Graduate Programme - £34,000 basic salary

Research Associate, Graduate Rotation Scheme

£34,000 basic salary plus excellent bonus

Note: You must have a 1st or 2.1 degree from a top UK or, internationally recognised university. You will speak and write English to a native level. You will have undertaken excellent internships which display leadership skills and you should be a passionate and driven individual.

Our client is looking for an exceptional Graduate Research Associate to join their 3 year Graduate Rotation Scheme. They are recognised as one of the most prestigious and elite human capital advisory firms who assist organisations on their most fundamental business needs - exceptional leadership and human capital. Increasing diversity in the workplace is important to them and they advise on leadership, talent identification, recruitment and retention and unlike many of their competitors, they provide additional services including advising businesses on potential acquisitions, assisting them with due diligence exercises and conducting extensive bench-marking projects across key performance and remuneration metrics. Their focus is their clients and their perennial obsession in improving and expanding the ways in which they are able to compare, assess and evaluate. They work across Financial Services, Private Equity, Healthcare, Industrial, Business Services, Technology and Consumer industry sectors and their clients include many of top Private Equity Funds spanning EMEA and UK PLCs.

Incentives

High basic salary and bonus

Project ownership and exposure to senior executives within blue chip firms

Global remit

Excellent career progression path to Consultant and Partner

Superior levels of training and support

Entrepreneurial and collaborative working environment within beautiful City offices

One P&L; offering unity and collaboration across the firm

Genuine leader in the Financial Services and Private Equity space offering executive search, commercial diligence and advisory

Private company focused entirely on delivering exceptional quality to their clients and candidates coupled with a high level of investment and support to their employees

Candidate Requirements

Our client is looking for a Graduate Research Associate with prior business or internship experience within a financial services, private equity, consulting, strategy or corporate organisation. You will have shown a real involvement in university life and actively sought challenges and positions of responsibility and leadership. Your strong intellect must be demonstrated by a 1st or 2.1 degree from a redbrick university. The successful Graduate Research Associate will display;

·      Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·      Exceptional interpersonal skills

·      Drive and ambition

·      A high level of confidence, initiative and an ability to work without close supervision

·      The desire to learn quickly and a natural curiosity and inquisitiveness about people and business

·      Problem solving and analytical skills

·      An engaging personality

Position Summary

As a Graduate Research Associate you will have an initial training period of approximately eight weeks and you will then rotate through each sector team, allowing you to gain exposure to all aspects of the business. This has many advantages including providing an opportunity to learn how all the sectors relate to each other in the business world, enabling you learn from a wide variety of experienced colleagues, successfully integrating you into the firm and providing you an opportunity to discover which specialism you are keen to develop your career in.

The Graduate Research Associate will drive research, work with and support the consultant to assist in the preparation of client pitches, presentations, candidate interviews, short-listing and analysis within Financial Services, Private Equity, Healthcare, Industrial, Business Services, Technology and Consumer sectors. Your responsibilities will also include:

·      Attending client meetings

·      Writing reports for clients

·      Obtaining up-to-date information about the client

·      Ensuring high quality presentation material

·      Candidate Name identification – wide use of internal and external sources of information (database, directories, press etc) within the Financial Services, Private Equity, Healthcare, Industrial, Business Services, Technology and Consumer sectors

·      Phone research to identify candidates through calls to companies and individuals directly

·      Gaining relevant factual information and qualitative third party source comment on individuals they are tracking

·      Approaching candidates, handling questions / objections, understanding career motivations, assessing potential candidates by telephone prior to inviting them for interview

·      Attending interviews

·      Generating and maintaining up-to-date records of moves and changes within all industry sectors