EY People Advisory Services - Strategic Workforce 

Ireland 

126796680

Your key responsibilities:

In this role, you will be responsible for programme delivery, project management, business development and supporting the PAS practice. Key responsibilities include:

• • Project/ Programme Delivery:leading, shaping and delivering PAS programmes of work. Operational responsibility and accountability for assignments and delivery teams. Senior contact and escalation point for the client leadership team.
  • Generating profitable revenue:Selling major PAS programmes; acting as client relationship owner for designated accounts and growing these accounts; identifying opportunities and leading pursuits; building relationships with prospective future clients; developing and implementing innovative business development initiatives
• All Levels
  • Developing and sustaining client relationships
  • Working collaboratively with clients and developing a trusted advisor reputation
  • Providing best-practice workforce planning advice and guidance to clients
  • Shaping EY’s workforce planning service offering
  • Managing more junior resources
  • Providing and facilitating development opportunities for individuals at all levels in the practice
  • Inputting into PAS’s strategy and annual plans
  • Supporting recruitment
  • Role model inclusive leadership to drive a leading people culture in line with EY values

Skills and attributes for success:

• Workforce planning skills, including demand and supply analysis, workforce sizing and shaping, developing actionable insights from workforce data
• Understanding of other core PAS services, such as organisation design, operating model, change and talent management
• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise
• Demonstrate ability to support the development and growth of business
• Demonstrate knowledge of the region in terms of sector presence, existing networks, or relationships
• Have strong personal impact and resilience, and be able to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions
• Take 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 skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members, and capable of motivating teams to maximise performance
• Have experience of full project lifecycle from concept through to implementation
• Structure and manage projects or programmes of work which meet client expectations and mitigate any risks or issues
• Strong focus on achieving project / programme goals and objectives
• Be adept at overcoming issues and barriers
• Be up to date with key technical and functional skills, and with industry, business and leadership skills and knowledge - share this expertise with others

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Experience of strategic workforce planning, either as a consultant or as part of an internal HR team
• 7+ years similiar experience
• Experience in building strategic workforce planning capability for organisations
• Proven track record of managing workforce related projects/ programmes through all phases of the project/ programme lifecycle
• Experience in a leadership role; managing teams and being accountable for delivery
• A proven track record of proactively managing stakeholders, including providing constructive challenge, influencing decisions, providing robust advice, delivering difficult messages, and managing performance issues, up to C suite level
• Demonstrated track record of building client relationships
• Ability to quickly grasp complex business problems and develop appropriate solutions
• Strong analytical capability primarily in the interpretation of data; comfortable working with and interpreting data and leading client discussions on same

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• An appreciation of data, systems and technologies used to drive strategic workforce decision making
• A primary degree and any post graduate degrees and professional qualifications are desirable but not critical
• Experience of working on projects gained working within a professional services firm, global consultancy firm and/or large private and/or public sector organisations
• Senior Managers: