realisation.
• Produce high‑quality deliverables (reports, proposals, slideware) to agreed timelines.
• Lead or contribute to bids, frameworks and proposition development.
• Manage and support small multi-disciplinary teams (client and internal), providing direction and assurance.
• Support graduate / analyst consultants through coaching and mentorship.
• Maintain and extend client relationships. Identify and support new opportunities.
• Uphold and promote our values of being transparent, fair, and daring, both internally and externally.

Skills / Knowledge

Essential

• Consulting experience in our core areas of data, cyber or networks., preferably 3+ years.
• Proven track record in public sector (defence, LE, NS, central government) with SC / DV clearance or eligibility.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation e.g. through 1 : 1s and workshops.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Able to communicate complexity succinctly.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working through complexity.

Nice to have

• Business development experience : identifying opportunities and drafting compelling proposals.
• Solid grasp of technical concepts e.g. data architectures, security controls / assurance, network fundamentals.

Location?

Hybrid, with 2-3 days working from Daintta office (London or Cheltenham)or on client site as required.

Benefits

We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally. Here's what you can expect when you join us :

Time Off :

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 5 days annual training leave with a dedicated training budget
• Up to 3 days annual volunteering leave- give back to the community
• Competitive maternity, paternity, shared parental leave & compassionate leave

Health & Wellness :

• Comprehensive Private Health Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24 / 7 support services
• £2,000 Flex Cash Allowance, paid pro-rata over the year

Financial Benefits :

• 5% pension contribution
• Discretionary company awards and bonuses, based on performance and company targets
• Access to Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice scheme

Professional Development

• Up to £1,000 annual training budget (access to additional training and development budget via business case)
• Up to 5 days annual training leave
• 1 professional membership paid annually
• Up to £200 of additional IT budget for new joiners

Perks

• Free breakfast every Tuesday in the London office
• Fortnightly drinks – in London
• Regular social events, quizzes, and guest workshops
• Huckletree perks – including gym and restaurant discounts
• Employee referral programme
• Monthly breakfast club in our Cheltenham office

Security Information

Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/united-kingdom-security-vetting