Junior Consultant job in London

About us

The Social Change Agency helps build people powered movements that change the world. We are experts in creating social impact using communication, community organising, peer networks, social innovation, and systemic and organisational change approaches. We combine tried and tested approaches with cutting edge tools and perspectives. And we offer strategic consulting, programme design and delivery, training, workshops and more.

Our clients include DFID, Blagrave Trust, The Mayor of London and Parents for the Future UK among many many others. We also support the delivery of one of the Government’s grant giving programmes, providing match funding to UK charities for international development. In addition to our client work, we also support and incubate social movements. Our training and events attract some of the brightest and best social changemakers. Over the past few years we have launched the Young Trustee Movement and the Losing Control Network, and have supported movements as diverse at Women’s March Global, to Psychologists for Social Change. We recently launched our transparent money management service called Accountable for community-led groups and are now providing financial management for over 100 groups that are supporting their communities in response to Covid-19.

Job overview

The junior consultant will assist the consultancy team to develop and deliver high-quality support services to our clients and support the team that delivers back-office support to community-led networks and movements through the Accountable programme. Our consultancy team delivers bespoke services to clients who are looking to increase their social impact. This includes but is not limited to: strategy development, governance, network development and management, research and evaluation, and training. We have recently accelerated the growth of this support to small uncostituted groups in the wake of the community-led responses to Covid-19 and are now in the place to scale and build out this support. We are looking for someone starting out their journey to ensure that these services are meeting the needs of our clients, community-led groups, and support the whole consultancy team and wider business.

The role would suit someone starting out or newly shifting their career in social impact with a passion and curiosity for the intricacies of how social change happens. This should be combined with attention to detail, good business sense, and collaborative nature to problem-solving with the team and our clients. The initial contract is for six months, but we hope to secure the place for the long term. You will be managed by our Consultant, but will work closely with a number of the members of the whole SCA team. We are in a period of growth that we hope to bring you along with and must be ready for the messy, passionate interconnected world that is social change.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Consultancy:

• Assist the consultancy team in coordinating contract delivery by contributing to the development of project plans, scheduling preparing and providing technical assistance for workshops and interviews, gathering documentation, and liaising with client staff
• Research related to best practice and other needs of clients as instructed by the consultancy team
• Assist on the delivery of our training programme
• Participate in the drafting of reports and presenting the draft to the consultant and/or programme manager for review and approval.
• Ensure that information related to the delivery of services is stored and shared appropriately
• Assist with developing proposals for submission to prospective clients
• Provide support as required to the administration of the consulting practice

Programme Support:

• Assist on the development of the Losing Control online network infrastructure
• Work with the Accountable team to be the first point of contact for community groups being onboarded or currently using the Open Collective platform
• Identify and make recommendations to improve processes as applicable.

About You

You will be interested in different approaches to social change and keen to learn more about consulting and how to support organisations, people, and networks increase their social impact. You will be able to balance community needs with business sense and be able to keep the big picture in mind when developing projects. You will be keen to make an impact in a small team and be hungry for new ways of working to increase our impact. We are looking for someone who is happy working on their own initiative with energy and enthusiasm. You must be comfortable working with groups of people from varied backgrounds along with your work colleagues.

Person specification:

• A broad understanding or experience of approaches to social change (ie movement building, community organising, ABCD, network theory, etc)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate and build rapport with a wide range of people
• Proven ability to work in a team-orientated and office environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable with prioritisation, particularly urgent last-minute tasks

Terms: Full Time, 6-month contract with the view to extend – we expect there will be occasional evening and weekend work to accommodate the schedules of voluntary groups ways of working, we have a clear time off in lieu policy in place in these instances.

Salary: £26,000 p/a

Location: Until the office opens, you will be home based – and when we reopen, you will be based in our office in Kings Cross, London.

Holiday: 13 days plus bank holidays for the 6-month contract.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Please visit our main vacancies page for our equal opportunities statement.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK independently, as we unfortunately are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

If you would like to discuss the role please email amy@thesocialchangeagency.org to arrange a time.