Are you looking for a new role, a new start, a new challenge?

We are looking for experienced people to join our growing consultancy team. You don’t have to have worked as a consultant previously, but you are an expert in your field, a great listener and communicator, able to build trusted relationships, and support people to deliver sustainable change.

This is a full time, permanent role with a base salary for Junior Consultant up to £30,000 and for Consultants/Senior Consultants between £30,000 and £65,000 dependent on experience, and significant growth potential through our consultant development pathway.

Depending on your skills and experience, you will join our consultant development pathway, delivering a range of client facing projects, and supporting the development and delivery of new business streams to meet client needs.

About this role

Pennington Choices is a UK wide consultancy and surveying company working across the built environment. We have a unique opportunity to join our established Consultancy team, as we embark on our next five year growth strategy.

Our Consultancy team provide specialist advice, assurance and support to our clients across the built environment including building safety, property compliance, regulatory compliance and governance, asset management, net zero and sustainability, organisational change, and health and safety.

Depending on your skills and experience, you will join our consultant development pathway, delivering a range of client facing projects, and supporting the development and delivery of new business streams to meet client needs.

This is a unique opportunity to develop your career surrounded by the very best people. We value practical hands-on experience, and our team is made up of consultants who have held executive and operational positions in housing associations, local authorities, ALMOs and contractor businesses. They have faced (and solved) the same problems as our clients.

Our consultants develop meaningful relationships with each and every client, working side-by-side with organisations to help achieve their objectives. We are also supported by our in-house technical experts, meaning we can provide end-to-end solutions for our clients.

We are committed to growth and improvement. We invest in and nurture our teams and individuals to ensure we learn and develop together and can provide real value and impact for our clients and the wider sectors we work with.

Our consultants gain significant experience and exposure through working with a wider range of organisations and sectors, driving real change and making measurable impacts.

Role objectives

1. Consultancy projects – lead and deliver consultancy projects across a range of clients and sectors, including audit and assurance reviews, strategy development, performance improvement, understanding client challenges, building and delivering change roadmaps.
2. Data analysis – interrogating, appraising and evaluating data as part of consultancy projects or wider business activities.
3. Client engagement – building client relationships and developing strong networks with stakeholders across our core sectors. Writing high quality reports that meet client needs, and presenting to a range of stakeholders.
4. Research and knowledge management – leading research projects including scoping, planning and analysis.
5. Business development – supporting the delivery of sales and marketing to secure a strong pipeline of projects, for example, development of bid proposals, participation in podcasts and webinars, and blog writing.
6. Quality assurance – deliver in line with our quality assurance framework and support quality assurance audits of work carried out, to support continuous improvement and learning.
7. Performance management – ensure the achievement of all agreed operational and commercial business objectives and key performance indicators (for example, team utilisation and financials).
8. Personal development – take ownership of your own development pathway (with appropriate support).

Key skills and experience

 •    Relevant technical experience/ qualifications/ accreditations, and understand the key challenges of the sectors we work with.
 •    Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
 •    Strong IT skills.
 •    Strong planning and organisational skills, with high attention to detail.
 •    Strong communication skills – writer and oral.

About you

We are looking for someone that:

 •    Is bright, driven, high-energy, dynamic, robust and action oriented – someone who makes things happen at pace.
 •    Values integrity and honesty and demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
 •    Is a good listener and can gain trust quickly, with a good sense of timing and are direct but diplomatic. Cool under pressure and resilient.
 •    Is an analytical thinker with a strong attention to detail and high level of planning and organisational skills.
 •    Is a problem solver, with a can-do attitude, driven by setting challenging personal goals and wanting to succeed, combined with enthusiasm, self-motivation and determination.
 •    Is a team player, being open and curious and valuing people from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
 •    Is customer focused, delivering successful outcomes and service excellence.
 •    Delivers high performance consistently, always striving to learn and improve, both personally and for the team.

Benefits and package

 •    Competitive salary and transparent salary bands
 •    Commitment to super flexible and remote hybrid working where applicable
 •    37.5-hour working week
 •    26 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata)
 •    Additional leave for length of service up to 31 days each year 
 •    Opportunity to buy additional annual leave or sell surplus leave
 •    Enhanced employer pension contributions of 4% when you contribute 6%
 •    Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
 •    Regular Learning and Development opportunities
 •    Regular company social events including an annual summer BBQ 
 •    Cycle to work scheme, offering savings of at least 32%* on a new bike and cycle safety accessories
 •    Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme, saving 30-60% on an electric car (subject to eligibility)
 •    Access to an online platform providing employee discounts on hundreds of high street brands
 •    Life insurance/Death in service offering 2 x salary cover from day one of employment
 •    Access to private healthcare, Employee Assistance Programme, and Wellness programmes including annual flu jab 
 •    Paid sick leave allowance each year 
 •    Free eye tests and contribution towards new glasses/frames
 •    Referral programme offering up to £2,000
 •    Option for personal use of company vehicle (subject to eligibility)
 •    Access to paid volunteering days in support of local charities/initiatives
 •    Length of service reward
 •    Welcome goodie bag 

About us

Pennington Choices is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.  

Pennington Choices provides property surveying and consultancy services to organisations nationwide. We have a wealth of experience working with more than 800 public and private sector organisations across social housing, NHS, education, and rail since 2000.

At the heart of what makes Pennington Choices special is our people. We live by our values of being fun, resilient, brave and treating each other with respect. We also know there’s more to life than work, which is why we will encourage you to stay active, nurture your mental health, and create a fulfilling work/life balance. 

Our head office is a converted barn in the picturesque Cheshire countryside, located just 3 minutes from M56 Jct10, and we have regional offices in Bromley, Kent and Sheffield. We are a close-knit organisation with people at our very core, and we strive for excellence in everything we do. As winners of Employer of the Year at both the Warrington Business Awards and the South London Business Awards, we've been recognised by Best Companies as a very good employer each year since 2018. 

If successful, you will be joining us at a very exciting time. The business has already been through a period of substantial growth, concluding its current 5-year business plan in April 2024 which will achieve a turnover of £17.5m. A further 5-year plan through to 2029 is being developed with a projected growth to £40m.