People & Change Consultant

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 4000 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists.

We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Flexible working - We operate in a hybrid working environment where we come into a client site or office, at least two days per week. You’ll be based out of our new Belfast offices, with some travel expected (our clients are primarily in Belfast and Dublin).

Do you enjoy working on complex and challenging projects, programmes and portfolios, delivering real and meaningful value?

Across our People and Change Capability we work with governments and industry, bringing insight, innovation and ingenuity to their most complex problems, from working with the probation service to transfer 7,500 staff into the public sector, addressing talent & skills challenges through workforce planning at the Ministry of Defence or working with a global banking organisations on their employee value proposition and recruitment processes. With over 60 years of experience, PA’s People and Change management team has a reputation for delivering world-class results, helping organisations put their people at the heart of change to deliver lasting results.

The areas we currently specialise in are:

• Delivering successful and enduring change programmes – our perfect combination of HR and change expertise enables us to specialise in designing and implementing impactful workforce transformations.
• Shaping purpose and culture to create organisations that people want to be part of
• Reskilling and transforming workforces for an innovative and sustainable future
• Amplifying the value and impact of people to enable effective digital transformation
• Building enduring leadership and change capability for organisational success

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates with the potential to become future change leaders, with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas attained within industry or a consulting role:

• Managing and delivering change programmes as part of a transformation in a waterfall or agile environment.
• Creating innovative engagement plans and supporting stakeholders at all levels to understand and embrace change.
• Working across all levels of an organisation to embrace new technology and adapt ways of working to achieve organisational benefits.
• Assessing the impact of large scale transformations and preparing behavioural interventions that embed new ways of working.
• Leveraging data to measure change readiness, effectiveness and enable informed decision making.
• Experience driving enablement and/or adoption strategies for integrated technology solutions.

The ideal candidate will also have experience working with Public Service clients, and be from a consulting background, or heavily involved in change management design and delivery within the public sector. You will have 5+ years experience, and be ambitious to both drive local growth and your own career progression.

Your key strengths include:

• High levels of emotional intelligence and experience working with a range of stakeholders so that you can adapt your approach to the environment.
• A collaborative and enthusiastic approach to your work, with flexibility to work on diverse challenges in small or large teams.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with an ability to deliver practical results.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, which allow you to work effectively with colleagues and clients.
• The ability to build excellent relationships quickly with clients and the wider business.
• A forward thinking thought leader in future of work, Human Resources, Talent
• Strategic Workforce Planning and predictive people analytics.

Why you’ll enjoy being a part of our People and Change Capability

Working in PA’s People and Change Capability provides some fantastic opportunities including:

• A welcoming and social team of colleagues who encourage and care for each other – including through a variety of wellbeing initiatives to support us whether we’re in the office, on client site or working from home.
• Fantastic professional development opportunities such as mentoring, formal and informal learning opportunities (including through sponsorship of professional accreditation). 
• Some great employee networks, communities and groups, including PA Pride, the BAME network, Occupational Psychology Forum, Future of Work, Women’s Network, Mental Health and Wellbeing Network and Military Network.

Please note that PA Consulting operates a hybrid working policy. There will be an expectation for you to work from either a PA office and/or client location 2 x per week (based on the assumption of a 5 day working week).

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

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Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us [email protected]