Consultant - Organizational Strategy / Talent

Requisition ID
6606

Country
South Africa

State/Province
Gauteng

City
Johannesburg

About Us

**Korn Ferry** is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 8,600 colleagues serve clients in more than _50 countries_. We offer five core solutions:

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Organizational Strategy**:

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Assessment and Succession**:

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Talent Acquisition**:

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Leadership Development**:

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Rewards and Benefits**

Job description
**Consultant - Organizational Strategy / Talent Management / Assessments**
**Johannesburg - Hybrid role**

Are you a human capital professional with a real interest in working with a variety of clients within an HR Consulting environment? Are you interested in Organizational Strategy, Assessments, Talent Management and Leadership Development?

We are an international Consulting firm within the Human Capital space and together with management teams we aim to make their strategy specific and concrete. We help our clients develop talent and ensure their people are more effective in their work and are motived to perform optimally. Our goal: to enable people and organizations to reach and utilize their full potential.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Korn Ferry consistently sets ambitious goals for our people and our Clients.

We help our Consultants develop further on skills they have already started to build to help them achieve full potential. As such, we are looking for sharp and ambitious advisors who are engaged, committed and courageous. You’ll get involved with a variety of projects and be hands on in looking at the behaviours of employees.

As a Consultant you will be part of a successful team and will work closely with project leads during the delivery phase of a variety of human capital projects with a mixture of clients. We offer innovative global solutions across our portfolio with expert consultants partnering to find the right solution.

You’ll thrive working in a busy environment and get involved in organisation design, job architecture, job analysis and evaluation, leadership development and a variety of assessments.

You should demonstrate conscientious work ethic, research abilities and human capital knowledge across various disciplines and actively contribute to the successful solution design and delivery within projects and/or a work-stream. You should be quality obsessed and strive to deliver on time and within budget. You will draft project deliverables and proactively obtain input and feedback from Senior Consultants and Partners on projects, including providing delivery support and client engagement where required.

You will work closely with a variety of stakeholders and be confident to continue building your network. You must be confident in your ability to collaborate effectively when clarifying or requesting additional information with both the clients and the project leads.

You will be naturally inquisitive and of an analytical mindset to also enjoy working with all types of data, as you will collate relevant information for reporting and other relevant administrative tasks throughout the project lifecycle.

You should be critical and not afraid to voice your opinion regarding things you encounter. Moreover, you will develop new tools with your team and other consultants to support business analyses. As a result, you will significantly contribute to the improvement of the services we offer our clients.

OUR OFFER

Korn Ferry offers a highly interesting consulting career with tremendous amounts of responsibility and freedom. In our organization you do not work for us, but with us. We think the fastest way to learn is by doing. You will always be supported by your team and others in your journey. Through internal courses and training on the job we will offer you the chance to rapidly develop yourself, both personally and professionally.

YOUR PROFILE

You are someone who:

- has a relevant university degree with proven and established relevant work experience within a consulting / HR Consulting / Human Capital environment
- started to formulate a solid and foundational understanding within organizational strategy / talent management / assessment / Change / Culture / psychology
- you must be fluent in English and communicate well (verbal and written)
- proven project delivery expertise
- good presentation and oral skills (design and delivery)
- has demonstrated affinity with business and organizations;
- has strong analytical and conceptual capabilities;
- has experience with organizing and/or leading initiatives during their studies;
- is interested in how organizations work (business focus);
- is curious, has an entrepreneurial mindset and is eager to learn;
- is strongly driven b