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

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.  

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. 

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life. 

Job description

Become part of our People and Change Team!

We create purposeful, innovative and sustainable organisations that people want to be a part of. We do this through harnessing the power of people to design, deliver and embed lasting change to enable organisations and their people to perform to their highest potential.

Our workforce experts advise clients on strategic HR issues including organisational design, workforce planning, and talent strategy; leading projects that deliver measurable impact on workforce performance and employee engagement. We collaborate with cross-functional teams to create solutions tailored to client needs underpinned by our insights into emerging trends including the future of work, HR technologies and workforce analytics.

The Role:

We are currently recruiting for Skills & Workforce Transformation specialists at our Consultant and Senior Consultant grades in our People and Change Capability. We are looking for experience in one or more of the following:

• Designing and delivering strategic workforce plans utilising workforce analytics to forecast workforce needs and identify skills gaps
• Designing and delivering talent management strategies to support workforce development such as career frameworks
• Experience working within an evolving HR technology landscape to deliver strategic workforce change and/or an enhanced HR service
• Working in an in-house HR role, facilitating and leading transformation
• Transforming HR structures and building capability within HR functions.
• Up to date knowledge of best practice HR policy and practice.
• Experience of organisational restructuring, TUPE, M&A, consultation would be helpful but not essential
• Professional training or accreditation would be helpful, but not essential, given the focus on developing our people at PA.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Qualifications

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 wider business stakeholders
• A forward thinking thought leader in future of work, Human Resources, Talent & Strategic Workforce Planning and predictive people analytics.

We are interested in hearing from individuals with experience of working across sectors, in particular: Financial Services, Public Services, Transport, Defence and Security and Energy and Utilities.

About People & Change:

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 organisation 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:

• 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 leadership capability to achieve organisational ambition
• Delivering enduring change – our combination of HR and change expertise enables us to specialise in designing and implementing impactful workforce transformations.

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 !

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

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.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

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
• 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’re committed to advancing equality. 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 any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. 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.

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