Candidate profile: A programme director from a global consultancy wanted to move into public-service technology, motivated by the opportunity to improve services used by citizens rather than clients alone.

Challenge

The candidate’s advisory background was impressive but public-sector employers needed evidence of patient stakeholder management, procurement awareness and the ability to deliver under public scrutiny. The candidate also needed confidence that a lower base salary would be balanced by meaningful scope.

Solution

Erdobar translated the candidate’s experience into a public-value narrative, coached them through panel and scenario interviews, and targeted roles with real mandate rather than token transformation language. We helped articulate a total-reward comparison that included pension, mission and leadership scale.

Result

The candidate was appointed Digital Transformation Director for a national agency. Their first programme simplified a high-volume application journey, reducing processing time by 38% while improving service satisfaction for frontline users.

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