Senior Lead - Integrated Projects

ABOUT CONSULUM

Consulum is a government advisory firm dedicatedto helping governments develop, lead and deliver positive programmes that successfully promote their global interests. Our clients are government organisations and their leaders, including centre-of-government entities, ministries, authorities, agencies and state-owned enterprises.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The integration of strategy, policy and communications – in both the design and execution of programmes – sits at the heart of our philosophy.

We are seeking experienced government experts to lead projects that integrate expertise from a range of disciplines, including strategic communications, capacity building and public policy, international relations with a geopolitical know how, in order to deliver outcomes for our clients.

Projects vary depending on client need and our clients are ministries and government bodies around the world. A typical brief might include the development of strategy, communication advisory and the delivery of integrated communication programmes, the design and build of a high-performing communications function, or the delivery of high impact public policy solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading the work: Leading the planning and the day-to-day dealings which includes regular travel to clients to provide an integrated, high-quality solution to the client need
• Building a relationship of influence with the client: Winning the trust of the principal client and providing them insight, analysisand advice they take seriously.
• Leading the Consulum team: Ensuring Consulum team members understand the mission, are clear about their role, deliver high-quality work and generally perform to standard.

A critical aspectof leadership at Consulum is to ensure every team member develops their skills and abilities and can progress over time.

• Achieving commercial outcomes: Ensuring we deliver on the agreedscope of work, identifying opportunities for further work and convincing clients of the need to engage Consulum for that additional work.
• Participating in business development: working with the wider Consulumteam to generate leads, develop proposals and deliver pitches.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Skills

• Understanding of government: knowledge of how strategy, policy and communications function together in successful governments.
• Intelligence: structured, logicalthinking and presentation: the ability to develop and deliver comprehensive analyses and coherent presentations.
• People: the ability to lead,influence and mentor people.
• English: excellent writtenand spoken businessEnglish.
• Project management : an ability to structure and manage the delivery of projects and programmes.
• Software: PowerPoint skillsa distinct advantage, but not essential.

Attributes

• Leadership: the ability to developrelationships of influencewith clients and staff alike.
• Can-do: being resourceful, proactive, positiveand problem-solving.
• Resilience and stamina : the ability to handle difficultclients and a large workload.
• Development-orientation: curiosity and the desire to learn,grow and progress.
• Caring for others: caring aboutthe well-being, developand progression of more junior staff is critical to any leadership position at Consulum.
• Ambition and humility: we want people who are hungry to grow, but not at the cost of others. Being able to take people on a journey is a key part of being able to work and lead at CSM.

Experience

• At least 10 years’experience in strategy,communications or policy,including working in or consulting to government or public sector organisations.
• Ideal backgrounds include government, public sector, management consultancy, communications consultancy, charity and think tanks.
• Experience of key organisational and human resourcefunctions such as: recruitment, training and development, forming and building teams, establishing new ways of working, leadership development, systems and process design, policy development, etc.
• Experience of client relationship building, relationship management and presenting to senior stakeholders.