Public Sector
Pathway 

Applications for February and June 2027 start dates close on Friday 9 October at 5:00pm

What is the Public Sector Pathway?  

The Public Sector (PS) pathway of the Accelerate programme is designed for graduates who are passionate about making a positive difference at the heart of government. 

You’ll help solve some of the UK’s most complex and pressing challenges by working with ministerial departments, agencies and other public bodies across the Public Sector. 

This pathway could be right for you if you’re passionate about improving public services, interested in how technology and innovation can solve real-world challenges, and excited by the opportunity to work with people across government to drive meaningful change. 

Your Accelerate Journey 

The Institute (First 3 Months) 

The Institute is a unique and immersive part of Capgemini Invent UK’s award-winning Accelerate Programme, designed to help you build the foundations of a successful consulting career. Following a three-week induction, you’ll spend 12 weeks developing core consulting skills through structured learning, practical assignments and real business challenges. With dedicated coaching, support and regular feedback, you’ll build confidence and gain hands-on experience before moving into client-facing work and live projects within your chosen pathway. 

The Academy (Next 18 Months) 

Following your time in The Institute, you’ll join the Public Sector Academy where you’ll continue your development while gaining experience on real client engagements. Throughout your time in the Academy, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a range of departments and areas of government while building your consulting skills in a feedback-rich environment.

What You’ll Be Doing 

As an Associate Consultant, you’ll embark on a stimulating and exciting journey where you’ll develop key skills that influence how our clients evolve the way they work, perform and achieve their goals. 

You’ll have the opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programmes, helping to ensure the smooth delivery of end-to-end projects by working flexibly, demonstrating intellectual capability and delivering innovative solutions for clients. 

Your day-to-day tasks will include a variety of activities, such as: 

• Engaging with stakeholders and helping clients tackle complex challenges, including digital transformation, policy implementation and service delivery improvement 

• Supporting business development, including drafting proposals and bids and contributing to proposition development 

• Engaging in learning and development activities to support your career growth and build in-demand skills 

You’ll work alongside a world-class team with a wealth of consulting and industry experience. You’ll begin to create relationships across the organisation and acquire a foundation of consulting skills, tools and methodologies to help accelerate your career. 

As part of a project team, you’ll build trust-based relationships at the heart of a client’s organisation, helping them change the way they work and transform their business to achieve their goals. You’ll take on early responsibility and build your skills through interesting and challenging work. 

Where Could the Public Sector Pathway Take You? 

Public Sector consultants support organisations across government as they tackle policy, transformation and service delivery challenges. Through the pathway, you’ll gain exposure to a variety of consulting roles and develop a broad skillset that can be applied across different areas of government transformation.  

Career Opportunities 

Associate Consultant Roles	What you could be doing
Business Analyst	You’ll work as part of a multidisciplinary team, with responsibility for understanding user needs, working closely with stakeholders, translating requirements into user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
Scrum Master	You’ll guide teams and organisations on how to use Agile and Scrum practices. You’ll facilitate reviews, retrospectives, daily stand-ups and planning meetings, working closely with the Scrum team and stakeholders to deal with blockers and impediments.
Change Consultant	You’ll work closely with stakeholders to understand the vision for change, identify its impact on the business and communicate these impacts to wider stakeholders.
Operating Model	You’ll create new organisational ways of working to meet organisational requirements. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to test new ways of working and implement them within the organisation.
Project Management	You’ll be responsible for planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed on time. You’ll work directly with stakeholders to plan activities, monitor progress and keep them informed throughout delivery.
Business Case Consultant	You’ll lead and support the production, drafting and oversight of business cases that support client objectives. You’ll produce strategic and economic cases for change and validate these with stakeholders.

Following successful completion of the Institute and Academy, you’ll be eligible for promotion from Associate Consultant to Consultant.

What We’re Looking For 

We’re interested in hearing from you if you have a genuine interest or experience in the industries we operate in and are keen to start a career in an environment where you can drive change. 

Ideally, you’ll have some or all of the following: 

• A passion for supporting the transformation of public services so they continue to meet the evolving needs of society 

• Curiosity about how technology, digital and data transformation can solve our clients’ most pressing challenges 

• An understanding and appreciation of the challenges departments and civil servants face when delivering services to the public 

• A strong desire to drive the development and improvement of public services 

• A passion for continuously learning and developing your skillset to keep up to date with developments in the sector 

• Problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team to address some of the biggest challenges faced by UK society 

If you’re motivated by creating positive change and want to help public sector organisations adapt and thrive, this pathway could be a great fit.  

Learning & Development 

Learning is a core part of the Accelerate experience. Throughout the Public Sector Academy, you’ll have opportunities to develop a broad range of skills through a variety of learning experiences, both during the programme and throughout your career. 

During your time in the Academy, you’ll: 

• Develop an understanding of the public sector through exposure to experts working across a range of government departments 

• Have opportunities to shape your learning through development options relevant to your career pathway 

• Benefit from support from coaches and mentors 

• Gain hands-on experience through meaningful public sector roles, helping you apply your learning in real-world environments 

You’ll also have access to a range of tailored learning and development opportunities, including: 

• Core consulting skills 

• Personal and professional effectiveness 

• Stakeholder management 

• Training and certification opportunities aligned to industry standards, such as ITIL, Agile, PRINCE2 and Better Business Cases™ 

To support your ongoing development, you’ll have access to online learning platforms including Coursera, Harvard and Pluralsight, providing access to thousands of courses across a wide range of topics and skill levels. 

What You Can Expect 

Working alongside a world-class team with a wealth of consulting and industry experience, you’ll build relationships across the organisation and develop a foundation of consulting skills, tools and methodologies to help accelerate your career. 

You’ll be part of a project team, building trust-based relationships at the heart of a client’s organisation and helping clients change the way they work and transform their business to achieve their goals. You’ll take on early responsibility and build your skills through interesting and challenging work.