Consultant, Management Consulting

Join our dynamic team of forward-thinkers and innovators as we pave the way for transformative change. This is your opportunity to make a real impact by providing innovative solutions to improve our healthcare systems and join one of the leading healthcare strategy teams. We are a fast-growing management consulting and data science company dedicated to innovation in healthcare. We work across the entire healthcare industry including health systems and life sciences companies, as well as working with health investors and their portfolio companies. We inspire clients to make change happen and improve health outcomes. We support our people to be courageous in doing the right thing.

By joining our team as a Consultant with healthcare expertise you will become an integral part of a passionate group of healthcare consultants committed to enhancing health and care for all. Our team comprises dedicated experts, including esteemed leaders from the NHS and renowned consultancies, who possess a wealth of experience in driving impactful change within the healthcare sector. Collaborating with the industry's leading healthcare institutions, you will tackle the greatest challenges our population's health and wellbeing face today. Your expertise will be instrumental in solving complex problems and implementing solutions that have a lasting positive impact on society. This role offers an extraordinary opportunity for professional growth and career advancement within a supportive development environment. You will gain invaluable experiences, unlocking your potential to reach new heights in your career journey.

Responsibilities

• Plan elements of problem solving for own workstream and making effective use of leadership time.
• Contribute effectively to problem solving through independently structuring and conducting analysis and research within a workstream.
• Develop high-quality, client ready end products with minimal correction required.
• Communicate effectively with clients across a range of media, including participating in elements of stakeholder engagement.
• Understand contribution of own work to overall project timeline and effectively manage and prioritise tasks, appropriately flagging risks and escalations including capacity.
• Build and nurture constructive relationships with individuals from previous, existing and new clients.
• Contribute to high-quality proposals for existing and new clients, and support responses to competitive tenders.
• Work independently and contribute effectively in a team, supporting analysts in applying the consulting toolkit.

Mandatory

• Minimum 2:1 graduate degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or prior experience as an analyst within strategy or management consulting, demonstrating knowledge of the healthcare industry.
• Operational or clinical experience gained from within the UK Health sector (NHS).
• Ability to think strategically and support the development of comprehensive plans to address complex healthcare challenges.
• Project management skills to deliver within own workstream to overall project timelines.
• Proficiency in research and data analysis, with the ability to collect, interpret, and leverage complex data sets for informed decision-making.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to present findings and establish and nurture client relationships.
• Demonstration of business development acumen, such as contributing to high-quality proposals.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with industry trends and best practices.
• Willingness and ability to travel.
• Educated to a degree level (or equivalent experience).

Desired

• Experience in advanced analytical capabilities such as using SQL or Python.

Flexible working

We embrace a hybrid working model, combining the best of remote and in-person collaboration. Our consulting team are together in person at least four days a week with flexibility to be in the office between our core hours of 10-4pm. Our default approach is to be in-person with our clients. In addition, up to four weeks a year each member of staff can work entirely virtually.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics. We are Disability Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

About us

CF is dedicated to improving healthcare through working with health systems and the life sciences industry. We offer clients consulting and data services and products. Our work with health systems includes work with public and private providers of all kinds of care as well as their commissioners and regulators. We work at every level including national, regional, place and local level. We support health systems on critical strategic, performance and organisational issues to deliver the best outcomes for the populations they serve. Our work with the life sciences industry includes pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and health tech companies as well as their investors. We support the life sciences industry in the uptake of innovation including access, pathway transformation, and use of data & digital, and how they partner with health systems to improve patient outcomes.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/year for leadership, increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year.
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like).
• Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription.
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days.
• Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid.
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total of 12 weeks in any 12-month period.
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service.
• Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt.
• Access to an interest free loan of up to £10,000.
• Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments.
• Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care.
• Flexible working policy: including the ability to work fully remotely for up to 4 weeks a year.
• An employee assistance and wellness Program: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks.
• Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually.
• Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express.
• Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles.
• Membership to the Health Service Journal (HSJ).