Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?
We are looking for a dynamic individual to take on the role of Advisory Resource Lead. In this role you will be instrumental in working with the leaders across Specialist Advisory, Strategic Advisory and wider Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD) business unit that we are part of to enable swift and effective decisions in the space of resource management.
Located within one of the portfolios, the Resource Lead will represent the Advisory Portfolios from a resourcing perspective, but it is imperative that you act in the best interest of APD, where the culture is to provide the best outcome for our clients and our colleagues.
You will play an instrumental role in:
- Enabling the operational management of the two portfolios, being critical in enabling delivery of client needs whilst working closely with team leads, team resource champions where we align the demands of the pipeline with the supply of high calibre teams of people
- Facilitating our headcount growth ambitions alongside talent acquisition in the recruitment and retention of staff alongside developing best proactive relationships with strategic partners.
- Orchestrating resourcing processes whilst ensuring that management information associated with recruitment and retention is maintained noting the variety of delivery models in how we advise clients (discrete packages of work through integrated teams, through individual secondments or implementation of change programmes with seconded teams).
Responsibilities include;
Talent management and retention
- Chair weekly resource meetings, review current workload across the portfolios and ensure the right balance of people in the right roles at the right billability
- Identify issues and support team leads to resolve overloading or where people have capacity
- Escalate key issues to the Portfolio senior leadership to resolve resource elements
- Review, monitor and support promotions, appointments and salary reviews
- Support with resource rotation and new opportunity discussions
- Help align current competencies and talent availability alongside desired areas of capability development
- Monitor staff movements, track and update changes as they unfold
- Engage with HR business partners to ensure colleagues are supported at all times
- Update Portfolio HR Business Partner Champion with respect to staff changes
- Regularly review the resource requirements with team lead
- Actively manage the bench when people become available
- Establish and track immediate and future resource requirements through proactive use of Connect Business, working alongside project managers and the commercial support team
- Enable the best use of the bench when people become available
Talent acquisition
- Engage with talent acquisition to establish and maintain key priorities
- Facilitate and drive recruitment processes through the hiring teams in support of talent acquisition teams
- Review of CVs of prospective candidates alongside team leads, recommend for interview, ensuring hiring managers are clear on interview panels; use best practice recruitment
- Support the onboarding process, including ensuring security clearances are initiated and in play
To be successful in this role we would like hear from individuals with the following skills and experience;
- People management with an ability to be able to talk with people in an engaging way, but also be a listening ear
- Ability to understand the variety of career paths and encourage people on how they can go into a role that will support their growth and the specific role in question
- Bring familiarity of the consulting business model and best practice management of resources in that high paced setting
- Strong relationship builder and maintainer
- Appreciate and protect confidentiality, applying common sense at all times, with an ability to extract themselves from the sensitive information
- Maintain a proactive, can-do attitude
Behaviours
- Commitment to company PRIDE values (Progress; Respect; Integrity; Drive; Excellence)
- Understand the vital leadership, capability and cultural components that drive the people element of service offerings and be able to articulate the value that this brings.
- A great listener with a with a growth mindset that can take a pragmatic approach to business challenges when they arise.
- Self starter and drive to support and enable the growth of high performing teams
- Dexterity to operate across many technical teams, pulling the strings together effectively
- A a desire to apply initiative and new ideas, comfortable working in a dynamic, evolving environment.
- An open minded, assertive, collaborative attitude; a strong sense of team spirit; vision driven.
- Adaptable, versatile and agile with the ability to respond rapidly and effectively to challenges.
- Ability to think strategically and laterally, bringing creativity to problem solving.
- Effective communicator able to articulate ideas in various formats (written, verbal and graphics.)
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
About the business unit
The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.
The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management.
How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our 15-minute application via our website. Our talent acquisition coordinators aim to provide feedback within 5 working days with the outcome of your application. More information about our application process can be found here. If you have any questions regarding your application or the role, please reach out to the dedicated recruiter listed who will be more than happy to help.
Did you know that Mott MacDonald is one of the world's largest employee-owned businesses? This means that we are not accountable to external stakeholders and are in control of our own future. This creates a unique culture where decisions are made for the benefit of the staff/company over the long term.
We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top 25 employers to work for in the UK in 2023, as well as being recognised by the Financial Times and market and consumer data company Statista as one of the UK's leading and highly recommended management consultants in: Construction & Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities & Environment, Public & Social Sector, Sustainability, and Travel, Transport & Logistics.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
- Pension matched up to 7%
- Life insurance
- An annual professional institution subscription
- Continuous development opportunities - because we want you to thrive
- Agile/flexible working - because life isn't 9-5
- Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies - for parents and care givers
- Annual bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
- Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
- Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
- The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can assist.
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