Principal Consultant (12-month initial fixed term)

Location: London (Hybrid – currently 2 days a week in our London office)

Salary: £47k-£57k a year (based on experience)

Contract: initially 12 months fixed term (with the possibility to convert to a permanent contract at the end upon mutual agreement)

Hours: 30hrs to 37.5hrs a week (0.8FTE to 1.0 FTE )

Are you an experienced consultant with an interest in the UK impact economy, looking to work on fulfilling, exciting and varied projects? Join our consultancy team to support a wide range of clients (charities, foundations, philanthropists, impact investors, social enterprises, corporates, and the public sector) to be as impactful as possible. You’ll be part of a fun, values-driven interdisciplinary team of wide specialisms and expertise, who combine innovative consultancy with research and thought leadership.

We are looking for someone who can develop relationships and work on a wide range of projects which might include: conducting evaluations and learning partnerships, supporting systems analysis, supporting grant-making and philanthropy, developing strategies or theories of change.

Our organisation: NPC is a think tank and consultancy with a purpose.

We believe in the power of a growing impact economy to deliver the systems change we need to achieve lasting, positive impact in our communities. For over 20 years NPC has played a crucial role at the heart of the impact sector. We work to support and strengthen the impact economy. We do this through convening and influencing, consultancy, collaborative projects for change, and sharing our learning as we go.

This role: The Principal Consultant role offers a great mix of consultancy and thought leadership development:

• You will design and sponsor innovative research and consultancy projects, manage senior client and funder relationships, ensure high quality delivery, and develop skills and capacity of NPC’s (senior) consultants.
• You will build out NPC’s external profile, developing external relationships, convening and collaborating with people through events, partnerships, training and other sector-facing activities.
• You will develop new ideas and contribute to NPC’s thought leadership, for example around best practices in (adaptive) strategy, systems change, user involvement, grant-making, innovation, measurement and learning.
• You will be responsible for developing business and raising funds to meet financial targets.

To find out more about the criteria and application process and how to get an invite to the briefing call, head to our website