Strategy Consultant in London

At Social Value Portal, we’re on a mission to unlock £100bn in social value to help people, places, and the planet thrive and we’ve already achieved £56bn. Our platform equips organisations across the public, private, and voluntary sectors with intuitive, collaborative tools to measure and maximise social value. At the heart of our work is the evidence-based Social Value TOM System (Themes, Outcomes and Measures), a gold standard framework that sets us apart. As part of our Strategic Advisory team, you’ll work with leading organisations to help them embed social value at the heart of their operations. This is your chance to combine strategic consulting and organisational transformation with a genuine impact on society.

Role Summary: Think change management combined with strategy development and transformation, all through a social impact lens. We’re looking for a Consultant with client-handling experience to help organisations optimise how they can deliver more Social Value (impact) by making it more connected to strategic goals and therefore more central to their operations.

Our clients of all sizes and industries come to us with varying levels of maturity, but all have similar surface challenges; how much social impact do they already deliver? Who should be responsible? How can they do it better? Ultimately, how can they track better performance?

We’re looking for a consultant with experience in strategy and transformation who is:

• Relentlessly curious - constantly in a state of wondering; why, how, who? Always seeking to identify the root issues.
• Attentive to customers – able to empathise and listen carefully to needs.
• Willing to embrace the unknown - capable of turning your hand easily from task to task and project to project.
• Imaginative – create alternatives or innovations that may be useful in solving change-related problems.
• Professional – you set your own high standards and demonstrate that you care about every aspect of the job.

What We Need:

• Advising our clients on strategically incorporating Social Value creation across their organisations, helping them maximise the value they deliver for society.
• Co-creating simple but effective Social Value strategies with our client and member base, increasingly for larger, multi-territory, more complex organisations.
• Engaging with clients to understand their needs; what’s getting in the way of their progress and what they can do about it.
• Working with customers on bid-related programmes such as training, social impact initiative ideation and peer reviewing drafted responses.
• Facilitating client workshops and conducting a range of stakeholder collaboration exercises.
• Writing presentations, content and guidance that engages.
• Supporting business development opportunities alongside the Sales team.

What you will bring:

• A strong track record of consultancy or advisory experience.
• Experience working directly with a range of external stakeholders and building long-term relationships.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written, with confidence to deliver presentations and facilitate workshops but also write comprehensive and high-quality content.
• Solid understanding of change management and transformation programmes, especially those involving co-design with customers.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to build relationships with senior influencers within large, complex organisations.
• Ability to work through tasks independently, proactively and meticulously.
• Good analytical skills, including data literacy.
• A passion for societal progress and improvement, including understanding of the key issues and challenges that society faces e.g. health inequalities, social mobility, ageing population.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the TOM System framework or other Social Value measurement frameworks.
• Understanding of social impact evaluation methodologies and experience of delivering assessments.
• Experience in representing your organisation at industry events and speaker engagements.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary of £32-50k basic (we are recruiting for two levels of consultant and salary will be aligned to the appropriate role level and experience).
• Industry-leading initiatives in social value, including 6 paid volunteering days per year.
• Access to a 24/7 EAP for practical and emotional support including face-to-face counselling.
• 25 days of leave per year and bank holidays and your birthday off work!
• Annual increases to holiday after 3 years’ service.
• Flexible working including hybrid.
• Private medical insurance.
• Annual learning budget to support your ongoing growth and development.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Ethically invested pension scheme, matched to a max of 5%.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Life assurance at 4 x salary.
• A remarkable opportunity to join an ethically entrepreneurial business where you can make a real positive difference.