Senior Consultant

Are you ready to contribute to meaningful change from day one?

At Nous, we’re looking for exceptional Senior Consultants to shape the future—working with universities, governments and communities to solve complex challenges and create lasting impact. You’ll think big, elevate your ambitions, and collaborate with leading experts across sectors in an award-winning culture that fosters innovation and continuous learning.

Consistently ranked as a Great Place to Work and recognised as a top consulting firm, Nous offers a dynamic environment where expertise is valued, innovation thrives, and your contributions make a tangible difference. You’ll tackle critical issues, work with high-performing teams, and play a key role in delivering solutions that drive real-world improvements.

Bring your strategic thinking, problem-solving skills, and passion for impact to a team that supports your growth and empowers you to shape the future.

Nous is a great place to work… 

Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 750 people working across the UK and Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. We are a values-based organisation that is inspired and determined to improve people’s lives in significant ways. We realise a bigger idea of success for skilled consultants to help shape the future and direction of our UK projects. We are a full-service management consulting firm that works across all sectors but have experienced strong demand for our services in education and government. Nous Group is honoured to be acknowledged as a Great Place to Work in the UK, Canada and Australia. Recently featuring on UK lists for Best Workplaces overall, Best Workplaces for Development, for Women, and within Consulting & Professional Services.

We are looking for Senior Consultants

As a Senior Consultant, you will broaden and deepen your consulting skills. You will work on complex and interesting projects and take ownership of specific project or content domains. You will have the opportunity to take the lead on client consultations, build your project co-ordination capability and support the development of junior consultants. 

This is a unique opportunity to help grow a dynamic office underpinned by the resources of a larger global consulting firm. You will have the autonomy to focus on your development, and we will provide the support to ensure that you reach your potential.  

The role:  

• Take ownership of specific project domains or work streams and deliver them to a high standard 
• Lead client consultations and other client engagements  
• Undertake project coordination activities on small to medium-sized projects, building on your project management capability 
• Develop strong, well-crafted deliverables to convey key messages to clients in an influential way 
• Take an active role in client development by coordinating client or sector teams, contributing to pursuits, and identifying opportunities for future client engagements 
• Provide exceptional support to Project Directors and Managers, particularly on large projects 
• Stay across latest news and developments in the industry to inform client discussions and work 
• Support, guide and develop others on projects and in buddy/mentor roles 

You are: 

• Passionate and driven about doing work that matters and creates positive influence, in an environment that values diversity and thrives on creativity 
• A collaborator: you bring energy and enthusiasm for collaborating with others throughout the project design and delivery process  
• Intelligent and resilient: solving complex problems is challenging work and requires you to balance the various pressures our clients face. Understanding and engaging well with people and content will be key 
• Self-directed: you enjoy working in a self-managed environment with autonomy 
• Enthusiastic and interested in working across our service lines and a variety of sectors 

And the practical experience: 

• 2+ prior work experience in a professional environment, related to our sectors and capability areas. Look under work at nousgroup.com/uk to learn more 
• Strong analytical skills and the capacity to interpret and translate qualitative and quantitative data 
• The capability to think, articulate, write and present logically  
• Strong problem-solving ability applied in a structured and creative way 

Finally, the important details... 

Nous is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.  Nous values a diversity of lived experiences, perspectives, and ideas as an asset in serving communities globally. 

Nous is a flexible workplace that offers hybrid working and consulting opportunities on a full-time or part-time basis. 

If you are interested in helping solve complex problems and want to be part of a dynamic team, committed to achieving positive influence, then we would love to hear from you! Please click apply below.  

To apply for a role at Nous in our London office you must have the right to work in the UK.