Senior Talent Consultant

Aon Hewitt; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in workforce consulting seeks a Senior Talent Consultant to join their team in Dublin. This hybrid role involves overseeing project delivery, client management, and strategic thinking to help clients navigate workforce transformations. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in psychology and extensive consultancy experience, with a passion for innovative solutions.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Agile working environment

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in consultancy or professional advisory.
• People management experience is desirable.
• Evidence of complex project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee team project delivery to ensure quality and timeliness.
• Contribute to revenue target through client delivery and relationship management.
• Lead different client projects and coach team members.

Skills

Project Management

Psychometrics

Client Management

Consultancy

Education

MSc in Occupational Psychology

Job description

Senior Talent Consultant

Do you have a background in Business Psychology, HR Consulting or Organisational Effectiveness? Are you interested in helping organisations to transform and future proof their workforce strategy? Then this is the role for you!

This is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work both virtually and from our Dublin office.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

About the Talent Practice

Our Talent practice combines market data, powerful tools, and advisory expertise. 4 areas are included in the Talent Practice at Aon: Assessment, Rewards, Advisory and People Analytics. As a result, we provide unique and long-term solutions to organisations that empower them to make confident people decisions and build workforce resilience to withstand market volatility. We help our clients to find and keep the right people, pay them appropriately and ensure they have the ability to do the job well now and grow with the company in the future. In short, we help organsiations to attract, retain and engage the right people.

What the day will look like

The Talent Practice in Aon Ireland has an opening for a Principal Talent Consultant, to work consultatively with teams across Aon to deliver workforce transformation for our clients.

Working alongside a team of experienced I/O Psychologists and Human Capital consultants, you will be given the unique opportunity to use psychology or related skills to develop data-led solutions and drive strategic workforce change in the ever-growing and competitive Irish Market.

Main responsibilities will be:

• Client delivery – oversee team project delivery to ensure it is tracking as planned in terms of timings, quality and cost. Deliver projects where senior resource is required, support projects from senior perspective (e.g. attending meetings etc). Consulting on solutions in areas of:
  • Competency framework design
  • Workshop design and delivery
  • Using qualitative analysis to develop behavioural and skills taxonomies
  • Leadership assessment & development
  • Job Architecture review and design to support compliance with Pay Transparency legislation
• Business growth – contribute to achievement of revenue target, mainly through strong client delivery and account management of own and teams accounts. Work with commercial colleagues in identifying client opportunities, developing proposals, attending meetings and winning new business. Expanding services with our existing clients, developing client relationships
• Team leadership – take the lead for different client projects and oversee upskilling of the team; coach team members and be responsible for keeping the quality standards at a high level throughout the team
• Strategic thinking – contribute to where the business should be going based on market trends, wider technological advances, potential client opportunities and other markets.
• Resource Planning – distribute work evenly amongst the team to ensure development of skills in other team members and excellent client service.
• PR and Marketing – speak at events or conferences, presenting on webinar and podcasts; work on case studies and articles for press to contribute to thought leadership; develop and maintain professional networks within HR community or industry associations.
• Internal Stakeholders – build and maintain strong supportive relationships with all internal stakeholders (R&D, Projects, Senior Management); make full use of support functions (GOC, Candidate Support, Sales Enablement, Marketing, HR, Finance) to help provide best practice to our clients and increase efficiency within the team. Contributing to cross functional teams to join the dots between people analytics, assessment, L&D, rewards, and performance.

How this opportunity is different

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a capable team in the expansion of our talent consulting offerings. You would be encouraged to bring your own innovative and creative ideas in the service of our clients. Join our team if you are passionate about using psychology to transform work and want to create real added value in businesses.

This job gives you the opportunity to leverage tools within the Talent Practice, and combine them with Aon’s broader Human Capital solutions (which includes a Health and Wealth Practice) to create truly unique and innovative approaches that enable many of the country's most successful organizations to transform their workforce for the future. Our team emphasizes pioneer thinking, client centricity, career progression, and personal and professional integrity.

This includes:

• a stimulating work environment and flexible working hours
• flat hierarchies and working with internationally minded people
• a supportive and responsive team culture
• opportunities to learn in a dynamic, fast-paced working environment

Skills and experience that will lead to success

This is a strategic role, requiring a strong understanding of the employee lifecycle. Skills required for the role are below, but not limited to:

• MSc in Occupational Psychology or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years' experience in consultancy/professional advisory
• People management experience is desirable
• Evidence of complex project management experience
• Strong understanding of psychometrics
• Understanding of total rewards philosophy is desirable
• Flexibility to travel as required

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email [e-mail]

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