Senior Consultant, Executive Search Researcher

Teneo; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global people advisory business seeks a Senior Consultant, Executive Search Researcher to support growth and promote excellence in their UK business. This role requires analytical skills, organizational abilities, and a commitment to building strong client relationships while ensuring a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Research experience in Insurance or Financial Services is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Co-leads execution of individual assignments through the full search process.
• Supports new business development and client relationship management.
• Writes, edits, and formats client-ready correspondence.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Job description

Senior Consultant, Executive Search Researcher

A Senior Consultant (SC) at Teneo People Advisory helps to support the growth of the UK business as part of a global people advisory business. An SC supports their practice, through exceptional execution, BD support, and in helping to develop the more junior members of the team. They are expected to leverage their colleagues as much as possible.

An SC underpins the business with consistent and deep expertise and, as this develops through experience, increasingly demonstrates a deeper understanding of business success and business leaders agendas.

They play a crucial role in building the UK People Advisory business, both culturally and commercially, whilst being part of a global community of likeminded ambitious and authentic professionals using the Teneo platform, and global best practice thinking in People Advisory.

Search responsibilities:

• Proactively co-leads the execution of individual assignments through the full search process, supporting the candidate and client experience.
• Demonstrates expertise in the research process to ensure an outcome of a well-developed and curated list of candidates for each assignment.
• Contributes to, and participates in, the pitch process.
• Discovers innovative ways to identify high potential talent within a given market.
• Supports new business development and client relationship management to enable delivery of strategic goals and financial plans, contributing to ongoing, successful development of new and existing client relationships.
• Demonstrates an increasingly commercial mindset.
• Ensures that our commitment to diversity is embedded throughout our processes and is evident in our outcomes.
• Is developing confidence in articulating clients critical issues and challenges, beginning to anticipate their evolving needs and suggesting solutions for these.
• Accountable for writing, editing, and formatting of client-ready correspondence, including reports and proposals using appropriate, nuanced, and concise language.
• Able to draw on a candidate brief to thoroughly assess candidates against the requirements of the role.
• Manages and enriches data accurately and comprehensively across assignment, client and candidate records.
• Anticipates the needs of the end user client (and internal clients) and communicates accordingly.

Brand ambassador/business development:

• Constantly monitors news, trends, and candidate movements. Is recognised as insightful and knowledgeable, and communicates industry news and relevant market activity for possible business development opportunities to colleagues.
• With high intellectual curiosity, inspires and generates new thinking, insights, and proactively shares knowledge across the firm.
• Develops internal and external networks to bring the most relevant expertise and insights to clients and team. Identifies opportunities for collaboration across the business and wider group.
• Is an internal and external ambassador for the business and all it has to offer. Positively engages in initiatives that enhance our employee and our client value proposition.
• Contributes to networking events and forums.
• Ensures all contact/information is logged on the database in a timely and accurate manner through all stages of assignment/business development.
• Ensures thorough and accurate coding on the database.
• Works effectively with the support team to maximise efficiency and accuracy.
• Drives a significant number of general interviews.
• Ensures that the best practice principles of the firm are adhered to and standards are maintained.

Requirements

• Research experience in the Insurance sector is preferred; alternatively, candidates with a background in broader Financial Services and a demonstrable interest in Insurance will also be considered
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills, evident business acumen, and exceptional verbal and written communication capability.
• Strong organisational skills, including a demonstrated ability to plan and manage time and resources and an ability to juggle multiple projects effectively.
• Emerging potential to develop into a trusted advisor, with deep knowledge of their clients business needs.
• Brings a genuine commitment to excellence, with high attention to detail and pride in high-performance.
• A naturally non-hierarchical and collaborative colleague, demonstrating energy and contribution companywide and leading by example.
• Demonstrates discretion, sound judgement, and high EQ.
• Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability, and proactivity as part of the Teneo People Advisory team.
• Supports creating an inclusive environment.
• Understands their role in the process and where they need to seek guidance from others.

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