Senior Consultant, Management Consulting, London + UK

Carnall Farrar (CF) is a growing consultancy which works across all aspects of the health sector from supporting the NHS to serving major life science companies. We are passionate about, and experts in, health and healthcare. Founded in 2013 we have grown to a core staff base of management consultants, technical consultants, a data operations team and corporate functions. We have a strong reputation with the NHS, and our actively seeking to spread awareness of our brand and offers across the health sector more broadly. We are highly regarded both internally and externally for the level of support and development we give our people. As a professional services business, CF has three primary assets – its people, its knowledge and its data and associated products.

Our strategic intent  

We are focused on building the leading consulting company dedicated to the health sector. We serve the entire sector including healthcare systems (providers, payors, regulators), life sciences (pharma, biotech, devices, and diagnostics), health investing, health tech (data, digital and apps) and the wider suppliers to the sector (infrastructure, consumables and supporting services). Our clients include public sector organisations, private sector companies and investors.   

We help organisations to improve population health and the effectiveness of life sciences and healthcare through understanding their aspirations, helping them to identify the opportunities to create value, spotting and applying innovation in practice, adopting best-in-class management approaches and providing hands-on support to deliver improvements.   

Our consulting is renowned for its use of data and the insights this creates. We have access to more UK healthcare data than any other company and are expert it its safe use for delivering healthcare, improving health, managing services, supporting uptake of innovation, undertaking research, and generating evidence. Our access to data and our engineering and data science capabilities supports our consulting, and they are also available for direct client services including in multidisciplinary teams.   

We are growing a team of expert consultants who want to be at the leading edge of the profession and who have a passion for health. With structured career development from Analyst to Partner in a model of apprenticeship, mentorship, and formal training alongside opportunities to work in industry we are cultivating the leaders of the future. We support future leaders to grow and develop their own unique focus that builds on their expertise, our capabilities and creates value for our clients.  

About the role

By joining our team as a Senior Consultant with healthcare expertise you will become an integral part of a passionate group of healthcare consultants committed to enhancing health and care for all. Our team comprises dedicated experts, including esteemed leaders from the NHS and renowned consultancies, who possess a wealth of experience in driving impactful change within the healthcare sector. 

Collaborating with the industry's leading healthcare institutions, you will tackle the greatest challenges our population's health and wellbeing face today. Your expertise will be instrumental in solving complex problems and implementing solutions that have a lasting positive impact on society. 

This role offers an extraordinary opportunity for professional growth and career advancement within a supportive development environment. You will gain invaluable experiences, unlocking your potential to reach new heights in your career journey. 

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to: 

• Plan problem solving and lead on specific elements of your own workstream
• Contribute effectively to problem solving through conducting analysis and research with a high level of independence against delivery timelines  
• Consistently develop high-quality, client ready end products  
• Present and communicate effectively with clients, including leading elements of stakeholder engagement  
• Manage delivery of own workstream, appropriately flagging risks and escalations including capacity  
• Build constructive relationships with individuals from previous, existing and new clients, including supporting discussion of future requirements 
• Contribute to the development of high-quality proposals for existing and new clients, and support responses to competitive tenders 
• Create effective team working internal to CF and with clients, including supporting developing junior team members and providing effective feedback  

Requirements

In order to be successful in this role, you are likely to have a combination of the following:

• Prior experience within strategy or management consulting, demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the healthcare sector
• Ability to think strategically and support the development of comprehensive plans to address complex healthcare challenges 
• Project management skills, including multitasking and delivering successful outcomes within own workstream  
• Proficiency in research and data analysis, with the ability to collect, interpret, and leverage complex data sets for informed decision-making with minimal supervision  
• Experience in mentoring and supporting team members to develop and deliver to project timelines  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and nurture client relationships 
• Demonstration of business development acumen, such as identifying opportunities and contributing to organisational growth 
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with industry trends and best practices 
• Willingness and ability to travel 

Desired

• Operational or clinical experience gained from within the UK health sector (NHS)

Flexible working

We follow a hybrid working model that blends in-person collaboration with remote flexibility. Our consulting team typically spends at least three days a week either on client site or at our London office. Office hours are flexible within our core hours of 10am–4pm.

Our default is to work in person with our clients, but we also support remote working. Team members can work from home one day per week as standard, and we offer an additional 44 remote working days per year. This allows you to work from home up to two days per week-subject to client needs- or use your allowance in blocks, depending on what works best for you.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics. 

We are Disability Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know. 

About us

CF is dedicated to improving healthcare through working with health systems and the life sciences industry. We offer clients consulting and data services and products. 

Our work with health systems includes work with public and private providers of all kinds of care as well as their commissioners and regulators. We work at every level including national, regional, place and local level. We support health systems on critical strategic, performance and organisational issues to deliver the best outcomes for the populations they serve. 

Our work with the life sciences industry includes pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and health tech companies as well as their investors. We support the life sciences industry in the uptake of innovation including access, pathway transformation, and use of data & digital, and how they partner with health systems to improve patient outcomes. 

Benefits

What benefits would you get?

• Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/ year for leadership increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like)
• Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days
• Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total 12 weeks in any 12-month period
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service
• Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt
• Access to an interest free loan of up to £10,000
• Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments
•  Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care
•  Flexible working policy: including the ability to work fully remotely for up to 4 weeks a year
•  An employee assistance and wellness Program: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks
•  Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually
•  Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express
•  Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles
• Membership to the Health Service Journal (HSJ)