Principal Consultant Operational Analysis

Principal Consultant – Operational Analysis Location: Bristol / Hybrid Role

Salary: £70,000 to £80,000 plus bonus, pension, medical and many other benefits

Are you someone with a background in Operational Analysis, Operational Research or Supporting Government Approvals; looking to take the next step in your career and join a growing team?

Our client has a track record of success, as a trusted partner to customers within highly regulated Government programmes. As a result, they are looking for a new Principal Consultant within their Operational Analysis team.

The Operational Analysis team uses modelling, analysis, domain knowledge and approvals expertise to provide the evidence to make better decisions, in support of their customers within the defence and space sectors.

In particular, they:

• Undertake research to analyse the benefits of new equipment, approaches or technologies
• Provide the evidence to support Government procurement decisions
• Work with customers and stakeholders to improve policy, strategy and planning

What we are looking for

As a Principal Consultant within Operational Analysis, you will be responsible for:

• Vision and Strategy: Assisting in setting the vision and strategy for the department in collaboration with the other capabilities. Ensuring that it is then communicated across the Company and aligned with the wider company\’s vision and strategy.
• Team leadership: Motivating, coaching and managing the performance of team members. Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co-ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues.
• Capability Development: Developing and maintaining Operational Analysis service offerings aligned to account demand signal and collaborating with other departments to ensure services are coherent across the business.

As a Principal Consultant your focus will be developing:

• Operational Analysis
• Approvals Assurance
• Decision Support
• Modelling and Simulation
• Training and Development: Coaching people on the use of Operational Analysis tools and techniques. Staying at the forefront of profession, they encourage career development through attendance to conferences, steering committees and tailored training and development as and when required.
• Business Development: Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify need for new capability across all their customers.
• Technical Assurance: Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers\’ expectations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise for the role of Principal Consultant – Operational Analysis

You will be someone with experience in leading tasks in an Operational Analysis discipline, with expertise in analysis, modelling or support to Government Approvals. You should have a positive, flexible and self-motivated attitude, and be keen to develop yourself and others within the team. You will have experience in:

• Delivering Operational Analysis, Approvals Assurance, Decision Support and/or Modelling and Simulation in a consultancy context.
• Writing analysis documentation (e.g. OASP, COA) or business cases.
• Capability Development of new tools and techniques.
• Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers\’ expectations.
• Leading teams in a consultancy setting.
• Working within public sector with knowledge of government processes.
• Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Mentoring employees across all grades.
• Contributing and leading successful bids/technical proposals.

If you are interested in applying for this role, candidates must have:

• An existing right to live and work in the UK.
• Either hold a current SC or DV clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company.