Consultant – Business Change & Transformation

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We are recruiting for a Consultant in Business Change & Transformation to join AECOM’s Strategy+ (S+) team in the UK and Ireland.

S+ is AECOM’s Management Consultancy arm. S+ assists clients to make sense of complexity, articulate their challenges and deliver solutions that improve performance. Drawing on the vast expertise of AECOM’s capabilities, S+ crafts innovative approaches and offers guidance in planning and executing transformational changes.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Here’s what you’ll do:

The Consultant works on client projects, conducting research, analysis, and developing solutions. They support senior consultants or clients in project execution, contributing to the overall success of the projects that may be any stage of change or transformation. The Consultant is responsible for gathering and analyzing data, preparing reports, and presenting findings to clients. They also collaborate with other team members to develop and implement strategic recommendations. The Consultant plays a key role in identifying client needs, developing solutions, and ensuring successful project outcomes. They are also involved in the development of best practices and methodologies within the consultancy.

Key Competencies:

• Adaptability and Learning
• Adaptability to learn and apply new skills quickly.
• Engage in lifelong learning and professional development.
• Take initiative to learn and grow within the organization.
• Expertise and Technical Proficiency
• Develop a broad understanding of consultancy work.
• Utilize a variety of tools and techniques for quantitative and qualitative data
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Support pattern spotting and analysis.
• Contribute to the development of solutions for client challenges.
• Communication and Collaboration
• Clearly present findings and insights
• Active Listener
• Work collaboratively with team members to achieve goals.
• Attention to Detail
• Ensure thorough and accurate work in all tasks.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Workshop Facilitation: Experienced in facilitating workshops for midsize project groups (~20 people). Responsible for leading meetings, workshops, and events using various techniques and tools to engage participants and ensure success.
• Infrastructure Experience: Experience working in infrastructure projects, programs, or with infrastructure organizations is a plus.
• Change Management Awareness: Awareness or certification in change management methodologies (e.g., APMG, Proci, or similar).
• Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent people skills for engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Collaborative Environment Experience: Proven experience in complex, multidisciplinary collaborative environments.
• Team Effectiveness: Skilled in helping groups work more effectively and efficiently. This includes establishing goals, developing team culture, enhancing governance, developing plans, and making decisions.
• Consulting Experience: Proven experience in a consulting capacity, developing strong stakeholder relationships.
• Problem-Solving Initiative: Demonstrates initiative and a desire for dealing with complex problems, particularly in helping teams navigate difficult conversations.
• Client Listening: Ability to listen to clients, understand their requirements, and relate them to AECOM services.
• Flexibility: Willingness to work away from the office to meet client or business demands.
• Location and Travel: Based in the UK with the ability to travel regularly to other locations across the UK, Europe, and further afield as required.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone’s unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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