Recruitment

High Impact OD Associate Consultants

Are you what we’re looking for?

We are currently seeking to recruit new associates to join our consulting team.  We are looking for exceptional individuals who have the credibility, presence, seniority and experience to work successfully with senior executives at Board level. This could include working with them on their personal development, their strategy for the development and engagement of their people, and on a range of organisational development initiatives and interventions. We want to identify facilitators and consultants who are keen to make a significant difference through their work, enabling leaders, people and businesses to transform, re-energise and achieve their aspirations.

Our associate consultants have similar attributes to those of our core consulting team, but choose to have a different contractual relationship with us.  They work with us on an ‘as and when required’ or flexible basis.  Specific contractual arrangements are discussed in relation to each assignment, and vary according to the level of responsibility taken by the associate and the nature of the work involved.

The work will include:

• Business development through face-to-face discussions and presentations
• Executive coaching
• Facilitation of strategic meetings and discussions at Board and SMT level
• Designing and delivering transformational leadership development programmes and interventions for high potentials and senior managers
• Evaluating the impact and business benefits of interventions delivered
• Enabling highly intelligent and successful individuals to enhance their performance
• Leading and managing assignments and ensuring these are delivered to meet budgets, deadlines and desired outcomes

Desired Skills & Experience

• Ability to effectively win/help win new business
• Strong personal presence which quickly establishes credibility
• Excellent facilitation capability
• Expertise in experiential, action learning and high intensity learning approaches such as Gestalt, NLP, TA etc
• Strong underpinning knowledge of relevant theoretical approaches with masters level qualifications
• Strong business and commercial acumen
• Good track record of consulting to large private sector businesses
• Strong commitment to partnership and truly collaborative working
• Highly proactive, dynamic and engaging
• Strongly committed to their own ongoing personal and professional development
• Experience in managing assignments from conception to successful delivery

Desirable

• Ability to work in French, Spanish, Italian, German or other second language
• Experience of living/working internationally and of working with diverse cultures
• Willingness to travel overseas
• Experience of specific sectors such as banking & financial services, legal, health, universities
• Experience of developing client proposals and pitches

If you are interested in working with BCL please send a CV with a covering letter explaining how you meet our requirement to natasha.mcdowell@berkshire.co.uk

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If you are interested in working with BCL please send a CV with a covering letter explaining how you meet our requirement to natasha.norris@berkshire.co.uk