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Are you energised by the opportunity to tackle some of the world’s biggest and most complex social, environmental and economic challenges?

Do you get excited about working with a diverse and global team of experts and experienced professionals?

Are you passionate about leading organisations through transformation to deliver value and sustainable benefits to their customers, clients and staff?

If so, Deloitte’s Major Programmes practice could be the place for you!

Deloitte’s Major Programmes practice (part of the wider Human Capital offering) is currently recruiting for individuals with industry and technical skills that can strengthen our capability to address complex programme challenges and create conditions for success for the world’s most impactful programmes.

Major Programmes typically involve the delivery of a major capital asset or infrastructure through large, complex programmes that require significant investments and span multiple years. Historically, most Programmes of this scale and impact fail to deliver value, on time and on budget.

Over the last 50 years, the world has changed significantly, but the approach to tackling these increasingly cross-cutting, capital intensive and technologically complex programmes has not evolved at the same pace.Our clients look to us and our deep and broad programme delivery expertise to lead them through complex transformations and implement new and effective ways to deliver major programmes.

Our market leading next generation delivery approach, Programme Aerodynamics, replaces siloed, conventional, linear thinking with multi-disciplinary capability to help our clients deliver their most critical and demanding programmes while reinforcing Deloitte’s commitment to purpose-led change.Programme Aerodynamics is a fundamentally new approach bringing together mindsets, expertise, methodologies, and solutions from Strategy, Programme, Digital, Programme Leadership and Human Centred Transformation to better anticipate, shape and manage change in Major Programmes. It empowers project leaders to effectively anticipate and manage change, risk and uncertainty across a programme’s lifecycle, shaping its success.

Our practice comprises a blend of those who have worked previously in industry (in both technical and non-technical roles) and those who have prior consulting experience. The strength and value Major Programmes bring to our clients and Deloitte is a result of our collectively diverse and highly relevant industry insights and experience; the complexity of challenges our clients face requires us to leverage this diverse range of skillsets and experiences.

You will have the opportunity to work across a range of impactful programmes, building your skills and experience on the job, as well as supported by our world class professional development approach. You will also experience the breadth of what Deloitte offers, working with colleagues across a range of disciplines in a dynamic and collaborative environment and drawing on our market leading methods, and our global assets and tools.

We have a strong community of people who are passionate about making a difference and impact to citizens and public services.We work across the Public Sector, working closely with colleagues across the firm in accounts and project teams that cover Transport, Security and Justice, Defence, Health, Environment and Net Zero, and all other parts of central and local government.

e are particularly focused on large-scale transformation programmes, increasingly with an emphasis on programmes that form part of the Government’s Major Project Portfolio and/or have a core digital change component.We have colleagues based across the UK with strong and growing teams in Manchester and across the north of England, in line with the government’s emerging regional and industrial strategies, the strengthening role of local and regional government and the ongoing drive to relocate public sector staff and work away from London.

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Your Role as a Consultant:

• Assist with the design and development of major programmes (including programme strategy and set-up, portfolio/programme delivery, and commercial and contract management)
• Contribute to our programmes with our clients, including the development of delivery plans, creation of deliverables, and facilitating workshops and meetings with both client and Deloitte team members across a wide range of topics and capabilities
• Support progress and status reporting, risk and issue management, and financial controls in relation to the programme or workstream
• Support and facilitate key elements of programme governance to drive timely decision-making, providing appropriate challenge when required
• Produce high-quality project documents, reports, and deliverables in line with the engagement plan
• Work and collaborate with all levels of client resources in order to build and maintain strong working relationships, and enhance our clients’ project and programme delivery capability
• Support the growth of client relationships, identifying new opportunities within both existing and new clients, and supporting proposals to win work
• Support the development of our propositions, solutions, and methods, and industry points of view, staying on top of the latest insights and technology to bring the best to our clients
• Demonstrate excellent presentation, facilitation, and communication skills across all levels of client and Deloitte stakeholders
• Work as part of Deloitte teams, collaborating and modelling our shared values

You’re curious, collaborative, and a natural at taking the initiative. We have unique challenges to solve, and often in unique contexts.

You should have strong experience in most of the following:

• Programme model design and implementation, development of plans across workstreams and management of critical paths, dependencies, risks, and reports in a project
• Have demonstrable project / programme / portfolio delivery experience in Government and Public Services (particularly (1) Defence, Security & Justice; (2) Digital and/or Cloud transformation; (3) Organisation & Op Model Transformation; (4) Infrastructure and Capital Projects)
• Ability to develop and manage client and stakeholder relationships at all levels in an organisation
• Problem solving, attention to details, creative thinking, and analytical skills
• The ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, collaborating to deliver change in fast-paced project environments
• Self-starting with high degree of personal motivation and drive, and a passion for continuous professional development
• Experience working in a consulting environment or professional services environment, or as a customer of a professional services partner

• Programme strategy, including; strategic transformation, strategy definition and planning, delivery strategy, or business case development.
• Programme set up, including; delivery model design, operating model design and transformation, commercial model structure, stakeholder management, transformation, or modelling of programme outcomes.
• Programme delivery, including; portfolio, programme and project management, programme controls, programme assurance, risk management, or operational readiness.
• Programme recovery, including executive level engagement, recovery planning, or experience reshaping programmes.
• Commercial and contract awareness, including engagement risk and financial management.

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“The great culture, flexibility, and range of experiences that Deloitte offers is what sets this firm apart. In Human Capital, Deloitte is far ahead of any of our immediate competitors.”

You’ll be based in one of the UK locations with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

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