Change, Culture and Engagement, Consultant at Teneo… · London

The Team Our Change, Culture and Engagement (CCE) consultants helps companies to do things they haven’t done before. We support businesses with people-centred change. This might include aligning teams as part of a merger, helping operationalise a new strategy, creating a culture that helps maintain competitive advantage, supporting the arrival of new leadership, and more. Our approach is people-focused, and research-based. We stay apprised of the latest thinking in industrial sociology, organisational design, engagement, organisational psychology and corporate culture. We have indicative intellectual property that helps give direction, tools and structure to CCE consultants. However, flexibility, discipline and experience are also key to our work. No two assignments are the same. While we maintain the highest quality standards, consultants in the team need to have good judgment and a high customer-service ethos. The role We are looking for a Consultant to join the CCE team at Teneo in London in our Blackfriars office. A Consultant in the CCE team plays a pivotal role in providing services and advice that changes employees lives and business fortunes. A Consultant will be expected to support in the delivery of the day-to-day for projects. The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience: Consulting skills Essential: Experience working on projects in a complex business environment Experience in managing a variety of stakeholders Experience presenting complex ideas to internal and external stakeholders A genuine interest in people and how they operate in an organisational setting Experience in making recommendations based on data and knowledge Ambition and aptitude for seeing a project through from prospect to completion Experience in working in service industries An ability or willingness to learn to facilitate workshops Willingness to prospect, and to write and deliver new business pitches Desirable: Previous consultancy experience Previous work in change communications, change management, company culture or employee engagement Work in a large, complex multi-national organisation Academic training in disciplines such as psychology, political science, human resources management, statistics or economics Comfort with timesheets, budgeting and billing Business acumen Essential: Ability to read and understand the media’s business pages Knowledge of different sectors of the economy and how the economy works at a high level Some basic numeracy Desirable: Ability to read a balance sheet Familiarity with the working of Boards and corporate governance Knowledge of associated issues like ESG, DEI, ERGs, TUPE, and OD. Client Essential: Willingness and ability to support the client teams of major projects, reporting back to the team and the client on progress and key deliverables Ability to support day-to-day liaison with clients, understanding how their priorities may change, setting clear expectations and ensuring that team leaders are aware of any potential issues A demonstrated understanding and empathy for the strategic challenges our clients face, and the ability to make relevant suggestions for how they should respond Ability to support in creating compelling, concise and professional presentations for clients that you either deliver yourself or are delivered by your colleagues Team Essential: Ability and willingness to manage and prioritise workload when working on multiple different projects Desire to keep team leaders abreast of progress and aware of issues and opportunities Supportive of junior colleagues, ensuring they are thoroughly briefed and understand what is expected A passport and the ability and willingness to travel internationally when required (currently quite rare.) Desirable: Skilled at managing upwards Able to support in shaping the direction of a client account: anticipating client needs and identifying opportunities to add value and expand relationships Comfort working in international and multi-disciplinary teams Essential Qualifications/additional skills Educated to degree or equivalent level in a related field A minimum of 3 - 6 years’ experience in a comparable role Strong and demonstrable written and verbal communication skills Reliability and trustworthiness – our clients rely on our judgement and discretion Strong presentation skills Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and SharePoint Curiosity, adaptability and resilience What we can offer New joiners are supported by an induction programmes, and continuous development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and personal development support. Our face-to-face learning is supported by some 100 modules of e-learning available on our internal knowledge management system. Given our client base you’ll be working on career-defining (and often news-worthy) work that is exciting, rewarding and one where you can make a real impact to high profile projects. Company Benefits As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and reward including; Competitive salary (depending on experience) 28 days holiday Discretionary bonus Annual salary review Pension (with company contribution: 5% of annual salary) Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave Private medical insurance Group Income protection Life assurance Cycle to work schemes Season ticket loans Regular social, cultural and charitable activities Flexible working with office laptop and phone provided About Teneo Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future. Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations. Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I. The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world.