Senior Consultant – Home Affairs

Overview

As a Senior Consultant in Baringa’s Home Affairs practice, you will shape government programmes by analyzing policy impacts, building robust business cases, and designing delivery models. You’ll work with policing, defence, justice and Home Office teams to drive transformation that improves citizen outcomes. You’ll embed change, track benefits, and support sustainable implementation while leveraging data, AI and digital initiatives. This role offers meaningful public sector impact within a collaborative, growth-focused firm.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous annual leave (5 weeks)
• Flexible/hybrid working
• 5-Year Recharge leave
• Corporate Responsibility Days (3 days)
• Wellbeing Fund
• Profit Share Scheme

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured analysis and modelling to assess policy impact and translate insights into clear recommendations
• Support the development of robust business cases, funding submissions and options appraisals for new services or working models
• Contribute to the design of operating models, service blueprints and delivery approaches for government functions
• Support transformation programmes to improve citizen outcomes, public safety and operational resilience
• Analyse and improve front- and back-office processes in high-security environments
• Collaborate with client teams to embed change, track benefits and support sustainable implementation
• Contribute to digital, data and analytics initiatives (including AI-enabled solutions) to solve data challenges and inform decisions
• Bring best practices from industry and government into client work
• Support commercial and procurement activities, including market engagement, option development and evaluation
• Progress to own workstreams or outputs, mentor junior colleagues, and build client relationships

Key requirements

• Experience in government or public sector projects, ideally in professional services/consulting
• Interest in policing, defence, justice or Home Office domains
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and analyse data to provide evidence-based insights
• Comfort collaborating with client teams and internal specialists in delivery-focused environments
• Curiosity about technology, digital, data and AI and their application to public services
• Strong written and verbal communication, tailored to different audiences
• Genuine motivation to improve outcomes for citizens and public servants

• collaboration
• curiosity
• strong communication
• data analysis
• policy analysis
• digital and AI awareness

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