Senior Consultant - Children's Services & SEND

Channel 3 Consulting; Remote; GBP 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in the UK is seeking a part-time Senior Consultant to manage transformation projects in children's services. The role includes engaging with clients, delivering workshops, and producing impactful reports. Ideal candidates will have strong consulting experience and a passion for driving change. The position offers home-based and hybrid working options along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Home-based and hybrid working options

25 days' annual leave

Private healthcare

Contributory workplace pension

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience delivering change and transformation projects within children's services or local government.
• Strong consulting skills focused on analysis and stakeholder engagement.
• Understanding of local government and NHS structures.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex client transformation projects with a focus on outcomes.
• Produce high-quality reports and deliverables for clients.
• Build and nurture relationships with key clients.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Job description

Home-based, with travel to client site and London office when required £39,408 per year - estimated ? Contract Part time,

Responsibilities

• Manage complex client transformation projects, maintaining a strong focus on outcomes, impact, and return on investment.
• Play a key role in the design and delivery of client workshops, meetings, and presentations.
• Produce reports and deliverables that meet and aim to exceed client expectations.
• Maintain an evidence base to demonstrate the outcomes and impact of your work.
• Supervise, mentor and support project team colleagues, including Consultants and Analysts.

Client Engagement

• Bring a natural instinct for co-production, putting the voices and experiences of people who use services at the centre of change.
• Build and nurture key client relationships by delivering on your commitments and adding real value.
• Manage stakeholder expectations proactively and with transparency.
• Work with, not to; shaping transformation collaboratively, with respect and empathy.
• Communicate with confidence, clarity and care at all levels, from front-line practitioners to senior leaders.
• Demonstrate professional respect and emotional intelligence in every interaction.

Knowledge & Innovation

• Bring your specialist expertise to enhance the quality and impact of our delivery.
• Build and deepen your knowledge of the children's services and SEND landscape, as well as digital transformation and innovation across the wider sectors Channel 3 supports.
• Contribute to the development of new tools, approaches and methodologies that harness technology to solve clients' most pressing challenges.

Business Development

• Work with clients and colleagues to strengthen key accounts, identify opportunities, and grow our collective impact.
• Spot and shape new opportunities to help clients address their biggest challenges, from first conversation through to successful delivery.
• Contribute to proposals, thought leadership and wider business development activities that showcase Channel 3's expertise and purpose.

We are looking for Senior Consultants who can deliver tangible impact by working in true partnership with our clients across local authority children's services and SEND. You will be a committed team player who can motivate, support and develop others, while inspiring confidence in those you work with.

You will contribute to the growth of our business in this area and bring a strong background in consulting or transformation, ideally within children's services and SEND. We also value breadth: the ability and appetite to apply your skills across Channel 3's wider work in health and adult social care.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering change and transformation projects within children's services, SEND, or local government.
• Strong consulting skills, from analysis and problem-solving to stakeholder engagement.
• Understanding of local government and/or NHS structures, processes and challenges.
• A genuine passion for designing, planning and delivering digital and data-enabled transformation.
• Experience analysing data and turning insight into clear, evidence-based recommendations and impactful deliverables.
• A proactive, hands‑on approach and confidence in engaging with clients and partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to positively influence others.
• Strong ethics, integrity, and the ability to act as role models for colleagues and clients alike.

At Channel 3, we are united by a clear sense of purpose: to improve lives by transforming how people experience health, care and education.

We help clients design and deliver new models of care and support, with digital and data at the heart of transformation. Our "Now, Next and Future" mindset ensures we help our clients deliver meaningful change today while preparing for what's coming tomorrow. This is an incredibly exciting time to join Channel 3. We are growing fast and becoming the consultancy of choice for people who want to build their careers in digitally powered change across health, care and education. Our success comes down to our people: their talent, curiosity, and passion for making a difference. We work hard to create an environment where everyone feels supported to learn, develop, and have fun together. We care deeply about what we do and give our colleagues the freedom to shape their own development, influence how we work, and play an active role in shaping Channel 3's future.

The ongoing development of our people is central to who we are. We encourage every colleague to build learning and growth into their everyday rhythm, whether that's through on-the-job experience, working alongside some of the most talented professionals in the sector, or accessing accredited training and internal learning programmes.

Benefits

• Home-based and hybrid working options
• Part-time and flexible working opportunities
• 25 days' annual leave + bank holidays (rising to 28 days with long service)
• Private healthcare
• Contributory workplace pension
• Life insurance (death in service)
• Health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme, including counselling
• Enhanced sickness and family leave policies
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Buy or sell holiday scheme
• Cycle-to-Work scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Regional office locations
• Regular company socials and team-building activities

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion At Channel 3, we recognise that our strength lies in valuing differences. We are proud to bring together people with a wide range of backgrounds, skills, perspectives, and life experiences. We are, and always will be, committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to thrive. All appointments and promotions are made based on performance and potential, and every colleague is given the opportunity to grow, develop and realise their full potential.