Change Management Consultant (Analyst) - Defence

Firm: PA Consulting

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. Our expertise spans consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics and Netherlands.

Job Description

Flexible working – We operate in a hybrid working environment where we come into a client site or office at least two days per week. Location: Bristol, and client sites in the Southwest (M4 corridor). The Major Programme Services (MPS) team seeks an exceptional Business Change Specialist with significant experience working on digital transformation programmes within the Defence sector. MPS is in high demand and experiencing repeated successes in delivering value and excellence for our clients who are within daily commuting range from home.

As a Business Change Consultant, you will support a client’s goals, programmes and change initiatives within large, complex digital transformation programmes. You will maintain and implement a business change plan through proactive stakeholder engagement to foster organisational change. Your collaborative, human‑centric and value‑driven mindset will be crucial in delivering successful outcomes.

You Will Have Opportunity To:

• Develop and maintain business change plans to support digital Defence transformation programmes.
• Update change management strategies to reflect programme reality and operational need and proactive risk mitigation.
• Conduct business change assessments across Defence Lines of Development, including change maturity assessments, adoption analysis reviews and change load assessments.
• Use visualisation tools to present the impact of changes to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and through programme leadership, with external partners, government agencies and the wider Defence community.
• Work closely with the assignment manager to align the business change plan and activities with wider strategic change activities across Defence.
• Facilitate workshops and events to inspire individuals and teams and deliver usable outputs.
• Develop change‑themed communication messages appropriate for a variety of channels.
• Foster strong long‑term client relationships by maintaining regular communication and managing expectations.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members and undertake knowledge transfer activities.
• Work with clients within daily commuting distance from home.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering change within digital programmes, ideally large transformation programmes.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships across government and Defence environments.
• Expertise in applying change methodologies and tools.
• Proven ability to manage and lead cross‑functional teams.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify and solve problems, make informed decisions and manage risks effectively.
• Must be able to work at pace, to a high standard, usually to very tight deadlines.
• Understanding of a human‑centric approach to business change.
• Prior experience working within Defence or similar complex and operationally focused organisations is desirable but not essential.
• Experience in a consulting environment and/or consortium/blended teams is desirable.
• Relevant change management qualification (e.g., Digital skills, APMG Change Management, Prosci certification) is desirable.

We know the skill‑gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application.

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance. All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard; some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least five years of continuous residency in the UK. We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e., you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past five years). If you’re unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Equality and Inclusion

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status or any other range of human difference. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations – Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Job Information

• Firm: PA Consulting
• Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

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