DIRECTOR – TOTAL REWARD – LONDON – £120 – £200 – JOB REF: HS0131

Our client, a leading London based Consulting firm, seeks a Director (with strong experience in Consulting) to help develop their expanding Total Reward team.

Key requirements for the role include:

• Contribute to and lead workstreams across a diverse range of complex engagements across a range of sectors, including people strategy, workforce planning and analytics, organisation design, HR transformation, transactions and restructuring, talent management, learning, reward and change management
• Design and create innovative insights for clients, adapting methods and practices to fit client need
• Proactively manage stakeholder relationships, building trusted relationships with clients
• Identify new opportunities, contribute to preparation of proposals and wider business development activities
• Manage the operational and risk management of client engagements
• Coach and provide learning opportunities for junior team members

Skills and attributes for success:

• Authenticity and strong personal impact, able to influence and persuade stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions
• Thought leadership with a growth mindset and a desire to challenge established practices
• Skilled in leading workstreams, facilitating and working collaboratively with team members, and empowering teams to maximise performance
• Resilience and ability to work under pressure to deliver pragmatic solutions; confidence and ability to recognise and manage potential challenges during client assignments
• Creative thinking, using agile methods and innovative approaches to tackle complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• A broad range of experience in at least one of the following: people strategy, workforce planning and analytics, organisation design, HR transformation, transactions and restructuring, talent management, learning, reward and change management
• Core consulting skills gained through working in a professional services firm, global consultancy, niche consultancy or an in-house role with exposure to large-scale programmes of work
• Demonstrable ability to proactively build relationships and manage stakeholders, including providing robust advice, constructive challenge, influencing decisions, delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues
• Strong project management and written and verbal communication skills, and experience of producing robust analysis, reports, papers and presentations