Lead Consultant

With Leadership; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

With Leadership is a boutique leadership development consultancy focused on creating purpose-full leadership and awe-inspiring learning experiences. The Lead Consultant role centers on designing and delivering tailored leadership programmes and coaching engagements for diverse client organisations.

Working closely with clients, you will translate strategic and organisational needs into engaging development experiences, manage projects, and help grow the business through proactive relationship

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering leadership development programmes and workshops for managers and senior leaders.
• Executive presence that commands value with clients.
• Strong facilitation skills with leadership teams and strategy sessions.
• Experience coaching individuals and/or teams; coaching accreditation preferable.
• Project management from client concept to evaluation, with clear proposals.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver leadership development programmes, workshops and coaching engagements bespoke for clients.
• Lead client consultations, programme design, workshop facilitation and evaluation of impact.
• Build trusted client relationships, own projects and manage stakeholder needs.
• Identify new client opportunities through networking and proposals.
• Inspire and lead internal colleagues to deliver high-quality activities.

Skills

Leadership development

Executive presence

Group facilitation

Coaching

Project management

Proposal writing

Education

Degree or relevant professional qualification in business/psychology/OD/L&D

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

With Leadership is a boutique leadership development consultancy whose purpose is to facilitate purpose-full leadership. Our vision is to co-create awe-inspiring learning experiences that multiply human intelligences.

With Leadership delivers impactful development programmes at all levels of leadership throughout an organisation, helping to develop C-suite executives and brand-new apprentices. Our approach is well captured by a recent client testimonial:

“I recommend With Leadership as a trusted partner. They have worked with the EMEA Claims Leadership over the last 4 years, driving cultural change, increased capability, and tangible results.

They took time to get to know us and to get clarity re: context and opportunity. They have then consistently demonstrated excellence in providing creative, unique solutions which have evolved to ensure maximum impact and improved 360 organisational results.

With Leadership care about your goals, are easy to work with and are truly experts in their field.”

The Role

This role is responsible for designing and delivering awe-inspiring leadership development programmes, workshops and coaching engagements bespoke for our clients.

Working closely with client organisations, the Lead Consultant will understand their strategic, leadership and organisational needs and translate these into engaging, practical and tailored development experiences. Day-to-day activities will include client consultation, programme design, workshop facilitation, coaching, project leadership and evaluating the impact of our work.

The role requires someone who can build trusted relationships with clients, take ownership of projects and confidently navigate the needs of different stakeholders. It requires a person who can quickly adapt to changing client requirements and operate at pace to deliver excellence.

The individual will be able to actively support the growth of the business. Using their network, relationships and understanding of the market to identify and develop new client opportunities. You will contribute to diversifying our client base through proactive relationship building, client conversations, proposals and pitches.

The Lead Consultant will be a leader in their own right and able to motivate, inspire and manage internal colleagues.

The Lead Consultant role is a full-time, hybrid position working out of our Colchester office. They will need some flexibility for travel, primarily in Europe and the UK, although it is unlikely to involve significant time away from home.

What we're looking for

We care as much about how you work as what you know.

Ultimately, we're looking for someone who has executive credibility, adaptability, is commercially minded and has a strong desire to help others be even better humans. Someone who can take a client's challenge, make sense of it and help create an experience that genuinely changes something.

Most importantly, you will want to be part of a team that does purpose-full work, builds long‑term client relationships and leaves people and organisations better than we found them.

Our five values describe the kind of people we want to work with, and we’re looking for someone who embodies them in their work with clients and colleagues.

BE ONE – Bring the whole you

• Builds genuine, trusting relationships.
• Brings authenticity while adapting to different people and situations.
• Embraces different perspectives and navigates differences with openness.

BRING LIGHT – Bring energy and possibility

• Brings optimism, energy and fresh thinking to complex challenges.
• Helps clients see possibilities and move towards solutions.
• Creates confidence and momentum through the way they show up.

REVEAL TRUTH – Be honest and listen deeply

• Listens deeply and gets beneath the surface of a challenge.
• Comfortable asking difficult questions and having honest conversations.
• Communicates with clarity, candor and empathy.

ABSORB STUFF – Stay curious and keep growing

• Has a genuine appetite for learning and developing their practice.
• Curious about clients, organisations, people and the wider world.
• Reads the signals, adapts their approach and actively seeks feedback.

LEAVE BETTER – Make a positive difference

• Takes ownership and looks for ways to improve the work and client experience.
• Generous with expertise and invested in helping others succeed.
• Leaves people, relationships and projects stronger than they found them.

Experience & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with proven experience in leadership development, organisational development or a related field.

You will ideally have:

• Evidence of personal growth and learning. Have demonstrated the ability to challenge their own personal paradigms, learn new skills, learn from feedback and are still actively refining their human intelligences.
• Minimum three years’ experience designing and delivering leadership development programmes and workshops for managers and senior leaders.
• Executive presence that commands value without question from clients.
• Strong experience facilitating groups, including leadership teams, strategy sessions and other high-impact conversations.
• Experience coaching individuals and/or teams. Coaching accreditation preferable
• Effective listening and qualification skills to deeply understand client needs and translate them into structured, engaging interventions.
• Project management skills – coordinating from client concept through to evaluation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience contributing to proposals and client presentations.
• Autonomous in PowerPoint to create visually appealing materials quickly
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders, ideally within complex or global organisations.
• An understanding of how to evaluate learning and demonstrate the impact of development interventions.
• A degree or relevant professional qualification in business, psychology, organisational behaviour, learning and development or a related field.