Client Profile

Our IT Strategy & Change Consulting service gives clients support and advice to ensure that the technology in use in their business meets their organisational needs and objectives and assurance that IT will help them achieve their aims. The successful candidate will be both managing and participating in work for clients such as IT strategy development, IT systems requirements gathering and analysis, providing recommendations for IT to support business processes, and reviewing and managing IT programmes or projects. The role will require working closely with client staff and others to review the use of IT within an organisation, the aims and objectives of the business or key stakeholders, or current processes and software tools in use. The successful candidate must be able to talk to clients on a business level, and to IT suppliers or client staff on technical issues. Practical experience, preferably supported by certification, in the use of a recognized enterprise architectural approach (e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, FEAF, Archimate) as a means to ensure coherence in such interaction and analysis is highly desirable. Alternatively, since much of Arup’s business is related to the built environment, experience in geospatial information systems, such as GIS or built-environment modelling, would constitute an acceptable alternative or supplement to proficiency in enterprise architecture.

Role Description

Motivation:
- Looking to join small team with opportunity to grow with the business
- Seeking a positive work life balance
- Willing to undertake lead consultant position on business consulting assignments with a view to developing own area of responsibility for service development or technical specialisation within business consulting

Role Requirements

Requirements:
- Minimum three years consulting with majority of experience for external clients.
- Good general understanding of IT systems and applications.
- Experience in providing strategic advice to IT teams, preferably IT directors / managers.
- Experience of IT requirements gathering, and knowledge of design, development, and testing of IT software implementations, preferably with practical experience of these tasks.
- Knowledge of business process re-engineering and systems analysis and implementation, preferably with practical experience of these tasks.
- Understanding and experience of the processes and tasks involved in successful change management, particularly for IT implementations.
- Knowledge of IT procurement processes, particularly for software.
- Project management skills including risk management, progress reporting, planning, stakeholder management, benefits analysis, communication.
- Ability to write business cases and requirements statements for IT projects on behalf of clients.
- Report writing such as recommendations reports, specifications, analysis.
- Interviewing and working with stakeholders and client staff
- Running workshops and meetings

Qualifications:
- First degree from top ten University, 2:1 and above
- Post graduate qualification in Management Studies or Information Systems (including geographical information systems) desirable
- PRINCE2 or equivalent PM training or project experience

Special Qualities:
- Strong communicator as demonstrated by experience in presentations to senior client groups, marketing, sales activities, team
- Potential for leading service development activities.
- Fostering existing and new client relationships and writing proposals.
- Sales and business development experience particularly in looking for opportunities to promote and sell work.

If you are interested in exploring opportunities with Arup please contact our recruitment partner, The Shilston Partnership.

Apply

Candidates interested in this position should forward their resume to chris@shilstonpartnership.com