AddressMercer is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Brisbane office. Other locations may be considered depending on the experience and capabilities of the candidate:
Associate Consultant - Job Evaluation
What can you expect?
- Primary focus for the role is the delivery and project management of Job Evaluation services to public sector clients in Queensland and nationally.
- Core activities include consulting and engaging with senior stakeholders in order to understand client and role context, conducting Job Evaluations of executive and non-executive roles using Mercer's proprietary CED Job Evaluation methodology and associated methodologies including the Queensland Government Job Evaluation Management Systems (JEMS) and Northern Territory Government Job Evaluation System (JES) methodologies, communicating the evaluation outcomes and rationale to clients in a report format and verbally as required, driving and project managing the delivery of Job Evaluation requests and projects and working with and involving other team members.
What is in it for you?
At Mercer, we recognise that our most important asset is our people. We offer benefits and programs that support career development such as professional development support, exam and study assistance and global rotation opportunities which will support and nurture you with every opportunity to reach your full potential.
We also recognise the value of healthy, happy colleagues and promote a culture of care and wellbeing, offering benefits such as flexible working and much more!
- Open to Brisbane based candidate. Other locations may also be considered depending on the experience and capabitlies of the candidate
- Opportunity to work on a range of broader projects across Mercer's Reward practice
- Leading training and development program
- Professional environment where your career path really matters and is supported in our global organisation
- Great team environment with energetic and supportive colleagues
We will count on you to:
- Apply your consulting skills and technical expertise in the Mercer CED Job Evaluation methodology (or JEMS or JES methodologies) and professional judgment to client requirements and projects
- Demonstrate intellectual leadership and consistently test final deliverables for completeness accuracy, and adherence to client context and requirements.
- Plan, design, resource and manage Job Evaluation related projects in executing the plan, and deliver projects on time and within budget
- Nurture key client relationships, identify opportunities to broaden or deepen these relationships in partnership with senior consultants, anticipating and responding to future client needs
- Support Business Development activities and proposals
- Develop own and other's capability through informal and formal learning opportunities
- Participate in internal projects to improve Mercer, in particular talent, quality, service delivery, internal efficiency/effectiveness and intellectual capital
What you need to have:
- Relevant undergraduate qualification is highly desirable (e.g., business, human resources, finance)
- Experience in conducting Job Evaluations of both executive and non-executive roles using the Mercer CED Job Evaluation methodology (or JEMS/JES methodologies) in a public sector context
- Demonstrated project management experience
- Solid client management skills, including the ability to develop and maintain relationships and identify new business opportunities
- Strong teaming capability in order to work collaboratively with colleagues across service areas on business development activities, client relationship management and delivery of integrated solutions
- High level conceptual skills with the ability to rapidly learn new material and apply learning in a practical context to solve client problems
- Able to operate effectively in ambiguous situations with limited supervision, to multitask and to manage the pressure of competing deadlines without becoming unduly stressed
- Detail orientation and high quality outputs
- Client centric mindset
- Uses initiative and drives to outcomes
About us:
Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer's approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $20 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and Twitter
Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person. Note: the changes to our hybrid work policy do not apply to officially designated remote workers and are subject to any works council or local legal requirement.
