People & Transformation Consulting Manager

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

The Business Transformation and People Consulting team supports business leaders to respond to an ever-changing environment by helping clients shape and align their transformation and/or people strategy, ensuring organisation goals are clearly linked to the strategy of the organisation, and how these translate into clear objectives for people across the business.

We work with leaders on the design and delivery of operating models and structures to support their vision and strategy, ensuring we are excellent change managers making transformation and change sustainable. We also know that an organisation's culture, leadership and employee value proposition is integral to people engagement, creating a competitive advantage and managing through change.

The Business Transformation and People Advisory team is a vital part of Grant Thornton's Business Consulting practice, a key strategic growth enabler for the firm. A Manager in Business Transformation and People Consulting will work as part of a project team, sometimes leading one or more team members and involving other service lines. A Manager will be responsible for leading smaller projects with minimal oversight from an Associate Director/Director/Partner and will interface directly with client management, senior stakeholders and other Grant Thornton advisors, whilst taking responsibility for risk management, budgets and billing. The manager will also be expected to contribute towards business development activities with the support from the rest of the team and add value through development of existing and new services to support our clients.

We're happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we'll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As a Manager, People Consulting & Business Transformation within our team practice, you will:

Clients, client service and markets

• Supports and inputs into the development and delivery of a clear go-to market plan across all our regions, leveraging our internal resource and external network


• Supports the team on key accounts, including the management and day-to-day activities of these


• Is a key support on writing and developing proposals for targets and clients, including being essential support on pitching or as part of a wider pitch team. Will look for innovative ways to deliver the proposals and pitches to set Grant Thornton apart from the competition


• Interacts confidently with clients, with impact and gravitas


• Understands the key issues within a business using previous experiences across functional and sector bases


• Flexibility to be able to travel to client's premises and respond to client requests at short notice


• Communicates clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing


• Leads report drafting for smaller projects, or drafting of specific sections for larger projects, with minimal oversight, ensuring accuracy for all figures presented


• Ability to work autonomously on specific pieces of work and smaller projects (under the supervision of a people manager)


• Proactively builds own network both internal and external to the Firm to generate leads


• Actively seeks to support the preparation of sales proposals and pitches, including research


• Leads initiatives to raise the awareness of Business Transformation and People Advisory within the Firm


• Supports the development of Business Transformation and People Consulting product collateral, including tools and templates etc


• Responsibility for leading take on procedures, including drafting letters of engagement for Partner or director approval


• Adopts a proactive, 'sleeves rolled up' attitude


• Supports the provision of 'on the job' training to more junior team members including regular feedback
  
  A clear understanding of people policies, processes and practices as well as change levers for culture and engagement


• Strong commercial mindset


• Experience of one or more of the following: Operating Model Design and Implementation, Organisational Design and development; HR function transformation; business Transformation, change management, culture change


• Good relationship management with internal colleagues and external clients, building trust quickly and adaptable to change


• Strong at report writing, supporting the development of business cases, bid leading, supporting tenders and negotiating


• Good knowledge, understanding and technical expertise within HR, wider people and talent


It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you develop along the way.

• Higher education level or above


• CIPD qualified or similar level of experience


• Programme Management qualification /accreditation


• Related further education qualification such as MA Human Resource Management or MSc. Occupational Psychology


• Having worked within an internal HR function


• Culture change and intervention experience


• Core consulting skills, including project and stakeholder management, change management and leading parts of a change or transformation programme


• Supporting the development of propositions and offerings for clients, and highlighting opportunities at the right time (such as regulatory driven offerings)


• Design and delivery of People Strategies within different organisations


• Development and delivery of an Employee Value Proposition or the related elements of such
  
  Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton., Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton., Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.


Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you're with outside of work matter, that's why we're happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we'll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you'll be giving back to society. It's that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.

We're looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what's right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It's how it should be.

The things you do, and the people you're with outside of work matter, that's why we're happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we'll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

Whether that's working reduced contracted hours, working your hours over a shorter period or utilising our 'how we work' framework. Everyone has an immediate right to request a flexible arrangement through our flexible working policy.