Senior Consultant-advisory

HKA is a leading project, strategy, and infrastructure advisory company. We provide strategic advisory and transformation services to major infrastructure clients and large asset businesses. Working at HKA means you are stepping into an organisation that is delivering some of South Africa’s most exciting and innovative projects.

Our Advisory team is an agile group that works with clients to set projects up for success. We thrive on work which is varied, interesting and complex. We provide practical, pragmatic solutions partner with our clients to implement strategic change.

**As part of the HKA team you can expect**:

- To work side by side with leadership team that really values your input.
- To work closely with colleagues from around the world.
- Long-term career prospects with real opportunities for travel and secondments.
- Support from a team who will help you achieve your career ambitions.

**The Opportunity**:
We are seeking a Senior Consultant to join our team based in our Johannesburg office. You will work alongside our top industry professionals in infrastructure, engineering, and consulting.

HKA’s South African business provides advisory services across the full spectrum of infrastructure issues, including strategy, planning, funding and finance, procurement, commercial, and delivery. There is a high demand to expand our services with our clients which operate in the energy, rail, water and government sectors.

You are an ambitious and driven individual interested in progressing your career within consultancy. You will work closely with our team in South Africa as part of the EMEA region. You will support the team on a variety of different tasks, which may include but is not limited to the following:

- Supporting C-suite executives and Boards to support their infrastructure delivery programs.
- Working with a variety of clients across a range of industries.
- Developing commercial strategies and delivery models
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, external stakeholders, and clients’ representatives.
- Supporting clients with investment decisions, including business case processes and development.
- Leading detailed information and data analysis and developing critical insights.
- Preparing proposals and/or responding to tenders.
- Contributing and leading project teams and advisory assignments.
- Leading and developing industry and stakeholder engagement activities to support investment and operational decisions.
- Undertaking maturity assessments for clients in all infrastructure sectors.
- Developing practical processes and tools that support the development and delivery of capital and asset intensive programmes.

**Skills and Experience**:
Ideally, you will have the following attributes:

- Excellent people skills with the ability to get positive results through building and maintaining great relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with an innovative mindset.
- Previous experience working in consultancy or an organisation within the infrastructure sector is highly desirable but not essential.
- A client-centric approach and the ability to create and operate in a highly collaborative team environment.
- Experience leading project teams and client assignments.
- A passion for learning and development. You will already be a member of a recognised professional body or be interested in working towards a professional qualification.

**What we offer**:
At HKA we recognise that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

We operate a flexible working pattern both in terms of hours and location and are happy with flexible remote working.

**ED&I at HKA**:
HKA has a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy, please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.

All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other basis in compliance with local legislation.