We are looking for consultants to support the delivery of client work and business development work across our teams based in our London office.

You will be at the heart of everything we do at Flint, supporting clients on public policy, politics, regulation, and commercial strategy. Flint’s clients want to understand, in detail, how they can build a long-term strategy to thrive commercially in a changing and increasingly uncertain policy environment.

We are looking for candidates who have particular interest or experience in a range of different sectors in particular:

• Digital, technology and media
• Health
• Water and other utilities
• Energy
• Transport
• Financial services

We are looking for candidates that have experience of the above through working for a political party, in a government department, regulator, think tank, campaigning organisation or NGO. We are also open to candidates from commercial background, including major consulting houses, with a keen interest in politics, policy and regulation.

For consultant level roles, we are looking for candidates with c.1-3 years’ work experience. In addition, you will have a strong track-record of sustained achievement.

You will have:

• A strong understanding of policy and politics
• Strong analytical, research and problem-solving skills – the ability to draw out the implications of complex evidence and analysis to give clear strategy and policy advice.
• An ability and enthusiasm to rapidly get up to speed in new topic areas
• Strong written communication skills, with proven ability to draft clear documents for internal and external audiences with varying degrees of expert knowledge.
• Strong oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues to non-specialists.
• Strong organisational skills including the capacity to project manage client teams including, prioritising, planning and scheduling complex tasks proactively, and comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills – a flexible approach and the ability to work well across teams, both with internal colleagues and external clients.
• Desirable if you speak another European language.