Staffing Coordinator

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Role profile Staffing at BCG is a critical function sitting at the crossroad between business and people.
As staffer you will be working with senior partners in the company to optimise staffing levels. You should be commercially aware and have excellent communication skills as you will be dealing with high profile projects and negotiating with BCG partners regarding their teams. Working closely with our consultants, you will understand their development needs and assign them to projects that best match their preferences and career ambitions. You will also need to be diplomatic and tactful in order to tackle situations where we might not be able to meet the requests. The role is very customer focused and highly interactive, so strong interpersonal skills are essential.
This position sits within a team of ~15 LAB staffers, 2 other staffers being collocated in Brussels. Daily interactions and high collaboration with the team is to be expected.

What you’ll do

• Work with senior partners to achieve optimum deployment of consultants to projects.
• Have a knowledge of upcoming projects and expected staffing requirements. Assign staff to projects, proposals, other sales development work.
• Work closely within the staffing team to match and balance the needs of the consultants with the project requirements.
• Work closely with members of the Consulting Team to manage their staffing needs and advise them on upcoming projects and understand their goals and preferences.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date staffing profiles for the consulting team and sending out case team confirmations.
• Communicate the staffing process with partners and consultants to maintain up-to-date view of the project pipeline and the needs of the business.
• Attend Career Development meetings to provide staffing perspective on consultants and better understand their individual development needs, strengths and weaknesses.
• Liaise with European counterparts to assist with international staffing requests.
• Approve consultants holiday requests.
• Work with the training team to understand schedule and availability of staff.
• Produce and update weekly reports.
• Provide general holiday cover to staffing team when required.
• You will report to a Staffing Manager.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• 
  Discrete and confidential
• Accurate - very strong attention to details
• Resilient in dealing with routine tasks
• Very strong communication skills - ability to communicate confidently at all levels

and externally

• Able to prioritise effectively and work closely with colleagues to respond to the

large number of requests the team receive

• A team player
• Ability to summarise data in appropriate format
• Organised
• Proactive - ability to manage own workload and anticipate bottlenecks
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to take initiative
• Proven interest in HR

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• 
  Strong A’ Level results (or equivalent)
• Confident in the use of Word and Excel
• Knowledge of PowerPoint (ideal but not essential)
• Experience of working with a database (ideal but not essential)
• Nice to have: proficiency in French and/or Dutch

BCG’s HR team works to attract, develop, excite, deploy, and retain the best people in the market. Those in human resources jobs manage the life cycle of all BCG employees—from hiring top talent and developing their skills to rewarding their contributions and supporting career progression and mobility.