Description:
The Analyst’s duties will evolve according the nature of the allocated assignments, while their responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Working with Palladium colleagues at all levels to serve client needs and expectations
- Working closely with the client and Palladium teams to identify and assess central issues facing clients, undertake relevant research, and synthesize results into analysis that forms the basis of the deliverables
- Serving as a professional representative of the Palladium team
- Communicating analysis and recommendations both verbally and in writing to team members and clients
- Supporting Palladium in the development of new business proposals
- Support the development of Palladium’s knowledge resources, methods and intellectual property
- Reporting requirements
The role reports to the Manager or above. Reporting requirements include:
- Attendance of all team meetings
- Participate in regular project status updates with the project manager on client engagements
- Regular updates with line manager
- Timely submission of assigned reports/deliverables
- Relationships
Key relationships will be both with their manager, project managers as well as the wider Consulting team.
When working on a particular client project, there will be a designated project manager who the consultant will be required to liaise closely with throughout the duration of the project.
The Role Is Required To
- Work autonomously to identify key issues in the client’s internal and external environment and apply relevant Palladium knowledge and practices to identify and develop analysis and recommendations
- Identify opportunities to provide constructive feedback with the objective of contributing to the personal and professional development of both self and team members
Required Qualifications
- Minimum Education and experience required
- Bachelor’s degree from a leading institution
- Arabic and English proficiency
- Excellent MS Office skills
- Key Skills required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in the leading language of location applied to, in addition to any other languages as required depending on home office location (Arabic/English/etc)
- Strong analytical and research skills
- Strong critical thinking/ Problem solving
- Ability to work well in teams and with clients
- Ability to balance and prioritize multiple tasks / work well under pressure to deadlines
- Flexibility to work and travel across cultures
- Core competencies
- Adaptability: Accepts change process, considers own response, adapts to new ways of working, recognises learning opportunity.
- Critical Thinking: Offers innovative ideas, asks probing questions, applied established guidelines, breaks downs problems into parts, considers immediate facts.
- People and Relationships: Understands value of diversity and inclusions, acknowledges team member’s contribution, shares knowledge with team members, cooperates and builds direct working relationships.
- Self-development and Adaptability seeks and applies development opportunities to role, seek/applies feedback, pays attention to quality of work, delivers on individual/team commitments, applies lessons learned.
- Business Acumen: Understands organization objectives, demonstrates awareness of market drivers, responds to client requests, optimises own time resource, demonstrates awareness of stewardship.
Company Overview
About Palladium - Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.