People Consulting - Strategic Workforce Planning, Senior Manager / Director BC

at  EY

THE TEAM AND THE OPPORTUNITY

People Consulting partners with and clients to drive and evolve their people agenda in a rapidly changing global work environment.
Joining the People Consulting team in EY will provide you with the opportunity to work on some of the most interesting and complex transformation programmes in Ireland. Our team, in partnership with our clients, seek to ensure the long term sustainability and embedding of major organisational transformation programmes.
Our work is varied and challenging; from creating an organisation design that determines effective organisation solutions to embedding cultural and behavioural change across an organisation. We manage communications and stakeholders, plan and implement change journeys and offer an understanding of the HR structures, practices and policies required to support the organisation.

We have a number of exciting, client facing roles for individuals with demonstrable consulting experience in the following areas:

• Organisation Design
• Communications and Stakeholder Management
• Change Management
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• HR Transformation and Digital HR

To drive forward the growth of People Consulting, we are seeking experienced strategic workforce planning professionals to join our growing team in Dublin. We have positions at both Manager and Senior Manager level.
The successful candidates will be primarily focussed on client delivery. They will manage client engagements and provide best-practice advice to clients on workforce planning and/ or other relevant People Consulting service offerings where required. They will also be responsible for supporting the growth of the People Consulting practice in Ireland and generating revenue through business development.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

• Workforce planning skills, including demand and supply analysis, workforce sizing and shaping, developing actionable insights from workforce data
• Understanding of other core People Consulting services, such as organisation design, operating model, change and talent management
• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise
• Demonstrate ability to support the development and growth of business
• Demonstrate knowledge of the region in terms of sector presence, existing networks, or relationships
• Have strong personal impact and resilience, and be able to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions
• Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement
• Be able to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical, and sustainable solutions
• Be skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members, and capable of motivating teams to maximise performance
• Have experience of full project lifecycle from concept through to implementation
• Structure and manage projects or programmes of work which meet client expectations and mitigate any risks or issues
• Strong focus on achieving project / programme goals and objectives
• Be adept at overcoming issues and barriers
• Be up to date with key technical and functional skills, and with industry, business and leadership skills and knowledge - share this expertise with others

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will be responsible for programme delivery, project management, business development and supporting the People Consulting practice. Key responsibilities include:

• Project/ Programme Delivery: leading, shaping and delivering People Consulting programmes of work. Operational responsibility and accountability for assignments and delivery teams. Senior contact and escalation point for the client leadership team.
• Generating profitable revenue: Selling major People Consulting programmes; acting as client relationship owner for designated accounts and growing these accounts; identifying opportunities and leading pursuits; building relationships with prospective future clients; developing and implementing innovative business development initiatives
• Developing and sustaining client relationships
• Working collaboratively with clients and developing a trusted advisor reputation
• Providing best-practice workforce planning advice and guidance to clients
• Shaping EY’s workforce planning service offering
• Managing more junior resources
• Providing and facilitating development opportunities for individuals at all levels in the practice
• Inputting into People Consulting’s strategy and annual plans
• Supporting recruitment
• Role model inclusive leadership to drive a leading people culture in line with EY values

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROLE, YOU MUST HAVE

• Experience of strategic workforce planning, either as a consultant or as part of an internal HR team
• 7+ years similiar experience
• Experience in building strategic workforce planning capability for organisations
• Proven track record of managing workforce related projects/ programmes through all phases of the project/ programme lifecycle
• Experience in a leadership role; managing teams and being accountable for delivery
• A proven track record of proactively managing stakeholders, including providing constructive challenge, influencing decisions, providing robust advice, delivering difficult messages, and managing performance issues, up to C suite level
• Demonstrated track record of building client relationships
• Ability to quickly grasp complex business problems and develop appropriate solutions
• Strong analytical capability primarily in the interpretation of data; comfortable working with and interpreting data and leading client discussions on same

We have a number of exciting, client facing roles for individuals with demonstrable consulting experience in the following areas:

• Organisation Design
• Communications and Stakeholder Management
• Change Management
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• HR Transformation and Digital H