Project Delivery Consultant - Public Sector Transformation

Company description We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists.

And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life. Job description Do you enjoy bringing clarity, pace and structure to complex programmes? Join PA's Delivery team and help government and public sector organisations turn ambitious plans into outcomes that make a lasting difference for citizens, communities and the people who deliver essential services.

We currently have roles at Consultant Analyst grade (typically for individuals with 2-3 years of relevant experience), Consultant grade (typically 3-5 years of experience), and Senior Consultant grade (typically 5-7 years of experience). Our Delivery team is PA's centre of excellence for project, programme and portfolio delivery. In Northern Ireland and Ireland, we work across central and local government, health, justice, education, defence and other public services.

You will join blended PA and client teams, combining delivery disciplines with sector insight, analytical thinking and practical problem-solving. Essentially, we are looking for delivery professionals, with varying levels of experience, who can bring structure, pace and practical problem-solving to complex public sector programmes. These are varied roles, offering the opportunity to work across a range of public service domains as client needs evolve.

Location:

Belfast. We work in a hybrid way and typically spend a minimum of two days each week in the PA office or on client site. The pattern will vary by assignment and may include more frequent client-site working and travel across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Key responsibilities:

Plan, support and/or coordinate complex projects, programmes or work streams from mobilisation through to delivery. Translate strategic priorities into clear plans, milestones, governance, dependencies and measurable outcomes. Establish or strengthen programme management offices, reporting, assurance and decision-making. Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies, helping teams solve problems and maintain momentum. Facilitate workshops and produce concise, evidence-based materials for senior stakeholders. Build trusted relationships across policy, operational, digital, commercial and corporate teams.

Use delivery data and insight to improve performance, benefits realisation and accountability. Contribute to proposals, thought leadership and the continued growth of PA's Northern Ireland and Ireland Government & Public Sector team. You may be involved in:
Supporting the Education sector redefine and optimise their shared services offering to customers, using digital technology to replace manual, paper processing. Designing and delivering a new national operating model within the police and justice sector to improve service delivery for citizens and victims of crime. Supporting health and social care organisations to deliver operational and financial improvement, including service design, workforce and corporate-services transformation.

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