Job summary
We are looking for a new Organisational Consultant to join the Tavistock Consulting (TC) Team.
Our Organisational Consultants play an important role in acquiring, designing and delivering a range of consultancy interventions. You will work with other Consultants as part of a team and be line managed and developed by our Senior Organisational Consultants . All of our consultants play a key role in ensuring TC has a successful reputation and operates as a financially viable enterprise, making a sustainable financial contribution to the Tavistock and Portman Trust.
Trained in the systems-psychodynamic approach, and with an understanding and some experience of its application in an organisational context, successful applicants will work on a range of change, leadership and organisational development projects for individuals, teams and organisations, often in complex and challenging contexts.
Consultants will be required to work flexibly and proactively to deliver individual and project team performance, commercial focus, client outcomes, increased profile and reputation and ongoing learning and innovation.
They will need to be motivated, adaptable and an effective multi-tasker. They will be equally effective working autonomously and as part of a collaborative team and able to work under pressure and at times to demanding deadlines.
Main duties of the job
With excellent written and verbal communication skills, whether face to face or online, the post-holder will be comfortable working across different organisational contexts and have experience of managing relationships with external partners and other stakeholders at senior levels.
Organisational consultants will work closely with our Senior Consultants in bidding for tenders, leading projects and developing new business opportunities.
They will identify new commercial opportunities for Tavistock Consulting offerings, and contribute to written proposals, tenders, pitches and presentations to successfully convert client interest into sales.
Working as a member of a small, expert team, the post-holder will proactively build relationships with immediate colleagues, associates and other stakeholders across the Trust.
Our Consultants deliver world-class, cutting-edge organisational consultancy interventions, which have a significant impact on organisational performance. This includes a range of activities aligned with organisational aims, sponsor objectives and participant concerns including a diagnostic approach where appropriate, expert process facilitation of groups, change consultancy and bespoke programme design and delivery.
Our consultants also contribute to the body of literature in the field, produce thought pieces, blogs and articles, publish papers and present at conferences.
About us
Tavistock Consulting (TC) was formed in 1994 to provide coaching and consultancy to leaders and their teams in commercial organisations. The aim in establishing Tavistock Consulting was to apply the psychoanalytic and systems thinking embedded in the Tavistock tradition to working with organisations, to impact in a meaningful manner on the workplace and the workforce and to generate income to support the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.
Tavistock Consulting today is a psychologically informed organisational change and leadership development consultancy. We are part of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which has been at the forefront of research and innovation in working with groups, leaders, and organisations for nearly a century.
Through specialised interventions in the areas of organisation and system change, team effectiveness and leadership development, we help clients to develop a strong and effective organisational culture that supports their staff to perform at their best in complex and often challenging environments.
We work locally, nationally, and internationally with a wide range of organisations, from NHS health and social care services to not-for-profit organisations, government bodies and national and global private sector organisations. We work across the system- engaging with staff on the ground as well as at board and senior executive level.
See https://tavistockconsulting.co.uk/ for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working alongside other consultants and gaining supervision from the Senior Consultants, you will work to identify potential business, attract clients, prepare proposals and convert interest to sales thus contributing to the financial revenue of the enterprise. As an Organisational Consultant, you will design and deliver high quality and impactful interventions. You will facilitate online, face to face and hybrid workshops and events for groups of participants, including lectures, conference presentations and experiential learning and enabling those groups to connect to and engage with complex, challenging and often contentious themes and issues.
Work individually with leaders and managers across sectors using a systems-psychodynamic approach. Engage professionally to deliver insight and impact in complex, and challenging situations.
Offer training and supervision to students, and clients and stakeholders seeking development in their role as coaches and organisational consultants.
Assess risks associated with organisational consultancy interventions and consider this in design, ensuring the work is professional and ethical
Work closely with client contacts to both manage the client relationship and ensure organisational learning is achieved when projects are evaluated and reviewed. Present feedback to client via formal meetings,presentations and written reports as appropriate.
Manage a temporary team of consultants, including associates, on any project requiring a team, including contract oversight, budget management, performance management, project meetings, and peer or externally sourced supervision
Applicants should have experience of delivering relevant work in at least one of these sectors:
- NHS and health-related organisations
- Commercial organisations including financial, legal and manufacturing sectors.
- Education, including Higher Education.
- Central and Local Government.
- The Third Sector including charities, social enterprises and charitable foundations.
Currently hybrid working, including based in TC Offices at 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working alongside other consultants and gaining supervision from the Senior Consultants, you will work to identify potential business, attract clients, prepare proposals and convert interest to sales thus contributing to the financial revenue of the enterprise. As an Organisational Consultant, you will design and deliver high quality and impactful interventions. You will facilitate online, face to face and hybrid workshops and events for groups of participants, including lectures, conference presentations and experiential learning and enabling those groups to connect to and engage with complex, challenging and often contentious themes and issues.
Work individually with leaders and managers across sectors using a systems-psychodynamic approach. Engage professionally to deliver insight and impact in complex, and challenging situations.
Offer training and supervision to students, and clients and stakeholders seeking development in their role as coaches and organisational consultants.
Assess risks associated with organisational consultancy interventions and consider this in design, ensuring the work is professional and ethical
Work closely with client contacts to both manage the client relationship and ensure organisational learning is achieved when projects are evaluated and reviewed. Present feedback to client via formal meetings,presentations and written reports as appropriate.
Manage a temporary team of consultants, including associates, on any project requiring a team, including contract oversight, budget management, performance management, project meetings, and peer or externally sourced supervision
Applicants should have experience of delivering relevant work in at least one of these sectors:
- NHS and health-related organisations
- Commercial organisations including financial, legal and manufacturing sectors.
- Education, including Higher Education.
- Central and Local Government.
- The Third Sector including charities, social enterprises and charitable foundations.
Currently hybrid working, including based in TC Offices at 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Masters qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Professional accreditation in a relevant skill e.g. executive coaching
- Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce re- design, acquired through training and experience to Masters or equivalent level
Experience
Essential
- Experience in applying the systems psychodynamics model as part of organisational development work
- Experience of working with groups, e.g. reflective practice, action learning, away days
- Experience of managing or working within a context of organisational change
- Experience of working 1- 1 with clients e.g. through executive coaching or role consultancy
Desirable
- Experience of winning work, and working on, consultancy projects with organisations in more than one of WIU's target sectors (NHS, third sector, commercial, higher education, central government)
- Experience of designing consultancy projects and/or development programmes in
- Experience of using online surveys e.g. for feedback or evaluation
- Experience and knowledge of NHS systems, structures and processes
- Experience of Group Relations Conferences as a member or as a member of staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Masters qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Professional accreditation in a relevant skill e.g. executive coaching
- Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce re- design, acquired through training and experience to Masters or equivalent level
Experience
Essential
- Experience in applying the systems psychodynamics model as part of organisational development work
- Experience of working with groups, e.g. reflective practice, action learning, away days
- Experience of managing or working within a context of organisational change
- Experience of working 1- 1 with clients e.g. through executive coaching or role consultancy
Desirable
- Experience of winning work, and working on, consultancy projects with organisations in more than one of WIU's target sectors (NHS, third sector, commercial, higher education, central government)
- Experience of designing consultancy projects and/or development programmes in
- Experience of using online surveys e.g. for feedback or evaluation
- Experience and knowledge of NHS systems, structures and processes
- Experience of Group Relations Conferences as a member or as a member of staff
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
