Consultant, Leadership Assessment

The Company

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSII) serves the executive talent and leadership needs of companies worldwide as the premier provider of leadership consulting, culture shaping, on demand talent and executive search services. Pioneering the industry since 1953, Heidrick has provided premier services and built strong leadership teams through its relationships with organizations around the world. We live by our collective purpose – We help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time™.

Heidrick Consulting

Heidrick Consulting serves as the firm’s leadership advisory arm. We work in partnership with our clients to identify and develop future ready leaders, teams & business cultures. Leveraging proprietary tools and methodologies, we enable our clients to mobilize, execute and transform with agility across a fast moving, uncertain and volatile business landscape. Our ambition is to shape the world’s thinking on the leadership of organizations. We bring hard facts to the ‘soft stuff’ through empirical discipline. Whether a company is undergoing a significant transformation or needs to align its leadership strategies to its business aspirations, Heidrick Consulting offers integrated, world class solutions proven to accelerate performance.

We are a team that is passionate about enabling a world better led. That serves as our collective purpose, and we go-to-market both alongside our Executive Search colleagues and on our own. We strive to support our clients over the long-term by creating journeys in the areas of:

• Future Ready Leadership (Assessment, Development, Succession, Coaching, Executive On-boarding, Team and Board Acceleration)
• Future Ready Cultures and Organizations (Culture Shaping, Organization design and effectiveness)
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I strategy, top team alignment, diverse talent development and training)

Our global practice operates in three regions (Americas, Europe and Middle East/Asia Pacific) and is headed by Claire Skinner, based in London, UK. We are building an extraordinary place to work for talented professionals, creating a true meritocracy in which expertise speaks louder than hierarchy, investing in building world-class skills, relationships and insights and practicing what we preach. It is a great time to join and grow with us.

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Our Values

• Respect and Value Each Individual – We work in teams, and we include and value diverse points of view.
• Win as One Firm – We work as one firm and succeed through collaboration.
• Grow with Our Clients – Our clients inspire us to create innovative solutions and exceed expectations.
• Own the Results – We work to make things happen and own the outcome.
• Always Act with Integrity – We operate at the highest levels of ethics and integrity in all we do.

The Position

Consultant – Assessment

The Assessment Consultant role provides the opportunity to grow with one of the fastest growing leadership consultancies specializing in accelerating the performance of leaders, teams and organizations. In this role you will further deepen and develop your consulting skills by working as part of talented Assessment project teams, and with a particular focus on Assessment for Selection purposes. Your contributions will expose you to senior leaders across a variety of industries and geographies. From the beginning, you will be part of the client conversation – your ideas and contributions will be essential to shaping the outcome of our work, and ultimately inform the leadership selection decisions of major clients across the globe

The purpose of the Assessment Consultant role is to deliver quality analysis and insights within your assigned projects. In some cases, your work will be in a support capacity and in other cases, you will be responsible for distinct client deliverables. In all cases, your work will involve gathering, interpreting and presenting information in an impactful and compelling way to enable clients and candidates to make clear and informed choices when faced with critical leadership decisions

The role will have a deep focus on leadership assessment for selection, development and succession. Coming into the role you will already have strong Assessment background including the ability to synthesize and present assessment data in writing using vivid and compelling language, well developed interpersonal skills, a good track record working in teams, and have worked in a leadership consulting firm or in-house, business-facing talent role.

Given the close intersection of assessment activity with the work of Heidrick’s Executive Search teams, you will also have an important role to play in bridging the work of the different consultants involved in a client engagement, and supporting strong collaboration between the Consulting and Search teams.

Accountabilities:

• As co-assessor, support the lead assessor in all phases of the client assessment engagement and operate with a client-first mindset
• Support the development of high-quality, client-focused assessment design and approach for each engagement, also utilizing data provided by the Heidrick Search teams in situations where there is a need to build role success profiles
• Support assessments using a broad range of data collection methods (e.g. competency-based interviews, psychometrics, case studies, immersive simulations), presenting findings in an easily digestible and concise format
• Participate in competency based interviews to capture observations and pose probing questions
• Identify key themes and insights from client discovery work
• Create initial draft of individual participant assessment reports and personal development plans and iterate with lead assessor to finalize draft.
• Analyze participant data to assist lead assessor with consolidated reporting. Draft initial consolidated report and iterate with lead assessor to final report.
• Lead document creation including issuing participant pre-work, summarizing key themes and findings, and finalizing deliverables to meet project deadlines
• Support the lead assessor in delivering post-assessment debrief sessions with the key client stakeholders
• In conjunction with the lead assessor, develop your capability in leading developmental feedback conversations with candidates
• Coordinate the capture of client data and ensure compliance with data regulations
• Manage client engagement scheduling, tracking and reporting in collaboration with Project Coordinators/Administrators
• Effectively manage own workload and prioritize own work to meet challenging deadlines
• Proactively develop own Assessment learning expertise and experience
• Actively give and receive honest feedback to drive Learning and performance

Key Metrics

• Expected client utilization of 80%
• Number of assessments completed against stated goals (TBD)
• Receives client and internal H&S project team feedback
• Contribution of knowledge and content in leadership assessment
• Quality of deliverables produced on time and to requirements
• Accuracy of insights
• Proactive contributions to firm building initiatives and knowledge sharing
• Demonstrated personal growth and development

The Person

Qualifications & Experience

• Strong interest in Leadership Assessment
• 3-5 years of work experience, with a minimum of 2 years in Assessment and desire to continue to build your expertise and career in Assessment
• Undergraduate degree is required, higher degree such as MSc in Occupational Psychology or other relevant graduate degree preferred
• Sound knowledge of leadership assessment, development and talent management best practice
• Demonstrable experience of assessing/ developing others against competency frameworks, framework design experience desirable
• Qualifications in assessment, including certifications in delivering and interpreting psychometrics preferred.
• Experience in project management, planning and execution strong analytical skills- synthesis of data, insights and implications Assessment experience using a range of data collection methods . Highly proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Highly numerate and structured thinking; strong problem solving and solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent English writing skills; can prepare concise and compelling deliverables – developmental assessment reporting highly desirable, other language skills a plus
• Excellent attention to detail
• Willingness to travel locally and globally as required
• Strong appetite for internal relationship development, both with Consulting and Search colleagues

Consulting Behaviors

• Thinking agility: thinks ahead, analyses and solves problems, is innovative and handles ambiguity
• Operate with excellence: is driven, proactive and self-directed and results focused; sets high standards for self and for others
• Inspire and engage clients and stakeholders: influences the thinking of clients and stakeholders by connecting, adapting own style and optimizing personal impact
• Agility: demonstrates foresight, adaptability in work and team environment, resilience and learning
• Ability to multi-task and shift priorities in order to meet client deliverables

Key Skills and Expertise Areas

• Commercial awareness / business acumen
• Domain expertise – Assessment
• Project management and delivery
• Consulting skills (e.g. influencing and facilitation) and professional interactions.