Company:

Mercer

Description:

Workforce & Organization Transformation – Junior Consultant
 

We are looking for our Workforce & Organization Transformation Practice in Mercer for a brilliant and talented candidate to join us as a Junior Consultant on our Milan or Rome office.

What can you expect?

Our Transformation Practice supports our clients People Strategy with a specific focus on HR Organization, Processes, Skills, Technology and Analytics.

As a Junior Consultant, you will work closely with clients to develop and implement strategies that drive organizational effectiveness, enhance employee engagement, and optimize workforce performance.
 

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Drive organizational design initiatives that incorporate change management, cultural transformation and leadership development to ensure sustainable impact;

• Collaborate with Clients and conduct comprehensive assessments of their current workforce and organizational structures, processes, and practices;

• Analyze data and develop insights to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement, developing expertise in the transformation area: organization design, process re-engineering, analytics and technology trends;

• Contribute to large complex client projects sale and execute project delivery in line with strategic direction from the project manager;

• Contribute to implementing tailored solutions that align with clients' strategic goals and addressing their specific workforce and organizational needs;

• Facilitate client meetings (e.g. workshops, focus groups, and other collaborative sessions) and act as a trusted advisor to clients;

• Develop and deliver high-quality presentations, reports, and other deliverables to effectively communicate findings, recommendations, and progress to clients;

• Take part in designing new and innovative solutions, processes and projects in Workforce & Organization Transformation and data driven Organization design;

• Balance multiple project schedules to meet deadlines;

• Implementing strategic workforce planning best practice that delivers value to the business;

• Learn and adapt Mercer standard tools and methodologies and work closely with other Mercer practices in the HR consulting space;

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in workforce and organization transformation, and share knowledge and insights with clients and colleagues.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Economics, Organization, Management Engineering or similar;

• At least 2 years of professional experience in consulting firms or companies with a focus on workforce and organization transformation, organizational development or a related field;

• Strong organizational and communication skills to support senior colleagues in the design, implementation and coordination of development projects;

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and recommendations;

• A strong interest, passion and curiosity for design processes and chang management dynamics;

• Excellent use of Microsoft Office (Power point, Excel, Power BI) and knowledge of statistical tools;

• Italian and English proficiency.

Why joining our us:

• A career where you deliver innovative solutions for major organizations and contribute to meaningful and impactful projects that shape the future of work;

• The opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in professional services;

• A professional grow path that teaches you new technical skills for a better understanding of business and the Human Resources environment.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh 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 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 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.