Principal Consultant – Brisbane

A little about Keogh Consulting

Keogh Consulting helps businesses unlock human potential to create flourishing, high performing organisations. We have worked with organisations in the culture, leadership, and business transformation space for over 39 years, across multiple geographies and sectors.

We are seeking deeply experienced organisation development consultants to help grow our business in Brisbane. You will bring extensive experience in shaping and leading large and complex end-to-end business and culture transformation projects. Alongside that, you must have an impressive track record for bringing in sizeable projects, underpinned by a hunger and passion for business development. We expect you to bring a healthy network with you, and to hit the ground running when it comes to nurturing prospects and winning work.

The work will be varied and include:

• Growing our business, with a focus on the East Coast. This means identifying new business opportunities for Keogh, targeting potential clients, and working with the Keogh team to pitch solutions
• Contributing to shaping and implementing our strategy
• Finding and nurturing strategic partnerships that will help Keogh grow as a business and as a thought leader
• Ensuring we have access to high quality talent to support our client commitments e.g. through associate models, strategic partnerships, university placements
• Working with the C-suite to design, lead, and implement solutions to maximise organisational performance (e.g. business transformation, culture change, leadership development, organisation re-design)
• Supporting strategy development and implementation at the Board and Executive level
• Coaching C-suite individuals and teams across a range of industries
• Proactively contributing to our marketing and PR strategy and campaigns
• Contributing to and developing IP for Keogh that will maximise our contribution to our client and improve our sustainability
• Working with the team to support a high-performing flourishing culture in Brisbane
• Managing client projects, ensuring that we are delivering quality work on time and on budget

What you need to be successful

Knowledge

• A post-graduate qualification in Behavioural Science, Psychology, Human Resources, Business, Marketing, Management or equivalent
• Accreditation in recognised psychometric tools such as LSI, LI, OCI, GENOS, CCL, BarOn EQi, MBTI, Leadership Circle Profile is desirable
• Formal credentials in coaching, human-centred design thinking, graphic facilitation, and project management methodologies such as Agile will also be favourably considered

Skills and Experience

• Significant experience in shaping and leading business and culture transformations across whole of business, technology, process, and people
• Solid business commercial skills
• Facilitation mastery
• Evidence of successful coaching at the C-suite level. Global experience is highly desirable
• Compelling people and communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• A proven track-record for business development at board and executive level
• Experience in complex organisational Project Management
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a small, diverse team environment
• Experience leading, coaching, and mentoring a multi-disciplinary team

Who you are

• We want a self-motivated and pro-active individual, who has mastered the contradictory mix of working independently and effectively in a team
• You value collaboration, are open to learning from others and eager to share your knowledge
• You have high levels of empathy, and are able to connect with all levels in the organization and quickly build trust
• While you will have successfully worked with all levels of leadership, gaining the confidence of the C-suite is what you are expert at
• You are driven by curiosity, always learning and growing
• You have the ability to create and engage others in the big picture. You have that wonderful blend of vision and pragmatism. Thinking systemically and connecting the dots comes easily to you.
• You are courageous, and always willing to “respectfully” push the envelope with your colleagues and with clients
• You are aligned with the Keogh values with a focus on team

The non-negotiables

• Passion for business development. We have said this already, but we can’t emphasise it enough. It’s got to be in your blood.
• An ability to work independently and also collaboratively. Co-design is core to how we work at Keogh, so going it alone won’t cut it. We believe that winning work and delivering high impact solutions is a team effort.
• Curiosity. It’s one of our values and it’s a biggie. You come with an insatiable desire to learn and discover. You don’t wait for someone to tell you what you need to know, you actively go searching.
• Walk the talk. It’s cliched we know, but at Keogh, you need to deliver on your promises. This means sticking to deadlines (internal or external) and meeting your budget and targets.

Keogh is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We support flexible working and are offering opportunities on both a full-time and part-time basis.

We are a values-led organisation. Our values are:

• Humanistic. We believe that people have all the resources they need to succeed.  They just need to find the key to unlock their potential.
• Curious. We never stop learning and striving for the best outcomes for our clients. We are not afraid to not know it all.  We thrive on the opportunity to grow.
• Bespoke. We approach projects with an ‘open to anything’ mentality, which lends itself to unique solutions and a profoundly personalised approach.
• Insightful. We are relentless in pursuing what makes organisations tick so that we can deliver solutions that lead to sustainable change.

If you’re motivated to help individuals and organisations develop their human potential, love to bring a refreshing approach to projects are willing to share your knowledge and experience with the Keogh team and are equally keen to learn from us please click ‘Apply for this Position’.