Research Associate – Graduate Rotation Scheme – 36K Base

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – GRADUATE ROTATION SCHEME – 36K BASE, UP TO 7.2K BONUS - EXECUTIVE SEARCH – LEADER IN PRIVATE EQUITY – LONDON - FLEXI-WORKING

The Firm

Recognised as the most prestigious and elite human capital advisory boutique globally. They help firms address their most fundamental business needs – advising on leadership & organisational effectiveness, talent planning, acquisition and development. Clients include many of the top Financial Services, Private Equity, Consumer, Technology, Industrial and Healthcare firms, spanning EMEA and UK Plc’s.

Incentives

• Project ownership and exposure to senior executives within blue chip firms
• Global remit
• Excellent career progression path to Partner
• Superior levels of training and support
• Entrepreneurial and collaborative working environment within beautiful City offices
• One P&L offering unity and collaboration across the firm
• Genuine leader in the Financial Services and Private Equity space
• Private company focused entirely on delivering exceptional quality to their clients and candidates

Graduate Rotation Scheme

As a Research Associate, your training programme will be six-weeks, with a focus on equipping you with the skills and knowledge to grow and develop. You will have the opportunity to rotate across several sector teams and learn how the sectors relate to each other in the business world. You will learn from and be mentored by a variety of colleagues. Research Associates are offered the opportunity to develop their chosen specialism and work closely with leading private equity and corporate clients. You will be a valued member of the team and work alongside a high-quality, highly experienced team on a range of assignments.

Graduate Research Associates will learn the basics of each sector, candidate management, market mapping, management of the database and competency-based interviewing. Responsibilities will include;

• Attending the client meetings to understand their requirements, culture and expectations
• Utilise a variety of databases to build a map of relevant sectors and companies
• Speak to market sources to collect relevant diligence on private equity and corporate companies and potential candidates
• Make contact with prospective candidates, understand their relevancy and engage them in the process
• Meet with candidates to assess experiential and behavioural fit, through competency-based interviewing
• Produce the longlist, shortlist and appraisal documentation for clients
• Be a liaison and trusted adviser to both candidates and the clients
• Take formal references on candidates
• Develop market knowledge and become a sector expert
• Maintain high quality information on the database
• Track private equity investments and senior leadership changes to aid business development initiatives

Skills and Experience

Graduates will have had additional responsibilities such as internships, work experience, extracurricular and volunteering. You will be open to learning, collaborating, taking initiative, problem solving and thrive when seeking new challenges.