Consulting Manager

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We’re growing our Consulting practice at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and are looking for a flexible, delivery-focused Consultant to join the team. This is a generalist consulting role, so you’ll work on a wide variety of projects from transformation and operational efficiency to procurement optimisation and workforce initiatives.

You’ll lead work streams, manage medium-sized projects, and support the development of Junior consultants. Alongside delivering high-quality outcomes, you’ll help shape proposals and identify opportunities to keep us competitive in a financially constrained market. If you enjoy variety, influencing senior stakeholders, and thinking commercially while driving meaningful improvements, this could be the perfect next step for you.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, the ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities. Hybrid working applies, you’ll need to attend meetings or training at agreed locations as required as well as travel to client sites.

• Lead and deliver specific project work streams or medium-scale consulting projects.
• Work across diverse assignments including transformation, commercial improvement, operational efficiency, procurement optimisation, and shared services.
• Ensure high-quality outputs, timely delivery, and strong client satisfaction.
• Help shape consulting propositions, business cases, and bids in a competitive NHS environment.
• Build credibility and influence senior NHS partners to simplify complex problems and drive change.
• Line manage and develop junior consultants, supporting their growth and performance.

• Consulting experience or strong NHS transformation/commercial/operational expertise.
• Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects and quickly learn new domains.
• Strong commercial understanding, including shaping proposals and assessing value.
• Excellent partner engagement and influencing skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability.

• Experience in an established consultancy or public-sector specialist environment.
• Background in NHS procurement, commercial functions, shared services, or digital transformation.
• Knowledge of public sector frameworks and procurement processes.
• Understanding of NHS financial pressures and constraints.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement – we’d love to hear from you.

Full-time Permanent

UK Wide, with travel to client sites

BPSS

Soraya

• 10% Bonus
• £5,400 car allowance
• 25 days annual leave with option to buy additional days
• Private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

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

NHS SBS was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities and are committed to being a diverse organization.

We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum criteria for the role.