Consultant, Corporate Strategy, Business

About Us

Continuum is a successful market leading sport and leisure consultancy company. We provide a wide range of services to all areas of the sport and leisure industry. Our vision is to maximise the social, physical and economic impact of sport and physical activity by strengthening the sector and levering in additional investment. To do this, we are driven, agile, collaborative, inclusive, positive and we always work with integrity.

Established in 2001, we have continued to go from strength to strength. We are nationally accredited having achieved Sport England Framework Partners status for Grants Management, Strategic Outcomes Planning and Leisure Service Delivery and Needs Assessment (Active Environments). Our service offer includes:

• High quality programme and project management services.
• Delivery of national scale programmes on behalf of Sport England and other clients.
• Development planning linked to increasing levels of participation in physical activity and sport and tackling inequalities.
• Strategic planning including playing pitch and sports facilities strategies for local authorities.
• Feasibility studies, business cases and options appraisals for capital projects including supporting the development of planning applications.
• Content development in the form of guidance notes.
• Stakeholder engagement, consultation and relationship management.
• Securing and assessing grant funding.
• Gathering insight and research and evaluating the impact of projects, programmes and investments.

We have a diverse and ever-expanding client base from within the public, private and not for profit sectors including Sport England, National Governing Bodies of sport, Local Authorities, Active Partnerships, national and local charities, leisure operators, universities, schools, sports clubs, community groups, and developers. Our focus is always on helping organisations achieve real, lasting results across the sport and leisure sector and looking to add to our team with equally passionate people.

Job Purpose:

To lead and support the work of our Consultant Team including project and programme coordination and management, stakeholder consultation and engagement, conducting and managing research, strategy and report writing, development and business planning, options analysis, the preparation and assessment of funding applications and client liaison.

Responsible for:
Managing your own projects and inputting into projects from other team members, Associates, other partners and clients. Managing Research Consultants (subject to staffing levels and business needs).

Reports to:

Senior Consultant or Directors (dependent on circumstances).

Location:

Hybrid working in Continuum’s London Office and some home working. Travel to and from client meetings, occasional working from client offices and overnight stays may be required. For the employee’s probation period, work will be from Continuum’s London office.

Holidays: 29 days PA including statutory bank holidays.

• Lead and supervise primary and secondary research in relevant subject areas. Use the research as evidence to prepare accurate, high quality written and numerical analysis (for external reporting and evaluation).
• Lead and support our Consultant team with the production of sport and physical activity strategies, playing pitch strategies and sports facilities strategies.
• Prepare action plans to support the successful implementation of strategies and policies.
• Lead on the preparation of applications for capital and revenue projects.
• Assist with the production of business cases, feasibility studies and options appraisals.
• Assist with the management of funding programmes including screening and assessing applications, liaison with applicants, preparing decision letters and maintaining accurate records on each application.

• Develop and maintain trusting, two‑way, stakeholder relationships with various stakeholders, clients and other suppliers across the sector.
• Develop and lead primary research and consultation exercises via surveys, electronic, face‑to‑face, and telephone/video consultation and…