Manager- Home Affairs

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise and advanced technology, the firm helps clients deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, Baringa combines global insight with local understanding.

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Our Home Affairs practice are looking for an experienced Manager to join the team.

We collaborate across the criminal justice system and champion the work of Arm's Length Bodies, helping our clients realise diverse ambitions and better serve citizens throughout the UK. Our Home Affairs team works at the heart of UK Government, partnering with Policing, Defence, Justice and Home Office clients to deliver lasting change.

The UK public sector faces major challenges over the coming years, alongside significant opportunities to deliver against the government's missions. If you are excited about working alongside our clients to solve complex problems and improve outcomes for citizens, we would love to hear from you.

We support some of the public sector's most important programmes across Whitehall and the wider public sector, using our skills in Strategy and Business Cases, Project Delivery, Operational Delivery, DDaT and Government Commercial.

What you will be doing

As a Manager in our Home Affairs team, you will support the delivery of complex, high impact work across policing, justice, defence and the Home Office. You will play a pivotal role shaping solutions, supporting teams, and working closely with client stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes across critical government priorities.

You may start to lead workstreams or engagements, combining structured problem solving with hands on delivery. Alongside delivering impact for clients, you will be an integral part of the team, helping to strengthen client relationships, and feeding into the growth of our Home Affairs practice.

• Leading and working across small multi disciplinary teams to deliver transformation programmes that improve citizen outcomes, public safety and operational resilience
• Supporting and delivering business cases, funding strategies and investment decisions for major public sector initiatives
• Designing operating models, service blueprints and organisational solutions for new or transforming government functions
• Leading the assessment and implementation of policy, operational and service changes across policing, justice, defence and Home Office environments
• Establishing effective programme governance, performance tracking and risk management to ensure delivery confidence and measurable outcomes
• Nurturing relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a day to day delivery lead and advisor
• Driving sustainable implementation, embedding change and building client capability

Your skills and experience

We are looking for individuals who demonstrate strong delivery leadership, client impact and growth mindset, rather than a specific number of years' experience.

• Proven experience leading the delivery of complex projects, programmes or transformation initiatives
• Experience working with, or within, government or public sector organisations (particularly policing, defence, justice or Home Office)
• Strong track record of structuring and solving complex problems, translating analysis into practical, implementable solutions
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and influence decision making
• Experience operating within programme governance, managing risks and driving delivery outcomes
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with confidence presenting to senior audiences
• Interest or experience in digital, data, analytics or AI enabled transformation within public services

Benefits

• Generous annual leave policy: five weeks of annual leave plus a 5 Year Recharge benefit adding two extra weeks after five continuous years of service.
• Flexible working: hybrid working policy and more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate responsibility days: three days a year to contribute to social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing fund: an annual People Fund to support individual wellbeing activities.
• Profit share scheme: all employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation and value for our clients and for our people.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

All applications received will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups, and provide reasonable adjustments where needed.