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About The PSC
The PSC is a team of public service consultants who exist to make public services brilliant for organisations, society and individuals. We are united by the disruptive belief that better public services reduce inequalities and lead to a stronger society. Our vision is to be first choice for public service leaders seeking to deliver high impact change.
Since 2006 we’ve committed ourselves to some of the biggest challenges facing the public sector – from supporting hospital systems across London and the South East in designing, delivering and sustaining improvements in urgent care pathways to supporting our clients in cancer strategy, new models of care and cardiovascular network redesign and helping the UK’s satellites avoid debris moving at 14 kilometres per second!
We work together with ambitious leaders in some of the UK’s biggest public service organisations, creating lasting public value and helping to build a sustainable future. Our expertise has been recognised by the Financial Times, The Economist and The Guardian.
What we look for
We rely on exceptional individuals who can deliver our mission through our core values: curious and bold, honest and respectful. We are believers in growth mindsets and that no employee is the finished article. We therefore look for candidates who show potential and a willingness to learn and embody entrepreneurial spirit and thought leadership. All our consultants are exceptional problem solvers, with excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
Interns are given responsibility from day one and can expect to work on both client-facing and internal projects, collaborating with other consultants, senior clients and front-line public service staff. Your work will involve the day-to-day approaches and deliverables that have impact and make a real difference to our clients, including data collection and analysis, researching directly with the users affected by public services, collaborative problem solving, and communicating clearly with key clients.
Joining The PSC
Diversity and Inclusion: We believe that diverse identities, experiences and ideas are essential to tackling the complex problems andare actively seeking candidates from diverse background. Successful applicants will become part of a diverse, high performing team united by the same mission. The PSC is an equal-opportunities employer and operates an anonymised recruitment to ensure candidates are assessed on their skills, capabilities and potential. We are proud to partner with upReach, a charity which works to improve social mobility by creating conditions for undergraduates from less advantaged backgrounds to access and sustain top graduate jobs. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact us at recruitment@thepsc.co.uk
Sustainability: The PSC is committed to driving positive, sustainable change across public services. Our sustainability policy sets out our specific commitments to use sustainable suppliers and expand our positive impact with clients and partners. You can read more about this here: https://thepsc.co.uk/page/sustainability/
Degree disciplines and recruitment criteria: We do not have specific degree criteria, and our team possesses a mix of degree disciplines including STEM, humanities, languages as well as applied disciplines such as public health. We are looking for exceptional problem solvers, with excellent interpersonal and analytical skills. Applicants should be motivated team players who share our genuine passion for delivering better experiences and outcomes for public service users.
Application process: Please apply online via our recruiting tool, the link to which you will find on our ‘How to apply’ page: https://thepsc.co.uk/careers/how-to-apply/. Our application process involves undertaking a timed problem-solving test and completing an online application. These stages are both blind reviewed: we pride ourselves on removing bias from our application and interview processes by not reviewing CVs until the final decision stage. Applications close on Sunday 22nd October 2023. Two rounds of interviews will take place in November.
Start dates: Internships will begin in Summer 2024 (likely to be July) and run for 8 weeks. Applicants for our Internship role should be in their penultimate or final year of university, and if offered a permanent role on completion of the internship should be available to begin in September/October 2025.
