Junior Consultant BB

Are you looking to work for an inspiring, fast-paced, consulting business, focused on partnering with the global pharma and healthcare industry to have maximum impact on patients’ lives?

Are you ready for that next-stage consultant or client relationship management role? With 3 – 4 years of experience working in the pharma or healthcare industry,  as a project manager or in a client-facing delivery role, under your belt, is this the team you’d like to join? Are you keen to join a team who are continually developing their careers, year on year? We recognise talent, commitment, and hard work.

We are an inclusive supplier for many organisations, and have been winning industry awards since 2013, from the PMEA for our work with clients, and we were acknowledged in 2023 with a National Businesswomen’s Award. In 2024, we have been honoured with the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

Our Junior Consultants perform a critical role for our clients and internal project team members.  In this role, you will be client-facing, responsible for delivery and strong project management of client deliverables, providing client services that go the extra mile.

This role also provides outstanding future career progression and potential. We offer unrivalled professional development opportunities due to the significant variety of geographies, clients, disease areas, and consulting challenges, with the opportunity to build strong, sustainable client relationships.

Your accountabilities include:

Project Management & Delivery

• Plan for all client meetings and workshops, including agenda production, workshop preparation, writing up notes and sending outputs to clients with principals

• Use project management tools to manage all projects allocated to you and anyone who reports to you. This will allow you to track time, budget, and project progress

Client Relationship Management

• Position yourself as the day-to-day contact with clients and invest time to build strong relationships, lead internal and external check-in meetings, and use your client knowledge to identify new business opportunities

Content Creation & Consulting Support

• Create the first drafts of PowerPoint, Word, and Excel documents for principal teams using your own experience and our internal libraries

• Act as support facilitator to the principal team on small workshops and / or breakout sessions, presenting in an enthusiastic and positive manner

Team Management

• Manage a small team of Junior Analysts and / or Analysts, setting clear goals, delegating tasks and coaching them to deliver and succeed in their role at Uptake following the HR policies, practices and procedures

What will Uptake provide for you?

• The opportunity to work internationally, particularly in the US, and across a variety of time-zones, and to client sites throughout Europe and the UK
• You will work and collaborate with client teams in the top 20 biggest pharma companies in the world
• Our cutting edge HR policies include the flexibility of core working hours, and incredible support for your wellbeing

• Enjoy a weekly team day in the office
• Take advantage of the ability to work from an alternative location for up to two weeks of the year
• Five weeks paid holiday plus public holidays, and an extra day off for your birthday
• The opportunity to take an unpaid summer sabbatical for up to four weeks in the summer
• A hugely competitive range of benefits including private medical insurance and group income protection
• A dog-friendly office that welcomes and cares for your canine associates, bring them with you on your team day in the office

Does this sound like the sort of team you want to be part of?

If it does, please click the apply button.

We are committed to employment practices that promote inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion, or belief.

Please let us know if we can make any adjustments at any stage of the application and interview process.