# Resource Allocation Manager > Inner Circle Consulting · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-19 **Workplace:** hybrid **Department:** Enabling ## Description 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 effectively in a range of formats and to develop compelling recommendations.  - Confident providing evidence-based recommendations to stakeholders to support commercial decision-making, while maintaining a collaborative, enabling approach.  - Strong emotional intelligence, with a clear understanding of how to work in values-based organisations and environments.   **Personal characteristics**   Individuals that thrive in Inner Circle typically have the following characteristics:  - Natural curiosity  - Are self-starters; can identify what needs to be done and get on with it  - Have an intolerance of inertia  - A strong work ethic and organisation skills  - The ability to lead and form part of a team  - Enjoy deploying their skills and expertise to issues outside their sphere of experience  - The desire to be the best at what they do  - Can clearly communicate complex issues in written and oral form  - The ability to notice, interpret and anticipate concerns and feelings and to behave appropriately   - Treat business problems as though they are their own  - Good critical thinkers  - Focused on beneficial outcomes  We are an equal opportunities employer committed to a welcoming, respectful and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and from groups under‑represented in our organisation. All hiring decisions are based solely on skills, experience and potential, and no applicant will be treated less favourably on the basis of any protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. We aim to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone. If you need any adjustments to fully participate, please let us know—reasonable adjustments will always be considered. All applicants who meet the essential criteria are encouraged to apply. ## Benefits **What We Offer**  - Competitive salary based on experience  - Flexible working arrangements  - Professional development opportunities  - The chance to shape how we operate as a growing consultancy  - Opportunity to be at the cutting edge of public sector transformation.  **Plus** - Performance related Bonus   - 3%-5% contributory pension  - Healthcare & Death in Service Insurance   - Monthly kudos scheme   - Mobile phone  - Laptop (MacBook Pro or ThinkPad)  - 27 days per year+ bank holidays  - Friday Lunch - Unlimited snacks and beverages ## Apply [Apply at Inner Circle Consulting](https://apply.workable.com/inner-circle-consulting/j/3AD544AA81/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)