Business Consultant

Are you ready to kick-start your consulting career in Aerospace, Defence and Security?

Our ADS Consulting practice is growing, and we’re looking for a Junior Consultant with strong business analytical skills and knowledge of the ADS environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your consulting career, working on business transformation projects that make a real impact. You’ll join a supportive team that values innovation and collaboration, helping clients exploit technology and drive change.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, flexible benefits to suit your needs, and training and development to help you thrive. Hybrid working is available, you’ll need to be able to travel to client sites or offices for key meetings and workshops.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting Senior Consultants and Consulting Managers on business transformation projects within public and private sectors.
• Taking ownership of specific activities and outcomes on smaller consulting projects.
• Applying methodologies such as Business Process Reengineering, Continuous Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, and Data Management & Analytics.
• Capturing and assessing business and technical requirements to deliver effective solutions.
• Building consulting assets and completing end-of-project case studies to share learning.
• Engaging with clients and stakeholders to identify issues and propose solutions.

What you’ll bring

• Previous consulting experience ,whether through a recognised consulting role or a consulting bootcamp.
• Strong business analytical skills and understanding of technology-enabled transformation.
• Knowledge of ADS client needs and pain points.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite for creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Experience adapting to different industries, client cultures, and project scopes.

It would be great if you had

• MOD DV clearance.
• Client-facing consulting experience in a recognised consulting business.
• Professional consulting accreditation.
• Awareness of P3M3 and/or Business Case development.
• Experience supporting bids and proposals for technology consulting work.
• Familiarity with working in small consulting teams.

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply – we’d love to hear from you!

Referral Bonus: £1000

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.