Job Description

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence.
We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The Team and the opportunity
People Consulting partners with and clients to drive and evolve their people agenda in a rapidly changing global work environment.
Joining the People Consulting team in EY will provide you with the opportunity to work on some of the most interesting and complex transformation programmes in Ireland. Our team, in partnership with our clients, seek to ensure the long term sustainability and embedding of major organisational transformation programmes.
Our work is varied and challenging; from creating an organisation design that determines effective organisation solutions to embedding cultural and behavioural change across an organisation. We manage communications and stakeholders, plan and implement change journeys and offer an understanding of the HR structures, practices and policies required to support the organisation.
Key Responsibilities

• Active member of the wider leadership team to define project scope and execute delivery with clients, the People Consulting team and wider stakeholders

• Take ownership for project management activities such as project status reports, risk assessments and reporting.

• Independently analysing complex problems and presenting solutions to clients and the wider team
• Building strong relationships, especially with peers from client organisations and across the EY network
• Contributing innovative ideas to expand our People Consulting service offerings to clients and positively impact client engagements
• Keeping up to date on relevant market trends, key functional and technical skills and proactively sharing this knowledge with others

• Support in managing client relationships. Support in developing reports, deliverables, and communication assets to ensure successful delivery of engagement.
• Contribute to go-to-market activities by supporting proposal development, supporting management and leadership in pitch preparation, and undertaking critical engagement management activities.
• Support leadership in securing new engagement activity by identifying and communicating additional engagement opportunities across existing client engagements.

We have a number of exciting, client facing roles for individuals with demonstrable consulting experience in the following areas:

• Organisation Design
• Communications and Stakeholder Management
• Change Management
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• HR Transformation and Digital HR

You will be a leader in a client facing team that has cross-sector experience, working with global household name clients on the most complex transformation programmes to deliver better business, environmental and people outcomes for long-lasting results. Now more than ever, clients want to understand how change affects their people.
As part of the team you will be skilled at helping clients take a 'human centred' approach to achieve successful transformation. Using the latest innovations, you will partner with clients on their biggest challenges to find people-centric solutions that work for their organisation - from implementing culture, technology and people change, to communication strategies and leadership development.
To qualify for the role, you must

• Be degree qualified and have relevant professional experience; applicants will preferably have prior consulting experience in a client facing role on large or complex transformation programmes
• Be experienced in using relevant tools, templates and methodologies
• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise.
• Have strong personal impact and resilience, and be able to influence clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.
• Be pragmatic - taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement
• Be able to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions
• Be focused on achieving project / programme goals and objectives
• Be adept at overcoming issues and barriers
• Be experienced of full project lifecycle from concept through to implementation
• For Manager+ positions you must have demonstrable experience structuring and managing projects or programmes of work which meet client expectations and mitigate any risks or issues

What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

• Pension

• Maternity & Paternity leave

• Discounted health insurance

• Bike to work Scheme

• Web Doctor - Free unlimited online GP consultations for you and your family

• Recognition Awards

• The purchase of additional annual leave

• Cash incentives for referrals

• Hybrid Working

• Work Mobile

• Free Gym membership

• TECH MBA paid by EY

• Travel Pass

• Wellness rooms Available in some offices

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.
Career Progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you'll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it's as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime
Inclusion & Diversity
We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.
We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world. That's Why, EY.
Apply now.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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