Resource Allocation Manager (Hiring Immediately)

INTRODUCTION 

Inner Circle is a 21st century consultancy for 21st century challenges, aiming to deliver strong public services and thriving places so everyone can live a good life. The big missions of local government and its partners are our purpose. Our success lies in the success of future leaders to maintain their organisations’ relevance and viability in a world marked by inequalities, and inadequacies in the public response. 

We are looking for exceptional people that are adaptable, flexible, and able to deploy their skills and experience across multiple sectors and client environments. We work as an independent consultancy, as an embedded team within our client organisations, or leading a group of specialist advisors.

SUMMARY OF JOB ROLE:

Drawing on an understanding of consultancy, the Resource Allocation Manager plays a key role in optimising how we allocate work across ICC, improving capacity planning, utilisation, and operational delivery. 

This role involves working closely with project managers and team leads, you determine resource requirements, coordinate allocations, and monitor utilisation, ensuring the right people are matched to the right work based on client needs, team capability and experience, development plans, and business plan objectives. 

You will work collaboratively with ICC leadership to support bids and future demand planning, using a portfolio-wide view of live and pipeline work to provide insight on emerging demand patterns and capability pinch-points, and to inform recruitment and learning and development priorities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

Resource Management (incl. Associates): lead resource allocation across the portfolio to support delivery of the Business Plan, maximising utilisation and responding to scope changes; manage the associate pool and third‑party partners for surge capacity. 

• Bid & Mobilisation Support: provide early resourcing/capability input into bids (delivery timelines, capability profile, and capacity constraints), ensuring proposals and mobilisation plans reflect realistic delivery capacity. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: act as a trusted advisor, building strong relationships across ICC and maintaining a clear understanding of resource needs and constraints. 

• Reporting & Portfolio Insight: produce regular utilisation, availability and capacity MI, highlighting portfolio trends, capability pinch‑points and resourcing risks/opportunities that inform bid/no‑bid and mobilisation decisions; attend weekly Directors’ meetings to ensure this insight informs decision‑making. 

• Process Improvement: improve resource management processes with the Finance Director, embedding tools, templates, methodologies and best practice; continuously refine the approach as business needs evolve. 

• Talent & Skill Development: work with the People & Talent Team to identify capability requirements and gaps, informing recruitment and L&D priorities. 

• Budget & Financial Oversight: monitor and manage resource-related budgets, including associate/partner spend, in collaboration with Finance. 

• Risk Management: identify and mitigate risks arising from resource allocation and utilisation to keep projects on track. 

• Systems: own the resourcing elements of our Project & Resource Management System (CMAP) governance – ensure projects are set up correctly, allocations are maintained, and teams follow ICC processes and guidelines; support onboarding so new starters understand resourcing processes and CMAP expectations. 

Requirements

Qualifications:

•  Qualification and/or experience in Business/Operations, Project Management, or a related field. 

• Certification in Resource Management or Project Management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is desirable but not essential. 

 Experience: 

• Credible experience in resource/capacity management, within a consulting or project-based environment. 

• Demonstrable experience in managing resources for large-scale public sector or infrastructure projects is highly desirable. 

• Previous experience in a consultancy role would be beneficial. 

• Experienced in using appropriate software, resourcing tools and systems. 

 Skills and Knowledge: 

• Strong understanding of project and resource management, including capacity planning, utilisation and the commercial levers of a consulting business. 

• Able to prioritise and be agile - responsive to the needs of the business. 

• An effective communicator with demonstrable skills in building relationships at all levels. 

• Skilled in data analysis and interpretation, able to present findings effecti]]>