People Consulting - Senior Consultant / Assistant Manager - MENA (On-site)

As the world continues to be impacted by globalization, demographics, technology, innovation and regulation, organizations are under pressure to adapt quickly and build agile people cultures that respond to these disruptive forces. EY People Consulting believes a better working world is helping our clients harness their People Agenda – the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right place.

We work globally and collaborate to bring professional teams to address complex issues relating to organization transformation including culture and change management, end-to-end employee lifecycles, effective talent deployment and mobility, gaining value from evolving and virtual workforces, and the changing role of HR in support of business strategy. Our EY professionals ask better questions and work with clients to create holistic, innovative answers that deliver quality results.

The better the question. The better the answer. The better the world works.

The opportunity

To manage change effectively, businesses must establish people and organizational strategies that allow them to respond flexibly to market forces. As a people and organizational change advisor, you will work with clients in delivering their HR and workforce transformation and organisational agendas and providing change management support with large scale Business Transformation. Working in networked, high-performing teams that deliver exceptional client service, you will play leading role in executing different clients agendas and needs as it relates to HR transformation, change management, culture, rewards and recognition among other areas of speciality.

Through structured learning & development, and project experience working with EY People Advisory Service experts, you will gain the consultancy and change management skills required to solve complex people challenges.

Your key responsibilities

You are expected to have strong project management skills and experience as well as strong interpersonal and communication skills (Both Arabic and English written and verbal communication).

As a consultant, you must have an entrepreneurial mind-set and an ambition to develop your People and Organizational Change and Industry expertise to continuously bring the best to our clients. You will also be part of projects involving organization design, performance management, rewards business transformation and cultural changes, developing the capabilities of leadership and employees, talent and learning optimization etc.

Furthermore, you will work in projects, together with colleagues from different service lines to address their most complex issues and deliver tangible results as well as establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships with clients to help ensure that the services delivered to clients by our offices are of the highest standards and done on time.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are an excellent communicator and detail oriented professional with management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.

To qualify for the role you must have

- A bachelor’s degree from a reputable university.
- Strong oral and written communication skills both Arabic and English, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel)
- Minimum of 3 years work experience within an industry specific environment as change agent or in change enablement roles with exposure to change readiness assessment, change management plan, training strategies, cultural transformation plans, stakeholder management and communications, HR transformation, HR departments, rewards, Training and Development

Ideally, you’ll also have

- Experience in large-scale transformation programmes
- Looking for Bachelors or Masters in Business and HR
- Relevant professional experience, working in Big 4, global management consultancy firm, niche HR organisational houses, niche consultancy or blue chip company/public sector
- Experience in working with any of the following sectors: Government & Public, Power & Utilities, Financial Services, Technology & Communications