Senior Advisor - Business Transformation

About The Role

GHD Advisory group has a phenomenal opportunity for a Senior Advisor to join, support and grow our Business Transformation services, supporting our focus on transformation and capacity building.

Working with the newly formed Business Transformation EMEA team, this position offers the opportunity to grow a team and business focused on leading transformation through the lens of organisation strategy and design.

Lead a varied range of innovative projects focused on driving performance through the lens of people and organisations, and to support the development of a growth portfolio in GHD’s business. We embrace a start-up mentality and pace, with the support and resources of a global corporate. You will work in an agile and evolving environment and be encouraged to bring fresh ideas based on your previous experience, contributing to the crafting of our team from both a cultural and technical perspective. 
The position is offered as part of the EMEA GHD Advisory team and may reside within any of our UAE offices.

Core Responsibilities

• Supporting our clients in operating more effectively both at an organizational and sector level to drive performance and better serve their communities.
• Leading business development activities and leading proposals to win and deliver projects.
• Leading project delivery and managing project teams focused on organisational strategy and design, people centred change.
• Developing project methodology on topics related to organizational design, governance, operating model, capacity building, leadership development and organizational design and implementation. 
• Leading and advising clients to support improved or new ways of building their organisations, cultivating their talent, and improving service delivery.
• Work closely with our client project teams, providing end-to-end support to the clients.
• Supporting across the wider EMEA Advisory and Business Transformation practices, as needed.
• Develop professionally within a progressive consultancy environment in an entrepreneurial growth stage.

Skills, Experience And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or related degree preferred.
• Advanced degree or MBA is a plus.
• 7+ years of experience working on organizational design, operating model development, governance, strategy, leadership development, change, and/or similar disciplines. 
• A previous consultancy background in the MENA region, highly desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people across all levels in an organization
• Good commercial and financial awareness on projects
• Significant client interaction experience at senior levels in the client organisation
• Ability to communicate complex ideas optimally, both verbally and in writing
• Confidence to work effectively in a high-energy, fast paced environment
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Good interpersonal skills; e.g. relates well to colleagues, clients and business contacts, and can influence to achieve positive results.

Interested? Apply now.

ABOUT US 

Let's put your ideas into action. 

If you see the world differently and are driven by a desire to make real change, together we'll make it happen. Everybody at GHD has their own commitment, and we’re here to support yours. 

Your success is our success, and together we'll make a lasting impact on our world for generations to come.  

Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. 

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.  

See where your commitment could take you. 

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment 

Who we are 
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents. 

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come. 

If you see the world differently and are driven by a desire to make real change, together we'll make it happen. Everybody at GHD has their own commitment, and we’re here to support yours.

Your success is our success, and together we will make a lasting impact on our world for generations to come.