2027 Graduate | Organisation & Workforce Transformation | Wellington
Summary
Graduate consultant helps clients redesign organisations, leadership, and workforce strategies, analyzing data and presenting recommendations across industries in New Zealand.
As a Graduate, you will engage in client interviews, workshops, and training sessions, develop deliverables, and present recommendations to stakeholders nationwide across diverse industries.
Organisation & Workforce Transformation supports our clients across four key areas:
Organisation Design: Focusing on how companies are structured to ensure they operate efficiently. It involves assessing the current organisation, realigning leadership roles, creating effective functional models, reducing costs, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring teams, and providing consultation support. The goal is to align the organisation’s structure with its strategic objectives for optimal performance.
Leadership, Culture and Learning: Here, we help organisations develop their company values and desired culture to foster a positive and productive environment. This includes developing high-performance teams, enhancing leadership capabilities through development programs, and designing and delivering learning experiences. The aim is to build strong leadership and a culture that supports continuous learning and development.
Workforce Strategies: This area is about planning and managing the workforce to meet future business needs. It involves strategic workforce planning to identify necessary capabilities and skills, redesigning work processes to incorporate AI and automation, and planning remuneration and benefits. The objective is to ensure the organisation has the right talent and skills to achieve its goals.
Strategic & Technology Change: This involves guiding organisations through significant changes, such as adopting new digital technologies and integrating post-merger operations. We focus on enabling new ways of working, promoting sustainability. The purpose is to help organisations adapt to changes smoothly and remain competitive.
We deliver our work in project teams with team members across our different offices in New Zealand and at times Asia Pacific. This provides a fantastic opportunity to connect with colleagues throughout New Zealand and Asia Pacific.
Your typical day will include:
- Working closely with clients to solve their complex problems, for example;
- Collecting, analysing, and interpreting data to inform decision-making processes. Using data analytics to identify trends, performance metrics, and areas for improvement.
- Conducting market research to understand industry trends, competitive landscapes, and technological advancements. This helps in providing strategic recommendations to clients.
- Interviewing key stakeholders within the client organisation to gather insights and understand their needs, challenges, and expectations related to transformation initiatives.
- Supporting clients to navigate change and bring meaning into people's work across a wide range of industries. For example;
- Helping with project management tasks such as creating project plans, tracking progress, preparing status reports, and coordinating meetings. Ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget is crucial.
- Preparing presentations for clients, summarising findings, proposed solutions, and progress updates, or delivering training sessions to support others to change. Effective communication skills are key to conveying complex information clearly.
Enough about us, let’s talk about you. You are someone with:
- A genuine passion for shaping the future of organisations and empowering people to thrive,
- you’re intrigued by how businesses operate and driven to make them more efficient, adaptive, and people-centred.
- Curious about how strategy, technology, and people intersect, you aim to create environments where both businesses and their people can flourish.
A degree which helped you learn about people in work and understanding of business such as: Organisational Development, Organisational Behaviour, Leadership Studies, Business Administration, Adult Education, Human Resource Development/Management, Communications, Change Management, Labour Economics, Behavioural Theory.
Note topics above are not a requirement and we are open to other fields of study
- Effective Communication is essential for conveying ideas, findings, and recommendations clearly and persuasively to clients and team members. This includes excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to create compelling presentations and reports.
- The ability to analyse complex data, identify trends, and draw meaningful insights is crucial.
- Critical thinking, creativity, and an aptitude for strategic planning and execution.
So, who is Deloitte in Aotearoa?
We are driven to create an impact that matters at every opportunity. Supported by a strong leadership team and member firms from over 150 countries across the globe, Deloitte in Aotearoa is in the business of solving complex problems. Over our 175-year history, we have built a reputation for impactful delivery across all areas of our business.
Deloitte in Aotearoa recognises the uniqueness of our country identified in our founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We uphold our responsibility(s) to the founding document and acknowledge Māori as the Tangata Whenua/Indigenous people.
Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do. Living these values, including ‘Manaaki/taking care of each other’ and ‘Hāpai tangata/fostering inclusion’, is essential to ensuring everyone feels included at work and able to reach their full potential. Our values drive our desire to create positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and people.
Deloitte rewards
We hold a simple belief – that our people’s hard work should be recognised and rewarded beyond their remuneration.
What we offer:
- A competitive salary and joining bonus
- Subsidised professional qualifications and paid professional memberships
- Study, birthday, annual and community volunteer leave
- Career development with regular personalised coaching
- Social events, sports teams, and monthly firm drinks
- A focus on wellness and well-being
- Subsidised health insurance and income protection insurance
- Plus much more
What do you need to apply?
- An up-to-date CV
- An academic transcript (does not have to be official, but must show recent grades, your full name, and the name of the tertiary provider)
- The legal right to live and work in New Zealand
Does this sound exactly like the sort of role and organisation for you? Then apply now! We’d love to hear from you.
Please be aware, if a particular opportunity becomes oversubscribed, we will close it for applications before the stated deadline. We recommend you submit your full application as early as possible.
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