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Senior Principal (Government & Public Services), London or Manchester

Korn Ferry is a global leader in purpose-led change. By helping our clients connect their strategy, talent and culture, we make a positive impact that lasts for generations.

We recruit creative, collaborative, problem-solvers and give them career-defining opportunities to work on some of the biggest workforce and organisational challenges in the country.

Our Government & Public Services team is growing rapidly. We’re hiring Senior Principals ready to help transform the front-line of public services, working across an exciting portfolio of councils, hospitals, social housing, and education providers.

You'll bring HR generalist expertise gained in a public sector organization and be keen to utilise and develop these further in a consulting environment. We meet our clients where they are – so you must be prepared to travel to clients weekly which will mean overnight stays away from home.

If you have expertise in helping transform organizations through organizational redesign, cost reduction, organizational effectiveness and re-modelling, we'd love to hear from you.

As an HR generalist in the public sector, you'll also be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of working alongside Trade Unions to achieve the best outcome and transformation. We believe change should happen with people and not to them.

We design and deliver the new strategy / solution so you must be enthusiastic to lead from the front and ensure all levels within an organization understand the importance of their role within the programme of change.

You'll thrive on driving meaningful change within the public sector to ensure sustainability and help future proof organizations as demands from both employees and the public increase.

You’ll help us raise the bar for client impact, and mentor colleagues to do the same.

Primary Responsibilities

· Design and lead the delivery of programmes addressing our client’s key workforce challenges.

· Provide technical expertise and delivery in areas including workforce strategy, organisational design, job evaluation, competency modelling, performance and rewards management.

· Create powerful partnerships with clients based on quality and trust, providing credible counsel on the decisions to drive change.

· Support our growth – by applying sector and subject expertise to business development activities, ranging from thought-leadership and client conversations to formal proposals.

· Champion our culture, providing counsel, coaching, and support to team members and our wider consulting family.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• Education to Bachelor degree level
• 7 - 15 years experience within an HR environment - HRBP, HR Manager, HR Programme Manager etc
• Expertise in organisational design and re-structuring, and related areas of organisational development such as job analysis and evaluation, reward, as well as project and change management.
• Experience and passion for working in a public sector context.
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills, with experience in coaching stakeholders through complex decisions.
• Experience of working to demanding deadlines in a project-driven environment.
• Experience in the delivery of workstreams or programmes that bring about large scale or complex workforce reform.