Human Resource (HR) Transformation - Managers & Consultants - London Job Details

In response to market demand, we are strengthening our HR Transformation team and are looking to recruit staff to support a range of exciting transformation projects.  These range from large global HR function and process transformation projects to single country policy, performance and capability transformation.  Our consulting solutions are typically underpinned by benchmarking evidence sourced through Saratoga which adds an additional and critical element to our projects.   We are looking for motivated people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and levels, including:

• Public or private sector
• Preferably consultancy but will also consider excellent line-HR applicants with project experience
• Ambitious consultants looking to progress

As a Consultant or Manager within the HR Transformation team you will be working with other key colleagues across the full range of PwC services, presenting the opportunity to develop and grow new skills.

You will be a highly-motivated professional ideally from a consultancy background.  Your skills and experience will include:

• Previous experience of taking the lead in HR Transformation or people related change projects.
• You will have hands-on experience of working through the people and commercial issues of a change programme and have been the lead person in the thinking, designing and implementing phases of a change project.
• A consultancy approach to working.
• A flexible approach, adapting your style to be successful working with both small and large clients.
• Proven project experience with a strong understanding of project management approaches.
• Being commercially focused.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills are essential.
• Being very delivery focused with a proven track record. 
• A strong academic record, coupled with credible work experience.
• We will also consider exceptional HR candidates from blue chip multinationals or the public sector.

For the consultant level role, you will need:

• Proven experience of HR process review and redesign, ideally in a global context.
• Experience on major HR projects (organisations with 10,000 people) on process design and/or change management.
• Demonstrable specialist skills, for example organisation design, HR technology specification and/or implementation, employee relations, organisational development.
• Experience as a project manager - planning and tracking activity and delivering to deadlines.
• Relevant international experience would be valuable but not essential.

In addition for the Manager level role, you will have:

• Experience as a team leader with responsibility for others in the team, and possibly for working to a budget as well as project deadlines.
• Experience in an influencing role in change management on important projects.
• Examples of improving HR service delivery.

This is an extremely exciting opportunity for someone who has hands on HR Transformation experience, the role may include, but is not restricted to:

• Using your knowledge to identify the key issues for our clients undergoing change in HR or related people processes.
• Providing project and programme management services to clients.
• This role is all about practical application and therefore having just been involved in the design and planning stages is not enough.  We need people who can and have delivered in the past.
• Undertaking assignment management on a variety of clients from different sectors and different sizes.
• Act as an ambassador for PwC when taking propositions into our clients.
• Work at all levels within the client's organisation from CEO and Directors to the HR team and be able to gain immediate credibility.
• Ensuring that your style is adapted to suit the audience.
• To be sensitive of the clients circumstances and the people issues it faces during the change period.

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Human Resource Services practice works with clients who strive to make their people a sustainable source of competitive advantage.  Our strategy is built on our own belief in developing our people to be creative and effective team players committed to outstanding client service.  We bring the ability to take fresh perspectives, to think differently, and to develop and implement new and value adding solutions.

We work in partnership with our clients to offer practical, multi-disciplined approaches to the increasingly complex challenges facing businesses.  One of the main challenges is to create environments in which their people can work most effectively.

Our Human Resource Services practice brings together all of the professionals working in the human resource service arena - tax, benefits, retirement, communications, financial planning, international assignment, equity, culture and change, compensation, strategy, regulatory, legal, and process management - affording our clients an unmatched breadth and depth of expertise, both locally and globally.

Additional information about the role

• Amount of time office based:  20%
• Amount of time at client sites:  80%
• Need to travel/overnight stays away from home:  Yes - depending on client projects
• Opportunity for flexible working (hours)?:  Yes
• Opportunity for working from home?:  Yes - depending on client projects
• Opportunity for job sharing?:  No