Managing Consultant – Local Government

Channel 3 is a boutique transformation and digital enablement consultancy, working across the health and care sector at local, regional and national level in the UK.

We believe a better future is possible today, through the power of digitally enabled transformation. And no more so than in the health and care sectors, where the models of care need to transform to deliver on the expectations of service users and policymakers, with a greater focus on providing preventative care, earlier intervention and changing lives.

This is an incredibly exciting time for us at Channel 3 as we seek to scale our impact and reach as a business and there is no doubt that our continued success will be underpinned by the exceptional talent and passion of our people.

We work hard to create an environment where everyone feels supported to learn, develop, and have fun! We care deeply about making a difference and building a team who are passionate about driving change. We offer colleagues the freedom to play an active role in their own personal development and the opportunity to help shape our wider business and how we deliver our work.

Our Local Government team works at the heart of adults' and children's services, partnering with councils to tackle some of the most complex challenges in the public sector: rising demand, financial pressure, and a system that too often reacts to crisis instead of preventing it. We work alongside social workers, commissioners and frontline leaders to co-design new models of care that are digitally enabled and genuinely built around what works for the people who use and deliver these services.

As a Managing Consultant, you'll help councils move from crisis response to prevention, turning strategy into real outcomes, whether that's safer, more sustainable support for children and families, or helping older and vulnerable adults live independently for longer. You'll join a team that combines deep sector expertise with lived frontline experience, and that genuinely believes the work we do changes lives.

You will lead and assure complex consulting programmes across Local Government (Adult’s and Children’s services). You will combine delivery leadership, client relationship management, people development, and commercial stewardship; shaping value for clients while growing our Local Government practice.

• Lead large projects or multi‑workstream programmes that improve outcomes across local authority children’s and adult’s services.
• Take responsibility for delivering impact for clients across the transformation journey: diagnostic, transformation, assurance and lasting impact.
• Quality assure delivery, establish governance and unblock issues.
• Scrutinise and quality‑assure analysis and insights.
• Support the development of our delivery methodologies and toolkits, aligned to our wider organisations proven methods of delivering impact.
• Act as Engagement Lead on complex programmes, ensuring delivery to time, cost, quality standards and client satisfaction.

• Build trusted, influential relationships with senior stakeholders (DCS, DASS, Section 151 Officer, Chief Executive).
• Lead high‑impact workshops and executive presentations.

• Line‑manage, mentor and coach colleagues.
• Create high‑performing teams and role‑model our values.

• Act as a senior leader in the Local Government team, supporting the maturity and codification of our services, capabilities, and market offers.
• Mature Local Government propositions and codify methods.
• Contribute to our go‑to‑market strategy, marketing, thought leadership, and brand visibility in the sector.
• Mentor and develop consulting talent, shaping a team with both technical breadth and strategic acumen.
• Ensuring quality assurance processes within engagements/work streams.

• Manage accounts commercially and grow partnerships with clients
• Lead origination and growth of new opportunities, drawing from your network and market insight
• Lead proposals and ensure strong…