Africa Talent - Program Support Consultant

  • Full-time

Company Description

About Africa Talent

Africa Talent by Deloitte (Africa Talent) is a separate legal entity based in South Africa and was formed between Deloitte Africa and Deloitte Netherlands in order to meet the growing demand for Talent in Africa and Europe; and to establish a competency centre that can compete with other delivery centres in India and beyond. While incorporated in South Africa, the goal is to recruit and develop Talent throughout Sub Saharan Africa in order to service the diverse needs to enable projects at our clients. Talent employed, will have the full experience of Deloitte, while getting both local and international exposure to a diverse set of clients, working remotely from Africa.  It will take advantage of the demographic reality of Africa as a future source of talent for both Africa and Europe and at its core is the goal to create employment in Africa and invest in African talent.

The ethos of our organisation is characterised by vision, purpose beyond profit and an appetite to innovate and deliver creative, high impact solutions to urgent client challenges.

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte – Africa Talent - is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

This new team is a true encapsulation of hybrid work whereby you gain access and exposure to learn from and engage with colleagues in South Africa and the Netherlands, while working virtually from your local Deloitte office, or from home.

Job Description

Your Opportunity

Are you interested in international projects and working alongside colleagues from diverse backgrounds and nationalities? Do you feel inspired when working close to senior leaders and Executive teams? Do you like to drive the broader agenda, influence strategic priorities and choices in large organizations? Do you enjoy a good challenge and meaningful work that drives change for many others around you?

 Then join the NSE Risk Advisory (RA) team! We are committed to providing you with opportunities to grow in an international environment, engage in challenging projects, learn from senior leaders, and participate in stimulating and rewarding projects.

The NSE RA team is responsible for defining and executing the NSE RA Strategy and priorities, aligned to the NSE Firmwide ambition. The execution of the strategy requires a collaborative approach across geographies, and is anchored on three pillars: growing together, investing together, and coming together 

 Your role

 The role of the NSE Risk Advisory Program Support Consultant is to contribute to the effective delivery of priority areas, create content and help foster a favourable team environment. Reporting into the Chief of Staff, and working closely with the NSE RA Office PMO, you will be responsible for:

Program management 

  • Creating and managing project plans to ensure deadlines are met, and support successful execution of broader team projects
  • Compiling quarterly program management reporting and producing summary status per priority area
  • Supporting team members and managing reporting aligned to NSE RA strategic priorities (i.e., KPIs, priorities reporting)
  • Providing support as requested to successfully deliver on the priorities for the NSE RA Office 

Collaboration

  • Organizing team meetings with the NSE RA Management Team (i.e., schedule calls, create agendas, lead team activities, bring learning opportunities to the team, follow up with actions)
  • Contributing ideas to improve efficiencies and anticipating challenges in regards to management of milestones
  • Capturing and integrating feedback from different stakeholders to drive change

Documentation and meeting preparation

  • Assisting in creation of content for NSE RA Executive meetings and other Leadership meetings (i.e., agendas, pre-reads, data analysis)
  • Building decks to tell a story of NSE Risk Advisory (i.e., geography led Townhalls, Business Councils)
  • Taking accountability for Management Team MTs’ channel, driving traffic to shared folders and improve transparency by sharing relevant content
  • Driving expansion and maintenance of the NSE RA Intranet page
  • Responding to ad hoc requests aligned to business priorities 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree

Professional experience

  • Project management experience in a client or internal role (local/regional/global)
  • Contributing to multiple complex projects and workstreams

Skills and Capabilities 

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Program and priority areas management
  • Organization and time management capabilities
  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Autonomous and team working, result oriented and collaborative attitude

Expected outcome/deliverable

  • Playbooks to support program execution
  • Presentations for Leadership meetings (pre-reads, onscreen decks)
  • Project plans for priority reporting
  • Action trackers
  • NSE RA Intranet maintenance
  • NSE RA Management team meetings 
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