Who we are
Grant Thornton's Agile Talent Community is a network of contract professionals, giving you the opportunity to work with our clients alongside Grant Thornton teams on a project-by-project basis whilst being supported by our dedicated Agile Talent team. You can choose to work with Grant Thornton as an Independent Consultant either through your own limited company or on inside IR35 terms.
Joining us in Transformation Consulting
The Transformation Consulting practice is a specialist business unit within Business Consulting service line focused on providing advice and support to clients on the design, planning, implementation, or assessment of the requirements to enable successful delivery of change.
Joining the Agile Talent Community as an interim Transformation Consultant (hybrid working), you will have the freedom to work on projects that you choose, whether full or part-time and support our clients and internal teams on short to medium-term assignments.
Skills we are looking for
- Project/Programme Management experience for large-scale transformation and business change projects.
- Working knowledge and experience across multiple sectors and industries
- Proven experience of administrating the delivery of projects, PMO and Project Management including on complex portfolios, either within industry or with a consultancy
- Development and maintenance of project plans across work streams, projects and programmes
- Management of critical paths and other project analysis such as risk assessments
- Administration and ownership of risk / issue and action logs and other artefacts such as dependencies trackers
- Project / Programme management qualification e.g., Prince2, MoP, APM, and understanding and experience of other project management methodologies (e.g., Agile)
- Excellent communication - capable of managing communications and engagement at all levels from C-Suite and project sponsorship, through to fellow team members and stakeholders
- Ability to take initiative and self-manage, with a 'can do' attitude, ability to cope with tight deadlines and work under pressure
What's in it for you
Development: Your development is important to us and as part of the Agile Talent Community you will be able to work alongside our permanent teams as well as our clients, giving you variety and opportunity to develop new skills. Our team is here to support you, with finding new projects as well as navigating the freelance regulation.
Engagement: As a member of our Community, you will also be invited to events, which can help your wellbeing, educate you about the market you operate in, help you connect with the business as well as other members of the Community.
Doing what's right ahead of what's easy
Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people and those who work alongside our teams, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect each other helps everyone to perform at the best of their ability and realize their potential.
How to join
You'll first apply through by sending your CV and some basic details. If your skills match what we are looking for, one of our recruiters will get in touch and walk you through the interview process. If there's interest to continue, we'll invite you to an interview with some of our key business leads.?If successful, the final step will be to complete the onboarding process and background checks.
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