Project Delivery Consultant - Public Sector Transformation

PA Consulting; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Job summary

PA Consulting in Belfast is hiring delivery professionals to turn ambitious public sector programmes into tangible outcomes. Roles span Consultant Analyst to Senior Consultant, offering blended PA and client teams with sector insight and practical problem-solving.

You will join a hybrid working pattern, typically spending two days per week in the PA office or on client sites across Northern Ireland and Ireland. Relevant government or public sector experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects in a consulting/public sector environment.
• Ability to translate strategies into plans, milestones and governance.
• Strong planning, analysis and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, support and coordinate complex projects from mobilisation to delivery.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear plans and measurable outcomes.
• Establish reporting, governance and decision-making processes.
• Identify risks and dependencies and keep momentum across teams.
• Facilitate workshops and produce concise materials for senior stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships across policy, operational, digital and commercial teams.
• Use delivery data to improve performance and benefits realisation.

Skills

Delivery experience

Public sector experience

Planning

Stakeholder management

Agile

Communication skills

Adaptable

Job description

Company Description We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

Company Description We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Do you enjoy bringing clarity, pace and structure to complex programmes? Join PA’s Delivery team and help government and public sector organisations turn ambitious plans into outcomes that make a lasting difference for citizens, communities and the people who deliver essential services. We currently have roles at Consultant Analyst grade (typically for individuals with 2-3 years of relevant experience), Consultant grade (typically 3-5 years of experience), and Senior Consultant grade (typically 5-7+ years of experience). Our Delivery team is PA’s centre of excellence for project, programme and portfolio delivery. In Northern Ireland and Ireland, we work across central and local government, health, justice, education, defence and other public services. You will join blended PA and client teams, combining delivery disciplines with sector insight, analytical thinking and practical problem-solving. Essentially, we are looking for delivery professionals, with varying levels of experience, who can bring structure, pace and practical problem-solving to complex public sector programmes. These are varied roles, offering the opportunity to work across a range of public service domains as client needs evolve.

Location

Belfast. We work in a hybrid way and typically spend a minimum of two days each week in the PA office or on client site. The pattern will vary by assignment and may include more frequent client-site working and travel across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, support and/or coordinate complex projects, programmes or workstreams from mobilisation through to delivery.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear plans, milestones, governance, dependencies and measurable outcomes.
• Establish or strengthen programme management offices, reporting, assurance and decision-making.
• Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies, helping teams solve problems and maintain momentum.
• Facilitate workshops and produce concise, evidence-based materials for senior stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships across policy, operational, digital, commercial and corporate teams.
• Use delivery data and insight to improve performance, benefits realisation and accountability.
• Contribute to proposals, thought leadership and the continued growth of PA’s Northern Ireland and Ireland Government & Public Sector team.

You may be involved in

• Supporting the Education sector redefine and optimise their shared services offering to customers, using digital technology to replace manual, paper processing.
• Designing and delivering a new national operating model within the police and justice sector to improve service delivery for citizens and victims of crime.
• Supporting health and social care organisations to deliver operational and financial improvement, including service design, workforce and corporate-services transformation.
• Building delivery capability and governance for complex, multi-organisation programmes.

Qualifications

What we're looking for

• Experience delivering projects, programmes or significant workstreams in a consulting, public service or similarly complex environment.
• Working knowledge of project and programme delivery approaches, tools and common delivery challenges.
• A track record of turning plans into tangible outcomes and benefits.
• Strong planning, analysis, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• The confidence to work across organisational levels and contribute effectively in diverse teams.
• An adaptable, hands-on approach and willingness to work across different public service markets.

Experience of Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland government, public bodies or health and social care organisations would be advantageous. Relevant project, programme, Agile or change qualifications are welcome but are not essential.

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.