Who You'll Work With
You will be based in our Nairobi office as part of McKinsey Africa which is a fast-growing office with 250+ client serving consultants.
You will work closely with the Africa office leadership group, consultants and the wider professional development team. You will coordinate the staffing and key people processes for approximately 40 consultants.
What You'll Do
You will manage end to end ownership of projects with integrated staffing and professional development for our People Operations team.
You will deliver the right talent to our clients while working with leadership to develop an understanding of client needs. You will provide coaching and guidance to client service colleagues on their staffing and professional development through understanding their experience, aspirations, and circumstances while always aiming at balancing between client, team and individual needs. You will coordinate with other departments to ensure smooth mobilization and deployment of teams.
You will maintain accurate and up-to-date information in all people information systems and develop these systems so that they are reliable and efficient. You will lead analysis and reporting of key staffing and professional development metrics for local office leadership. You will develop a network of staffers/professional development managers within the firm to facilitate inbound/outbound staffing assignments and ensure flow and implementation of best practices.
Additionally, you will develop an understanding of client service professional aspirations, strengths and development needs or relevant personal circumstances. You will monitor consultants’ development and satisfaction to provide counsel on specific assignments and general skill development as well as guide client service people on development path, work-life questions and other matters.
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