Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

KPMG Lower Gulf is seeking to expand their People & Change (P&C) team. Our practice has seen a tremendous client demand to support projects across key aspects of the HR value chain, specifically in HR Transformation, Organisation Design, Workforce Shaping, Total Rewards, Talent X and more. We are currently seeking to engage an exceptional candidate with proven track records in delivery of large-scale engagements across public and private sector entities in the Middle East.

If you have prior experience in workforce planning and are looking for an exciting opportunity to work with large public sector clients in the Middle East on challenging and workforce planning and shaping assignments, then consider a career with KPMGs P&C team.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver project work under the guidance of Project Manager
• Support the delivery of large-scale consulting projects as per commitments to client, technical quality of deliverables, meeting time project timelines and managing client expectations
• Ability to leverage data and models to develop strategic  plans to tackle client specific challenges 
• Support the completion of gap analyses and current state assessments to identify assess operational efficiency, processes, systems, policies, and standards
• Support the development of implementation plans to help clients 
• Record project progress against key milestones, assessing for continuous improvement opportunities and adjusting the work plan and highlight potential risks as they arise
• Assist in the development of leadership tools (e.g. dashboards, presentations, etc.) to assist with measuring progress and highlighting key insights
• Support research effort for external benchmarking and internal focus groups discussions as required
• Apply core consulting skills such as strategic problem-solving, data analysis and report writing
• Take ownership of assigned tasks, achieving high-quality and timely results
• Conduct structured research assignments based on project needs
• Mentor junior team members during project delivery
• Support in Business Development through proposal writing, presentations, research etc.
• Engage in Practice and Solution Development through contributions to methodologies, intellectual capital, thought leadership etc.

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Psychology or Business Management (Professional HR accreditation is a plus)
• 5 years of people advisory experience as a management consultant or internal consultant position in a large organization. Candidates having worked in a non-consulting institution should display the flair and skills to fit into a consulting environment
• Experience working with senior management in project/scope management, reporting on project status, issue escalation and risk management
• Resilient and adaptable to accomplish engagement activities throughout dynamic and challenging environments
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong capability in working and managing multiple stakeholders (e.g. cross-culture) in large and complex projects
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (including comfort in engaging with executive-level clients)
• Have passion in solving people related issues
• Demonstrate good mentoring and coaching experience
• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated individual who enjoys working in strong, collaborative team environments
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English AND Arabic
• High proficiency MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project skills
• Willingness to travel for extended periods of time within the GCC region based on project requirements