Strategic Advisor

STRATEGIC ADVISOR - INSIDE IR35 - 13 March 2024 - 31 July 2025

Lorien's leading Public Sector Client is looking for a high-level Strategic Advisor to join their team on a contract running from 13 March 2024 to 31 July 2025. This is a 4-day-a-week position.

The client is seeking a high-caliber individual with a track record of senior leadership expertise to carry out an advisory and challenge role to senior management supporting delivery for the following:

• Support to programme, investment unit, and DD/director.
• Knowledge transfer across Investment Unit.
• Highly skilled and impactful relationship-builder, with the confidence to create effective networks and partnerships with a wide range of key stakeholders across the public and private sector.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with an ability to influence and persuade different audiences, including senior leaders and Ministers.
• Experience of shaping or developing programmes, making accurate and meaningful use of commercial, economic, and political data and evidence to deliver successfully, governance, and assurance.
• Effective and inspirational leader with a track record of building and motivating high-performing teams, engaging and developing staff.
• Experience of working in a highly visible and potentially sensitive environment.
• Experience of investment and financial services.