Job Description
Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together our services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping and on-demand, independent talent solutions. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of executive search more than 70 years ago. Today, the firm provides integrated talent and human capital solutions to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.®Additional information on the firm can be found at www.heidrick.com.Job Description:The PositionThe main purpose of the Consultant is to develop consulting solutions as part of client engagements, to write proposals and support business development activities, to act as engagement manager on specific projects and to support Principals and Partners in their delivery.You will begin to lead, manage, and own problem-solving efforts on a large portion of a client engagement or to lead on smaller engagements. Specifically, you will be responsible for identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing and conducting analysis, and then synthesizing conclusions into recommendations. Throughout an engagement, you will be involved in discussions and presentations with senior client leadership.Accountabilities:Liaise with clients to determine their requirements and either lead or support on delivering to themDesign a range of consulting solutions across service offerings to meet client needs throughout the consulting cycle, drawing on knowledge of the clients’ needs, LC products and tools, own ideas and external best practiceGather and analyse client data , drawing on a range of best practice problem solving skills to identify themes and insightsPrepare compelling reports, presentations and other client deliverables to achieve maximum client impact • Contribute to the writing of proposals, completion of tender documents and the mobilization of projects once won Prepare projects plans (in conjunction with a Project Co-ordinator of larger projects), report to clients on progress, track project effort against budget and input to the preparation of invoicesLead projects under the guidance of a Principal Consultant or PartnerPlan and prioritize own work and ensure deadlines are met. Manage own workload to cope with peaks in demand ensuring all deadlines and quality standards are metContribute to thought leadership by supporting the development of products and tools and documenting methodologiesWorking closely with Partners and Principals to: support the delivery of large scale projects, prepare for workshops, document workshop outputs, liaise with clients to organize logisticsActively develop self to build own capability to support a broad range of consulting activityKey MetricsExpected utilization of ~60%Quality of deliverables produced on time and to requirementsDelivery of projects on time, to quality and on budgetContribution to revenueContributions to Firm initiativesPersonal growth and developmentThe PersonQualifications & ExperienceInterest in people, organisations and behaviourUndergraduate degree is required; Occupational/Organisational Psychology, MBA or other relevant graduate degree preferred.5+ years of work experience in a business environment, with 3 years in a management or leadership consulting environment.Demonstrated ability to drive an efficient process throughout a project including setting and executing against deadlines.Highly numerate with excellent report writing skillsHighly proficient in PowerPoint and advanced ExcelLanguage skills as requiredWillingness to travel locally and globally as requiredConsulting BehavioursRefer to Competency Framework describing:Thinking agility: thinks ahead, analyses and solves problems, is innovative and handles ambiguityOperate with excellence: is driven, proactive and self-directed and results focused; sets high standards for self and for othersInspire and engage clients and stakeholders: influences the thinking of clients and stakeholders by connecting, adapting own style and optimising personal impactBuilds talent and teams: leads and develops teams and individuals to achieve the highest levels of performance and grow Leadership Consulting capabilitiesAgility: demonstrates foresight, adaptability, resilienceKey Skills and Expertise AreasRefer to Competency Framework describing:Business AcumenDomain expertise (organisation/team/leadership assessment and development)Project DeliveryEngagement managementConsulting skills (including facilitation)Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.Heidrick & Struggles is committed to providing reasonable accommodations and/or adjustments during our recruitment process. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation and/or adjustment, please inform your Talent Acquisition professional.
