Consultant (Data and Insights)

Duration: 6 months (extendable to permanent)

About us

Leapwise is a mission-driven policing, justice and public safety consultancy that helps leaders with their toughest choices. We were founded by an ex-BCG consultant and prime ministerial adviser, and provide strategy consulting support, leadership and organisational development to improve public sector performance. We are passionate about public services and our clients include UK police forces, local and national government departments, and charities. As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we are seeking to employ someone who wants to make a difference to UK public services, working in consulting engagements, and supporting the wider development and impact of the business.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a highly analytical and data-driven Consultant to join our small but growing team and to contribute to our high impact projects in policing, justice and public safety. The Consultant will support the analysis of large datasets, primarily in workforce related projects but also including wider data strategy projects. This role offers the opportunity to apply data techniques to uncover meaningful insights and help shape evidence-based recommendations across our client engagements.

What you’ll be doing

• You will spend most of your time working in projects providing advisory services to clients in the policing and justice sectors.
• Reporting to and supported by a manager (and with regular time with the founder and Managing Director), your days could include:
• Working with clients to structure complex challenges, translating ambiguous problems into clear analytical questions and testable hypotheses.
• Applying statistical techniques to real-world public sector datasets to generate actionable insight, including through advanced quantitative analysis exploring trends, relationships and drivers of workforce and organisational outcomes.
• Contributing to the development of predictive or diagnostic models where appropriate, with a focus on interpretability and practical application.
• Automate data processing and analysis workflows to add value to insight generation or streamline efficiency.
• Translating analytical findings into visual, narrative-driven outputs that support decision-making for senior stakeholders, including working with others to integrate quantitative findings into strategic recommendations.
• Supporting project delivery by managing analytical workstreams, tracking progress, and proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Communicating insights in client settings, including workshops, presentations, and senior stakeholder discussions.
• Actively investing in your own development, seeking feedback, and contributing to a collaborative, curious, and high-performing team culture.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference from day one. We’re committed to helping you build your career and profile, including opportunities to write, speak, and contribute to work that supports your career and the company’s mission.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, communicates clearly, thinks analytically, and shows strong potential for leadership. You will be extremely interested in using data and insights to improve decision-making in organisations. Specifically, you’ll have:

• Passion for social impact and public sector.
• Strong analytical mindset with a passion for data-driven problem-solving, and ability to turn data into actionable insights.
• Experience with statistical analysis (quantitative social sciences or data science).
• Strong interest in and aptitude for automation, and ability to optimise data workflows and enhance analysis efficiency.
• Strong communication skills - ability to explain complex findings in a simple way.
• Strong organisation and time management skills.

Due to security requirements, you will need to have been continuously resident in the United Kingdom for the past 3 years.

We also value:

• A strategic orientation and mindset.
• A focus on generating and measuring results - and learning from success and disappointments.
• A master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Public Policy, Criminology, Data Science or Economics.

What We Offer

We are a small, supportive and motivated team who provide as much flexibility as we can in our working environment to get the best from your talents. We want to learn and grow as an organisation and offer all our employees the opportunities they need to develop, and to teach us. Subject to passing the six-month probationary period, the offer includes:

• Total salary is £30,200 a year pro rata (with uplift to £38,000-£41,500 a year if extended).
• Performance related bonus tied to individual and firm performance.
• A great office and hybrid pattern, with the team working from our Central London offices three days a week.
• A 9-day fortnight, with every alternate Friday as a non-working day.
• Generous leave policy.
• Auto-enrolment pension with 5% employer pension contribution.
• Both automatic and performance related annual pay increases.
• Coaching and personal development from experienced leaders.
• Support for any training and development you require to develop in your role.

Our office is at Thanet House, 231 The Strand WC2R 1DA. We are an equal opportunities employer and particularly welcome applications from groups that are under-represented in our sector. Our office is wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you have any access requirements or need any special equipment for the interview process.