Senior Consultant - UAE (4 months project)

Palladium is currently recruiting for a Senior Consultant to join our dynamic team in The United Arab Emirates focused on delivery of advisory services to government sector entities. Senior consultants are integral to every delivery team by taking responsibility for the execution of key workstreams and management of related team members. Their role is to work with the client and Palladium senior management to design sound approaches and solutions. Senior consultants are also given the opportunity to work on business development and proposal submissions.

Primary responsibilities:

1. Work with senior team members to develop hypotheses and work plans that address project objectives and delivery quality solutions to our clients.
2. Manage workstream data collection, synthesis and analysis.
3. Develop insights from the analytical process and integrate findings into the broader project work.
4. Analyse and make sound recommendations to the project leadership.
5. Support in project management functions including budgeting, invoicing, scheduling of deliverables, and scope management.
6. Build the relationship between Palladium and the client's project team, often interact independently with client leadership.
7. Develop content and co-facilitate client workshops.
8. Take ownership of client deliverables, presentations, and proposal materials.
9. Coach and mentor junior team members both overall and on projects.
10. Manage and coordinate internal projects for Palladium and consulting team.
11. Support senior management in business development activities by designing sound approaches and solutions for technical proposals.

Key Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, social sciences or similar. Master's degree preferred.
2. Strong experience, preferably in strategy consulting or equivalent multi-client consulting environment. Experience in a technical sector such as health, agriculture or social development also accepted.
3. Proficiency in written and spoken English and Arabic.
4. Experience with performance management methodologies, particularly the Kaplan/Norton framework is desirable.
5. Results driven, persistent, and persuasive.