To support our continued growth, we are looking to employ a Junior Consultant to join our consulting team.
This role will assist senior consultants and project teams in delivering high-quality services to client organisations across Housing, Customer, and Asset departments. The Junior Consultant will contribute to data analysis, reporting, and project support activities, helping ensure services are safe, reliable, and efficient. This role is office based 5 days a week.
- Support procurement activity aligned to PA23, including assisting with transparency steps, maintaining clear records, and ensuring process documentation is complete, accurate and well-controlled.
- Support the team and clients through the transition from PCR 2015 to PA23, helping ensure consistency, good governance and compliant documentation across both regimes as required.
- Understand the context of the social housing sector and support project teams working across Housing, Customer and Asset services.
- Use procurement portals such as Mercell, In-Tend, Delta (and similar) to support publishing, communications and process steps.
- Support procurement documentation through initial drafting and formatting, including: Notices, SQs / selection-stage documentation, ITTs and supporting schedules.
- Produce initial report drafting and support collation of evidence for governance and approvals (e.g., evaluation outputs, clarification logs, moderation notes, decision records).
- Create and maintain Word/Excel tools including: score sheets and evaluation packs, trackers (timetables, actions, clarifications, approvals), templates supporting a consistent PA23 approach.
- Support the review and quality assurance of technical documentation for procurements (formatting, consistency, version control, completeness).
- Manage procurement timetables and trackers, ensuring deadlines are monitored, key milestones are met, and risks/issues are escalated early.
- Organise meetings, workshops and project sessions (logistics, agendas, packs), including supplier/stakeholder sessions where needed.
- Take minutes at meetings/workshops and maintain accurate actions, decisions and follow-ups.
- Complete coordination tasks across procurement processes, including stakeholder communications and document control.
- Update and maintain templates so they remain current and aligned to PA23 requirements (and PCR 2015 where still applicable).
- Proofread and quality-check documents prior to issue.
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Support senior consultants and project teams in delivering high-quality services to clients
- Assist with data collection, analysis, and preparation of reports and presentations
- Contribute to project planning and administrative tasks to ensure smooth delivery
- Maintain compliance with Lumensol policies, procedures, and health & safety standards
- Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and development activities
- Uphold Lumensol values and contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture.
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Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
- Organised, professional, and proactive approach.
Lumensol offers a generous benefits package which includes 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays), competitive pension scheme, discretionary bonus scheme, Private Health Insurance, and Life Insurance.
To aid continued development and foster team working, we also engage our employees in training and strategy days, team updates, and core training.
Lumensol are a multi-disciplinary property and asset management consultancy, operating in the housing sector. We specialise in providing operational, commercial & financial, data analytics and procurement services across four service functions: Asset Management, Repairs & Maintenance, Compliance and Decarbonisation & Refurbishment.
Our team of consultants have vast experience operating in the asset management, property and maintenance functions across the housing sector, and they all possess the skills, experience, culture, energy, and commitment to make a positive difference.
Our purpose is to Build Brighter Futures for our Clients, their people and Customers
Lumensol is an equal opportunities employer, our ambition is to build an inclusive culture where diversity is embraced, and everyone feels safe, respected, valued, and able to thrive as part of a winning and engaged team.
As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Documentary evidence will be requested at the interview stage.
