Connect to your Industry
Help to shape and deliver the partner admissions portfolio to create the most positive, developmental, and empowering experience for new partners.
This opportunity sits within our Partner Matters team, a specialist team largely talent-focused with the primary objective to deliver a differentiated, integrated experience to all our partners, from the point they become partners in the firm, to the time they retire from the partnership. This role will play a key part in supporting one pillar of the team’s core portfolio – Entry to Partnership.
In this role you will drive operational excellence and execution of the new partner transition journey, partnering closely with key HR and Business stakeholders, including members of our Executive. Of strategic importance, partner admissions play a critical role in delivering our strategic Ambition and key priorities/ambitions of the UK firm.
Connect to your career at Deloitte
Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
Connect to your opportunity
You will be responsible for planning and implementing the new partner transition journey for newly promoted and lateral hire partners (first 18-24 months). This will include continuous enhancement of existing processes and creation of new elements, whilst driving convergence across the Businesses.
Flexibility will be expected in the role. As part of a small team, you can expect to work across the Partner Matters portfolio in peak times and/or where critical deadlines arise, getting involved where additional capacity and/or expertise is needed.
As a result, this is a terrific opportunity to gain a broad range of operationally critical experience, working in a high-performing team, creating an exceptional experience for the most senior people in our firm.
Some key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:
- Ensuring the operational management and delivery of an enhanced new partner transition journey. Whilst overseeing the end-to-end process you will work closely with the various teams and stakeholders involved to best set our new partner joiners up for success in and within our partnership.
- Regularly engage with partner joiners and stakeholders to understand and enhance the overall experience that lateral hire partners have in their first two years.
- Maintain and continuously improve all aspects of the new partner transition journey, demonstrating a commitment to quality, efficiency, and a positive partner experience. This includes reviewing, updating, and innovating materials and communications, as well as utilising technology/AI.
-
Develop and maintain strong relationships with numerous stakeholders across the new partner transition journey, ensuring clear communication, and effective collaboration throughout the process. This includes creating and maintaining cross-business relationships at senior levels.
-
Be highly organised and detail-oriented, demonstrating a commitment to quality in all aspects of the role and fostering a culture of excellence within the team.
-
Supporting the co-ordination and oversight of UK presence at the global Deloitte New Partner Seminar.
- Supporting the Entry to Partnership Admissions Process Manager with the delivery of the partner admissions process (where required and during times of peak activity), helping to manage change and ensuring Businesses and all relevant teams are fully informed, supported and engaged.
- Collaborating successfully with the range of other teams who contribute to the end-to-end delivery of the Entry to Partnership process, to drive the approach (including the Executive Office, People & Purpose, Partnership Committee, HR, Learning, Partner Finance, Partner Compliance, Partner Development, Partner Admin, ER & Ethics, and Communications).
- Contributing to the delivery of key Executive deliverables (both presentations and reports), ensuring they reflect and align with our Business and its ambitions.
-
Influencing others in the Partner Matters team (and beyond) as a role model and exemplar of effective leadership and teaming. Positively contribute to the team brand, culture and purpose.
- Taking on and leading other discrete projects and ad hoc priority areas as and when they emerge during the year, whether they relate directly to the stated role or not.
Connect to your skills and professional experience
You’re a natural at working collaboratively. Someone who brings out the best in others and builds trusted relationships at senior levels. You’ll enhance and manage our partner admissions portfolio, maintaining the highest level of quality in everything you do. We’re all about growing through experience, so we’ll give you the breathing space you need to do so.
Essential:
-
Demonstrated capability and experience at a manager level.
-
Ability to work collaboratively and build trusting relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Proven implementation skills, strong planning and organisational capability and a determination to get things done.
-
Experience in the creation of high-quality formal deliverables (both presentations and reports), having a clear focus on delivering quality in everything you do.
-
Strong communication skills – verbal and written.
-
Ability to be credible and impactful when interacting and dealing with the firm’s most senior people.
-
Demonstrated experience in a talent-related field, such as HR, learning, talent, reward, or performance management.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with, understanding and presenting information and data.
-
Professional maturity, instilling confidence that they operate in sensitive environments with ease and handle highly confidential data appropriately.
-
Resilience and composure when working under pressure, accepting change and being flexible to get the job done.
-
A willingness to learn, being open to feedback and prepared to be challenged.
-
Demonstrated appropriate commercial acumen, being able to connect that to the role, the agenda, the decisions we make and the relationships that are established.
Desirable
-
Understanding of our firm and its structure (internal and market facing) with an awareness of the key features and attributes of our partnership.
Connect to your business - Enabling Functions
Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
Connect with your colleagues
"The amount of investment in me in terms of training and development has been incredible - it has undoubtedly helped me to progress my career." -Jim, Enabling Functions
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only
when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
Connect to your next step
A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
WPFULL SLICSS BAPART LOCOFFICE
