Job description
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With over 1,000 professionals in the UK, our Human Capital practice is renowned for providing distinctive depth and breadth of HR and Organisational Transformation services to clients undertaking complex major programmes.
Our HR Consulting offering consistently innovates and drives HR and Workforce Transformation for some of the largest UK public sector organisations and well-known global brands. In HR Consulting, you will be joining a rapidly growing part of the business that partners with our clients to help them with HR Transformation and transitioning to the Future of Work. This could be building a new people and workforce strategy, employee brand, employee value proposition, reward model, implementing a new HR operating model, redesigning end to end talent processes, development and capability pathways and everything in between.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
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As a Consultant, you'll work within project teams to deliver high quality client work across a variety of projects, building upon your existing expertise and knowledge.
Types of responsibilities can include, but are not limited to:
- Supporting the design, development and delivery of specific HR interventions, frameworks, or solutions to meet customer needs across a range of areas including but not limited to learning & talent strategies, employee experience interventions, reward and benefits strategies, people technology, recruitment.
- Conducting research & analysis and applying logic to deliver insight and innovative solutions to clients - e.g., through interviewing client stakeholders or facilitating workshops and meetings
- Contributing to project management and delivery, including planning and project governance
- Preparing documents / presentations to deliver recommendations to clients, and overseeing work completed by junior team members
- Working with clients to scope pieces of work and confirm their understanding - gathering requirements, feedback and input for workshops and meetings
- Working effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution
- Proactively working within the practice to support on internal programmes and initiatives that align with business priorities and your own personal interests, as well as on new business activities such as bids
Connect to your skills and professional experience
We're looking for the right attitude and mindset - willingness to learn is key! Our preference is for you to have experience of working in a fast-paced consultative environment. You will have / be:
- An ability to articulate a clear understanding of HR, the function it performs in a business context, and the industry trends that will impact the work we do with our clients
- Expertise and a proven track record in delivering on and supporting implementation of strategic people-related projects or programmes within one or more of the following areas: HR operations, HR transformation programmes, enabling HR technologies, shared services, HR organisation design or a specialist HR area (e.g., learning, recruitment, benefits, reward, performance, and talent)
- Experience of supporting and delivering HR transformational change in an external client-facing consulting role
- Experience of working in large central Government departments, Defence, Security and Justice (including Police) or Transport
- Excellent facilitation and data analysis skills and strong ability in Microsoft Office, particularly in PowerPoint and Excel
- An understanding of the fundamentals of project management including planning, project governance and financials
- Adaptable, logical, and able to manage high pressured and time-critical situations to deliver excellent work in a range of client scenarios
- Curious and demonstrating personal insight and good judgment when solving business issues
- Highly personable with excellent communication and relationship building skills (with colleagues and clients), and an ability to influence others
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of risk management and set expectations to colleagues and clients
- A desire to work in and to encourage a collaborative, supportive and meaningful environment where everyone is celebrated as an individual
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Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints. This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm. The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process.
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- Rhiannon, Consulting
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Location: London
Your Work, Your Way: We call our hybrid working vision Deloitte Works. And it does. We trust you to make the right choices around where, when and how you work. You’ll be able to make decisions about how you work best, to be collaborative, learn from colleagues, share your experiences, build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Having great conversations with your team and your leadership paves the way for great collaborative ways of working.
You’ll be joining one of our innovative virtual communities. Which means you’ll be part of the London team. You’ll spend most of your time working from home like all of your London colleagues in the Enabling Functions, or in a local collaboration space when needed. Our hybrid-working model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity.
You’ll have all the support you need to succeed, including robust tech and home workstation set-up guidance, as well as access to a variety of flexible working spaces and all sorts of social activities for you to join. We’re continually innovating our working practices too, so you can expect to see new and exciting technology developments coming soon. The future of work is evolving fast and we’re already leading the way by enabling flexibility for our people and making it easy for us all to connect and collaborate.
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Connect to your return to work opportunity
Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?
For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
Connect to your next step
A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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