Junior Consultant

_Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced environment? Do you enjoy working with people and solving complex problems? Are you willing to learn and be challenged about business and the role of senior leadership?_

**The Role**

Blenheim Partners is an international board and executive search firm. Our Sydney Office is seeking a resourceful, proactive and tenacious junior consultant with high levels of energy to join our industry-leading research team.

This individual will play a significant role in the delivery of executive search assignments for our clients across all industries: leading listed companies and privately-owned firms as well as public and social sector organisations. They will enjoy the challenge of working internally with a variety of consultants, and externally with senior executives and board directors.

Junior consultants represent the firm with the highest levels of integrity and professionalism.

**The role is full time in the office to accelerate one's career development.**

**Skills and Qualities**
- Previous experience (2-5 years) in professional services (executive search, management consulting, corporate communications/public relations, accounting, legal, recruitment), financial services or journalism;
- Undergraduate degree in Business/Commerce, Economics, History, Psychology, International Relations, Journalism, Law, Engineering, or another relevant discipline;
- Fluency in English and excellent communication skills, written and verbal;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint and Excel;
- Intellectually curious with the ability to develop and defend a point of view;
- Drive and tenacity with a deep desire to excel and make one’s mark;
- Strong project management ability;
- Rigorous attention to detail; and
- Team orientation and cultural awareness.

**Responsibilities**
- Assist in the formulation and execution of a search strategy;
- Effectively manage the search process, balancing multiple projects within agreed time frames;
- Produce comprehensive research-driven reports;
- Maintain the highest quality information on the database, including the timely and rigorous capture of insight gathered during the course of search work.
- Conduct background research to deliver market insight in the form of credible, client-ready documentation;
- Contribute to relationship management, business generation as well as marketing activities; and,
- Attend client meetings and pitches.
- Work closely with the research team to capture both search and non-search related information in the system; and,
- Grow and develop sector-specific domain knowledge to use intelligently on sourcing and approach calls.
- Contribute actively to initiatives to improve the firm’s service offering; and
- Participate in onboarding and training of new team members.

**Key Relationships**
- Managing Associate (reports to);
- Partners/Consultants (dotted line reporting on assignment and project basis);
- Project Managers; and
- Research Team.

Blenheim Partners consult and guide boards and executive leadership through their most critical people choices helping them build an organisation with high performing teams and long-term succession plans that position them to create change, prepare for growth and outperform their respective markets.

Blenheim Partners provides abundant opportunity for success and career growth. If you have the right to work in Australia and are interested in the role, please submit your resume, a cover letter and relevant academic transcripts.

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person