HR & Change Transformation Consultant
Accenture · Dublin
ROLE: HR & Change Transformation Consultant
CAREER LEVEL: Management Consultant - 9
LOCATION: Dublin, Ireland
Accenture is looking for an experienced Change & HR Transformation Consultant to join our Talent practice in Ireland.
Organisations are fundamentally rethinking how work gets done, how their people experience work and how they build the skills and capabilities needed for the future. Advances in AI and technology are accelerating that change and creating new opportunities to redesign organisations, workforces and ways of working.
As a Change & HR Transformation Consultant, you will work as part of multidisciplinary teams helping leading organisations shape and deliver complex people and workforce transformations.
You will bring together expertise across change management, HR transformation, organisation design, workforce transformation, technology, data and AI to help clients reinvent how their organisations and people work, creating better experiences and stronger business outcomes.
This is an opportunity to work on some of our clients' most important transformation programmes while developing your expertise across the evolving Talent and HR Reinvention agenda.
About Accenture Talent
Our Talent practice helps organisations reinvent how their people and organisations work.
We bring together deep expertise in change, HR, organisation, talent and workforce transformation with Accenture's capabilities in technology, data and AI to help clients navigate complex transformation and create lasting business value.
We partner with our clients to:
- Shape and deliver the future of HR, redesigning HR strategies, operating models, capabilities, processes and employee experiences.
- Harness technology, data and AI to create more intelligent, efficient and insight-led organisations and people functions.
- Design future-ready organisations and workforces, including organisation structures, skills, roles, capabilities and workforce strategies.
- Transform how work gets done, helping organisations respond to changing business models, technology and workforce expectations.
- Embed sustainable organisational change across complex business and technology transformations, helping people adopt new ways of working and realise the intended value of change.
We are continuing to grow our Talent practice in Ireland and are looking for experienced Consultants who are passionate about helping organisations navigate change and shape the future of work.
What You'll Do
As a Change & HR Transformation Consultant, you will work as part of our client teams, supporting the design and delivery of people, change and workforce transformation initiatives.
You will:
- Support the delivery of change and transformation activities across business, HR and technology programmes, working with clients and Accenture colleagues from planning through to implementation and business readiness.
- Contribute to change plans and interventions, including stakeholder analysis, change and readiness assessments, communications, engagement, learning and adoption activities.
- Help assess how change will affect people and teams, identifying changes to roles, processes, skills, behaviours and ways of working and supporting the development of appropriate change interventions.
- Develop communications and engagement materials, creating clear and engaging content for different stakeholder groups and exploring how digital and AI-enabled tools can enhance communications and engagement.
- Support HR and workforce transformation activities, contributing to work across areas such as HR transformation, organisation design, operating models, roles, capabilities, talent and employee experience.
- Support learning and capability-building activities, including learning needs analysis, training plans and the development of learning content.
- Engage with client stakeholders, gathering information and insights, supporting meetings and helping build strong working relationships across project teams.
- Contribute to workshops and working sessions, helping prepare materials, facilitate discussions, capture insights and translate outputs into clear actions and deliverables.
- Use data and insights to support transformation, analysing information and identifying trends that can help inform change, workforce and organisational decisions.
- Produce high-quality client deliverables, turning complex information into clear, structured and engaging presentations, reports, plans and other project outputs.
- Contribute to our Talent practice, sharing ideas and knowledge and supporting the development of our Change and HR Reinvention capabilities in Ireland.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for people who are interested in how organisations and work are changing and who bring strong analytical, communication and delivery skills.
You will ideally bring:
- Experience in change management or transformation, with practical experience supporting business, people and/or technology change.
- Experience in some elements of the change lifecycle, such as stakeholder engagement, change and readiness assessments, communications, learning, business readiness or adoption.
- An interest in HR and workforce transformation, with experience or exposure to areas such as HR transformation, organisation design, operating models, talent, workforce or employee experience being advantageous.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through information, identify key insights and contribute to practical solutions.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to develop clear, engaging and well-structured content for different audiences.
- Good stakeholder and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work collaboratively with clients and colleagues.
- Strong organisation and project delivery skills, with the ability to manage your own activities, deliverables and deadlines as part of a wider team.
- Curiosity and a willingness to learn, particularly around how technology, data and AI are changing organisations, workforces and ways of working.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 3+ years' relevant experience across Change Management, HR Transformation, Organisation Design, Talent, Workforce Transformation or related areas.
- Experience supporting or delivering transformation projects within consulting, professional services and/or an internal transformation environment.
- Experience of technology-enabled transformation is advantageous, particularly where you have supported the adoption of new digital platforms, HR technology or AI-enabled tools.
- Practical experience in one or more areas such as stakeholder engagement, change assessment, communications, learning, business readiness, organisation design or HR transformation.
- Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear and engaging outputs.
- Strong analytical capability and attention to detail, with a track record of producing high-quality deliverables.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Relevant certifications in change management, HR, project management or agile delivery are advantageous but not essential.
Why Accenture?
Joining Accenture's Talent practice means becoming part of a team helping organisations tackle some of their most important people, workforce and organisational challenges.
You will have the opportunity to work with leading organisations on complex, high-impact reinvention programmes, bringing together expertise from across Accenture to solve our clients' most important challenges.
You will collaborate with specialists across HR, organisation, change, workforce, technology, data and AI, drawing on Accenture's global capabilities to deliver transformation from strategy through to execution.
You will also have the opportunity to build your expertise across Change and HR Reinvention, learning from experienced practitioners while gaining exposure to different clients, industries and types of transformation.
What's in it for you?
At Accenture Ireland, in addition to a competitive base salary, you will have access to an extensive benefits package including pension, private health insurance, discounted gym membership, emergency caring facilities, annual leave and two days' leave per year for charitable work of your choice.
Flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.
Does this sound like you?
If you are passionate about helping organisations navigate change, transform how they work and create better experiences for their people, we would love to hear from you.
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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