Are yo ready tochart yor own career path? With or refreshed strategy, we're bilding on or rich heritage and transforming or bsiness to be more scalable and efficient, nlocking the capabilities needed for ftre sccess. This incldes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleages feel engaged, empowered and accontable; where they can show p, speak p and perform - becase we believe in the difference or work makes.




At a glance:




Location: Manchester, Newcastle, Solihll or Nottingham




Workplace Type: Hybrid with some K travel




Employment Type: 6 month Contract




Seniority: Mid-Senior Level




Abot The Role



We're looking for an experienced Operations Consltant to join or Operations Consltancy team on an six-month fixed term contract. In this role, yo'll work closely with Partner Practices, Practice Managers and Advisers to help improve the way their bsinesses operate. Yo'll spport practices to review their processes, discover ways to work more efficiently and implement practical soltions that improve both bsiness performance and client otcomes.



As a trsted consltant, yo'll se yor operational experience, mentoring skills, and knowledge of standard procedres to help bsinesses improve efficiency. Yo will also help them make the most effective se of their resorces. Yo'll also deliver workshops, performance labs and consltancy spport, helping practices develop sstainable ways of working that spport ftre growth.



This is an exciting opportnity to make a real impact across or Partnership while bilding relationships and contribting vale.


What Yo'll Be Doing

Working with Practice Managers, Advisers and Partner Practices to find opportnities to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Providing consltancy spport focsed on bsiness processing and ways of working that help practices grow and scale.

Reviewing bsiness processes, management information and operational data to identify areas for improvement and recommend practical soltions.

Spporting practices to make the best se of systems, resorces and internal processes.

Delivering workshops, Performance Labs, webinars and one-to-one consltancy spport.

Coaching and inflencing Partners to adopt new approaches to process and ways of working

Working closely with colleages across the bsiness to ensre a joined-p approach to spporting Partner Practices.

Ensring client otcomes remain central to all recommendations, while maintaining reglatory and compliance standards.

Bilding strong, trsted relationships that encorage engagement and spport lasting change.

Abot Yo



Yo'll be an experienced operational consltant, bsiness improvement specialist or practice management professional with experience gained within a reglated environment. Yo'll be comfortable bilding relationships with a broad range of people and confident challenging constrctively when needed. Yo'll enjoy helping bsinesses improve performance throgh better processes, smarter ways of working and practical, commercially focsed soltions. Yo'll be a strong commnicator who can adapt yor style to different adiences, whether yo're facilitating a workshop, delivering a presentation or providing one-to-one coaching and spport.


Essential Criteria

Experience working within a reglated financial services environment.

Strong nderstanding of bsiness processes and operational improvement.

Experience identifying inefficiencies and implementing operational improvements.

Ability to analyse data, trends and performance information to spport decision-making.

Experience delivering workshops, training sessions or consltancy spport.

Desirable Criteria

A coaching, consltancy or continos improvement qalification.

Previos experience as a Practice Manager, Operations Manager, Operations Consltant or Bsiness Improvement Consltant.

Knowledge of adviser spport, bsiness processing or client servicing fnctions.

Experience of Lean, Continos Improvement or operational effectiveness programmes.

Special Reqirements

De to the natre of this role the sccessfl person will need to be willing and able to travel within the K on an occasional basis.

What's in it for yo?



Whatever stage of life yo're in, or benefits are designed to provide the spport, flexibility, and peace of mind yo need to thrive both at work and beyond.



In addition to or discretionary annal bons scheme, which reflects both individal and company performance, yo'll benefit from a
market-leading benefits package tailored to spport yor wellbeing, financial secrity, and family life.



Or benefits inclde:

8 days' annal leave pls bank holidays, with the option to prchase p to 5 additional days.

Private Medical Insrance - company-fnded cover for yo and yor immediate family

Generos Pension Scheme - a non-contribtory employer contribtion of 1%, increasing with length of service p to 15%, pls the opportnity to increase this throgh salary sacrifice

Enhanced Parental Leave - p to 6 weeks' fll pay to spport growing families.

Protection Benefits - company-fnded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assrance

EV salary sacrifice scheme throgh Tsker

Reasonable Adjstments We're an eqalopportnities employer and want to ensre or recritment process is accessibleand inclsive for all, if yo reqire reasonable adjstment(s) at any stageplease let s know by emailing s at careers@sjp.co.k

Research tells sthat applicants (especially those from nderrepresented grops) can be pt offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If yo think yo wold be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether yo tick every box.




What's next?



If yo're excitedabot this role and believe yo have the skills and experience we're lookingfor, we'd love to hear from yo! Please sbmit an application by clicking'apply' below and or team will be in toch.

As a bsinessreglated by the FCA we wold advise yo to familiarise yorself with thecondct reglations and in particlar consmer dty obligations prior to aninterview with SJP.