About Us
Human Engine is a Financial Times top-ranked management consultancy with specialisms in strategy, commercial, change, digital, and projects.
We started in 2018 because we believed the public sector deserved better from consulting – more personal, more human and more knowledgeable of the realities of modern public services. All consulting firms say they’re different – with a founding team that came from within the public sector, the Human Engine difference is that we’ve seen it, done it and been on the sharp end of change and financial challenges.
We are a small but quickly growing company that works with clients in local government, central government, the NHS, charitable and regulatory sectors. But business growth is just a means to an end. What matters most to us is creating a company culture where everyone can thrive and, in doing so, deliver outstanding outcomes with clients. A lot of companies say this – but with no shareholders to keep happy and no investors to pay back, we’re all about creating a culture where people are happy, fulfilled and can excel at work. Whatever the nature of the project, our mission is to help organisations and individuals to do the best work of their lives.
About the Roles
8/10 local authorities say that they’d have to cut services or raise taxes without being more commercial and increasing their sources of income. Almost every council we work with is looking to maximise its commercial efficiency and revenues in a sustainable way – and this creates opportunities for experienced consultants to join our award-winning team.
We are seeking Local Government Commercial Consultants who have a passion for public sector commercialisation, with experience of increasing and diversifying the income streams of public authorities, enabling staff to act more commercially whilst keeping communities and people at the heart of their services. This could include designing commercial strategies and objectives, building commercial capacity and acumen across organisations, maximising the income from public services like leisure and culture, setting up traded services teams with schools and other authorities, or establishing publicly-owned trading companies.
The vast majority of our work in this area takes place with our local government clients – so it’s essential that applicants have knowledge and experience of commercialisation in a UK public sector environment, ideally in local government or health. This experience may come from working directly in the sector or from working closely with clients on related projects in consulting roles.
Senior Consultants up to £65k
Senior Consultants bring deep subject matter expertise and plenty of experience to help our clients achieve things they can’t do alone. At this level, you’ll be a seasoned change agent who will lead on projects, often being the client’s most senior regular contact. You’ll play a vital role as a subject matter expert on larger programmes – and our approach to matrix working means you’ll sometimes be leading these programmes, too.
What We Offer
Competitive salary, in line with your experience and the bands set out above
Bonus and incentives for outstanding contributions, such as winning new or additional work
Fast career progression – you’ll be promoted as soon as you’re ready
Company pension scheme
28 days paid holiday plus UK bank holidays
Flexible working – home-based and with flexible hours when not on client site
Regular, all expenses paid team get-togethers – both business and social
Work that makes a difference, with clients who give us consistently great feedback
Community-based company culture, with high degrees of responsibility, collaboration and support
Culture of learning and development with plenty of training, coaching and development opportunities
Application
To apply, simply send us your CV and a covering letter using the link below. To help us understand what makes you tick, make sure to tell us in your cover letter about a project you’ve worked on that had a big impact.
There’s no deadline – we’ll review applications as and when they come in and get back to you about the next steps.
This might take us up to 14 days from application.