Consultant/Senior Consultant - Public Sector

Capgemini Invent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Invent UK is seeking proven management consultants to join our public sector practice. You will lead or support programmes in a matrixed environment, with hybrid London/UK travel.

You'll deliver client impact across government, health, and education, mentoring junior colleagues and shaping proposals while maintaining a strong client network. This role values strategic thinking, delivery excellence, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering in the public sector for a major consulting firm.
• Ability to work in a matrixed organisation and manage risk.
• Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent service to public sector clients as part of project teams.
• Manage smaller projects or workstreams to cost, time and quality, including risks/issues.
• Support and develop junior colleagues and quality assure their work.
• Interface with client stakeholders and build effective relationships.
• Support business growth through client networks and bids, including proposals.
• Contribute to practice development and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Programme delivery

Public sector

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Analytical mindset

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Your role:

As part of Capgemini Invent’s continued growth in the public sector we are seeking proven management consultants to join our award-winning team. Base locations can be either London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol or Glasgow with an expectation of regular travel to client sites as part of our hybrid working pattern. Successful consultants need to be able to demonstrate proven ability to deliver results and drive change for public sector clients. Our focus sub-sectors include Central Government, Health, Defence & Secure and Education. Relevant and transferable experience outside of these sub-sectors is also welcomed.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Delivering excellent service to public sector clients as part of our project teams.
• Taking responsibility for managing smaller projects or workstreams to cost, time and quality, effectively managing risks/issues.
• Managing, supporting and developing more junior colleagues to deliver excellent client service, quality assuring their work as required.
• Interfacing with client stakeholders and building effective client relationships.
• Supporting business growth through development of your client network and proactive identification of client needs in a sell-deliver model. You’ll also support proposal development and bidding activities.
• Building strong Capgemini communities through active contribution to practice development, knowledge management and collaboration with colleagues.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your profile:

You will already have experience of leading or supporting programmes and projects in the public sector from a major consulting firm. You will be experienced at working in a matrixed organisation.

We maintain increasingly high standards for our consultants and require candidates with:

• Proven intellectual strength. You’ll be educated to degree level or equivalent.
• A broad consulting skillset which is likely to include a combination of:
  • Evidence of excellent project delivery in the public sector, with experience of agile and waterfall delivery methods.
  • Evidence of project or workstream leadership, including management of risks/issues, managing team members and the commercial aspects of delivery.
  • Evidence of a strong analytical mindset and the application of relevant frameworks to identify business pain points, user needs and develop solutions.
  • Evidence an understanding of, and practical application of aspects of transformation design and delivery which may include: target operating model design and implementation; business analysis methods; operational excellence methods; change management; business case development; benefits realisation; portfolio, programme and project delivery.
  • Evidence of digital transformation experience.
• Excellent presentation and articulation skills. You’ll demonstrate outstanding written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex problems or solutions.
• High levels of emotional intelligence. Evidence of engaging/managing public sector stakeholders. An understanding of public sector cultures and ways of working.
• A good understanding of the commercial aspects of consultancy, which may include evidence of scoping and pricing work packages, managing the commercial performance of projects or bidding for public sector contracts.

Candidates will be collaborative and be used to working in mixed capability teams to deliver excellent client outcomes.

You’ll have a growth mindset and be able to evidence continuous development both to support your own professional development and provide the best advice to clients.

Formal certifications are beneficial but not essential. Relevant certifications will include: APM or other programme/project delivery certifications; PROSCI or other change management certifications; SCRUM or other Agile certifications; Better Business Case accreditations; LEAN or equivalent certifications.

Existing security clearance is beneficial. You must be eligible and willing to obtain higher levels of security clearance.

What you'll love about working here:

At Capgemini Invent, you’ll join a team that sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, data, and transformation, helping some of the world’s leading organisations solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful change. We offer the opportunity to work on high-impact projects across industries, collaborate with talented and diverse colleagues, and leverage the global scale and capabilities of the wider Capgemini Group. Our culture encourages innovation, continuous learning, and entrepreneurial thinking, empowering individuals to develop their careers while making a tangible difference for clients and society. Whether you are shaping business strategy, driving digital transformation, or designing future-ready solutions, Capgemini Invent provides an environment where curiosity, creativity, and ambition can thrive.

Need to know:

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability,
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

CSR:

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent on the grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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