Our consultants come from various high-calibre consulting backgrounds – strategy, change management, or programme delivery. They often arrive with an industry or other specialism. Once here, they will lead both strategy and delivery assignments across different sectors and business areas. It might seem a big step at first, but variety is a big part of the job: it drives development and helps Berkeley folk become more rounded and effective.

We don’t have junior consultants. Instead, we work alongside senior clients and their teams, or lead large teams within our client organisations.

Shaping and delivering transformational change

This means our work is usually critical, complex and challenging – and needs to leave a legacy. It also means each assignment is unique. We draw on our collective experience and judgement to come up with the right answer – but we also need to build strong and senior relationships, lead from front and rear, and deal with complex issues and ambiguity. 

You could be shaping a strategy, developing a target operating model, reorganising a division, building a business case, reviewing or leading a business critical programme, or plenty more. Most jobs will be stretching, so we are careful to match roles to experience levels. Plus, our consultants are always well supported by both a dedicated partner and the collective brain of the wider firm.

A focus on doing a great job for our clients

Our consultants don’t have sales targets but are often involved in shaping and securing new assignments. Given Berkeley’s size and culture, everyone can play an active role in developing the firm. But we minimise bureaucracy and process so you can get on with what’s most important – doing the best possible work and building great relationships with our clients.

Far from sticking to a pre-ordained career pathway, you’ll follow your own course and work to your own professional and personal goals. If yours is to make partner, you’ll be reassured to know that all of ours are promoted from within.

Your progress is supported by your Personal Development Partner and six-monthly review meetings, where we encourage an open conversation. To complement our approach to career development, we offer confidential, internal business coaching, from an accredited partner coach of your choice. Our consultants find that coaching provides the space to think, talk about career development and focus on making real progress.

We're looking for great consultants. We don’t recruit for functional expertise or industry specialism, but for core consulting skills and adaptability. You’ll be expected to work outside of your comfort zone, applying your intellect and your analytical and consulting skills to new business problems and business sectors. You'll be supported along the way by partners and fellow consultants to deliver great results for the client.

What’s vital is your proven ability to manage projects independently and integrate effectively with clients at all levels, building lasting relationships. Berkeley consultants have confidence based on their experience and social skills, enabling them to adapt quickly to new situations and to gain the respect of their colleagues and clients.

Berkeley is a different consulting choice

We do things differently. This suits our people down to the ground, but we know it’s not for everyone. If you like the idea of being free to do the best possible job for your clients, unencumbered by sales targets, silos, politics or internal workload, then we might be right for you. If you want challenge, autonomy and the opportunity to develop, but tempered with close support from your partners and consultant peers, then Berkeley could be the perfect choice.

Berkeley’s diversity, equity and inclusion vision statement

Our vision has been developed to give us a clear and guiding ambition for our firm. Because achieving it will help Berkeley be the best it can be… in working with our clients, in ensuring our people flourish, in running our business, and in making a positive contribution to our communities.

We want to be recognised by ourselves and those around us as a diverse and inclusive company that attracts, retains and develops diverse talent, where differences are harnessed, opportunity is equitable and where people feel safe to be their whole self.

‘Those around us’ includes our clients, our prospective recruits, our suppliers, our professional network, as well as our families and friends.