Are you interested in a career in our Organisation, Change & Leadership practice?
Our London team is looking for an Associate and who can help serve the senior agenda of the world’s leading institutions.
Booz & Company is a worldwide strategy and technology-consulting firm with more than 3,300 professionals in 57 offices around the world. Our purpose is to serve the senior agenda of the world’s leading institutions. We are recognized for the relevance of our ideas, the practical impact of our contributions, the collaborative spirit of our people, and the intrinsically global nature of our firm. Our singular goal is to assist our clients in creating and delivering essential advantage around the globe.
Our consultants work with clients throughout the strategic transformation lifecycle—from designing an organisation’s vision and developing corresponding strategies to executing those strategies and changing the way the organisation works.
We now seek highly qualified, change management and human capital consultants to join our business as full time associates.
The core work of this group is delivering human capital and change management interventions to support the strategic, operational and transformation requirements of our clients. We work across all industries and at all levels of the organisation. Booz & Company has a unique track record in delivering such support, and is now seeking to expand its team to meet growing demand. This represents a significant opportunity for skilled and ambitious candidates who wish to be involved in the earliest stages of a significant addition to our strategic capabilities.
Responsibilities and Key Tasks:
Associates will work across a variety of industries and in both public and private sectors. They will be expected to:
- Design and implement extensive change management / human capital programmes, using proven models & frameworks to develop and implement strategies for organisational change
- Lead change management or human capital activity within a workstream, often within larger transformation programmes, with responsibility for planning, organising, and driving execution of key deliverables, potentially guiding and directing junior team members
- Conduct or facilitate executive and team workshops
- Manage day to day work and client interface in order to set expectations and establish and meets goals and deadlines
- Work in multi disciplinary teams, transferring skills and expertise to colleagues and clients
- Develop key hypotheses and ideas; collecting required data collection, structuring analyses and presenting complex arguments in a clear and compelling manner
- Work closely with client team members to generate practical solutions, build trust and ensure clients assume the ownership required for successful implementation of business change
- Develop long-term relationships with existing clients at executive and senior management levels.
- Support new business development activities
Required experience and skills
Applicants should possess:
- A minimum of 3-6 years of relevant work experience in a consulting environment (i.e. strategy, boutique or Big 4 consulting firm, or in an internal consulting capacity using leading edge practices) showing progressive advancement and a record of achievement
- Expertise in Change Management, plus at least one of the following areas;
- Human Capital Management
- Organisation Design
- Leadership
- Broad experience of managing client teams through all project lifecycle phases: strategic assessment, design and implementation
- Experience in working in a variety of industries, including at least two of the following: consumer and retail, telecommunications, energy, financial services, public sector.
- An exemplary track record in providing customer satisfaction
- The ability to swiftly gain credibility and show executive presence
- An undergraduate degree from a leading institution
- An advanced qualification, from a leading institution, ideally in a related discipline e.g. Organisational Psychology, to Masters or PhD level
Required Competencies
Successful candidates will be able to:
- Take a structured approach to understand the impact of change or human capital requirements, diagnose change management or human capital issues, and create tailored change management or human capital approaches and interventions
- Develop a clear, comprehensive framework for delivering change and human capital interventions
- Understand the interplay between different interventions, and use this to consider sequencing and timing
- Take a structured approach to measuring impact and achievement of objectives
- Design and facilitate group sessions, including utilising a structured workshop design methodology, tailoring approaches to different audiences, and applying a range of facilitation styles
- Employ a range of interpersonal styles to build relationships and influence individuals to facilitate achievement of a desired outcome
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management (internal and clients)
- Work independently to manage day to day work and the client interface
- Exhibit leadership behaviour, demonstrating an impact with staff and clients
- Develop subject matter intellectual capital
Remuneration:
- Salary (competitive)
- 25 days holiday per year
- Pension
- Private Health Insurance
- Life insurance, all risk accident and long-term disability
For further information please visit
www.booz.com.
This role is based in our London office, however teams often work at the client site. Travel can be significant.
Booz & Company is committed to diversity in the workforce and recognizes that it takes exceptional individuals with different talents and perspectives to develop the innovative solutions our clients expect.
To apply for this position please submit your application by 18th July 2010 via the below link: booz.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=16422.
