Consultant Gig #907–UK–Leadership Solutions Leader-Director

The client is our global strategic partner, a major Financial Services firm with HQ in London but several regional offices throughout the UK. The role would mean a lot of time spent in London, but the successful applicant could be based outside in one of the other regional offices – e.g Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Reading, Bristol etc.

Responsibilities:
  • Leading expert on leadership matters, including Leadership profiling Leadership team effectiveness, collaboration, vision and value communication – with at least one strong personal passion
  • Client relations management (“farming”)
  • Business development – marketing materials, proposals
  • Thought leadership – publications online and conferences
  • Managing internal and external pool of talents – project mobilisation
  • Project Delivery – client contact and quality assurance
  • Product support tools and template
  • Product and solution development, continuous improvement
  • Client co-creation projects
  • Project scheduling and economics (utilisation, recovery)
  • Director level with Partner potential

Skills and experience required are:

  • 15 years plus professional career, executive experience
  • Entrepreneurial or large consulting firm background
  • Client side, industry experience is an advantage
  • Lead role in related client projects either as consultant or internal stakeholder
  • Thought leadership track record, ‘including speaker experience’ research and publishing
  • Product or Service development experience, innovation
  • Project Management experience
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Business P&L responsibility and successful delivery
Education and Community:
  • Business Social Sciences, or Organisational psychology degree
  • Recent self study – learning agility proof
  • Membership in Professional communities, networks, (e.g CIPD, LinkedIn, ICG)
Technical Skills:
  • Team facilitation
  • Observation and feedback
  • Leadership coaching
  • Data analytics
  • Personal assessment
  • Planning and Organising
  • Process Development & Implementation
  • Negotiation
  • Commercial Acumen
  • Team Roles analysis
  • Conflict Management
Behavioural Competencies:  
  • Relationship building, instils trust, situational adaptability
  • Balances stakeholders, cultivates innovation
  • Plans and aligns, shares knowledge
  • Develops talent
  • Communicates with utmost confidence and gravitas
Traits: 
  • Credibility – degree of consistency between a person’s words and actions
  • Sociability – natural inclination to engage with and interact with others
  • Persistence – tendency toward passionate and steadfast pursuit of long – term goals, in spite of obstacles discouragement or distraction
  • Empathy – listen and understand motives, see different aspects
Drivers:
  • Challenge – motivated by achievement in the face of tough obstacles
  • Collaboration – preference for work related inter dependence, group decision making and pursuing shared goals
  • Independence – prefers an entrepreneurial approach and limited organisational constraints

 

Logistics:

Start: The role is full time and work is likely to commence ASAP, January 2023. 

Location: HQ is in London but, for the right applicant, living outside London is a possibility. 

Rates: The rate to ICG applicants is in the region of £90K to £135K per annum depending on location and experience.

Close date: No later than 16th January 2023 17:00 BST (UK)

APT’s must be lodged within 48 hours. We will review all APT’s and select the best 3 for the client. The client will then conduct interviews.

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