Public Sector Transformation Manager - Home Affairs

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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,Justiceand 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,DDaTand Government Commercial.

What you will be doing As a Manager in our Home Affairs team, you will support with 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 start 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 feeing into the growth of our Home Affairs practice.

This may include:

• 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, serviceblueprintsand organisational solutions for new or transforming government functions
• Leading the assessment and implementation of policy, operational and service changes across policing, justice,defenceand Home Office environments
• Establishing effective programme governance, performancetrackingand 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, embeddingchangeand building client capability

Your skills and experience
We are looking for individuals whodemonstratestrong delivery leadership, clientimpactand 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,justiceor Home Office)
• Strongtrack recordof structuring and solving complex problems, translating analysis into practical, implementable solutions
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and influence decision-making
• Experienceoperatingwithin programme governance, managing risks, and driving delivery outcomes
• Strong communicationand storytelling skills, with confidence presenting to senior audiences
• Interest or experience in digital, data,analyticsor AI-enabled transformation within public services

What a career at Baringa will give you
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• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the 'ideal' work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We've introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company's success.

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