People & Organisation Consultant

People & Organisational Consultant

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh or Newcastle base, hybrid with regional travel

Salary: £60,000 pa bonus benefits

Altum Consulting are partnering with a distinctive and established British business who is looking to expand their successful People and Organisation consulting practice.

Headquartered in London, with offices across the UK, our client is uniquely placed in the market and globally recognised. The consultant can be based in Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh or Newcastle and is focused on applying in-depth knowledge and specialist skills in the delivery of a range of client projects across some or all of the following technical areas: Operating Model, Organisation Design & Governance, Culture, Transformation & Change, Leadership, Talent & Capability as well as team leadership and direction.

What they\'re looking for:

• Expert capability in operating model/org design, leadership development, culture change and the people side of digital transformation
• Draws on relevant theories, evidence-based practice to lead the design and delivery of organisational diagnostics workshops
• Reviews, analyses and reports on client\'s organisational behaviour and cultural landscape
• Applies knowledge of organisational change theories and practices to make recommendations to client challenges
• Contributes to the development of methodologies, tools, thought leadership papers and the People & Organisation community of practice and Operations Consulting skills network
• Bring a passion and evidenced capability to develop and present business proposals to clients and grow and develop long-term commercial client relationships for the organisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, both written and spoken
• Ability to build trusted client relationships fast and at all levels, representing the consulting company with gravitas and capability.
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple commitments/projects simultaneously
• Ability to understand and assess complex issues and present solutions in in a clear, easy to understand way
• A team player, a self-starter with a \'can do\' attitude and who understands that the best solutions come from collaborating internally and with the client
• Strategic thinker who can deal well with ambiguity and influence and shape direction of stakeholders

Education and experience

• Typically, a first degree and/or extensive experience in people and change consulting and/or a Master\'s degree in the behavioural or management sciences field, e.g. occupational psychology, organisational behaviour, organisational design, MBA
• Typically, 4 years of experience in a consulting or in-house environment
• Experience in one or more of the following markets: Manufacturing, Rail, Highways, Energy, Aviation and/or Water

Our client is actively interviewing on an ongoing basis, so please do not hesitate in applying. Due to the high number of applications expected, we will only be able to respond to successful candidates. Thank you for your understanding.