Junior Consultant

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. 

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. 

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job Description

Power Your Curiosity at PA

Joining us as an early-career professional is a big step. Whether you’re coming from a specialist background or from an unrelated subject, we want you to be bold, stay curious and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.

Our Junior Consultants Make a Difference

Business transformation is critical for organisations to adapt in ever-changing market landscapes. Joining as a junior consultant will give you an understanding of how large-scale schemes are delivered, how change is managed, how operating models are formed and other key issues faced by our clients.

When you join as an Junior Consultant, you’ll work on big things from day one. You’ll gain the knowledge and experience you need to build a successful career in consulting and contribute meaningfully to vital projects.

No two days are the same. You could be researching our latest project and delivering your findings, visiting a(n) (international) client with a consulting team and representing the firm, or furthering your development through crucial learning — guided and mentored by one of our experts.

A career at PA is what you make of it — so power your curiosity and prepare to make an impact.

Qualifications

We’re looking for early-career professionals who are:

• Adaptable and able flex their style and thinking
• Collaborative and work at their best in dynamic teams 
• Curious and want to broaden their understanding of the world
• Credible and comfortable working with clients in high performance environments
• Driven to succeed — and help others achieve the same
• Open to change and have a growth mindset
• Relationship builders — with both clients and peers
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with an ability to deliver practical results
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, which allow you to work effectively with colleagues and clients
• Hungry for new challenges
• Have an enquiring mind, with the capability for innovative and analytical thinking 

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree at a respectable university and with excellent grades
• 0-3 years of working experience

Additional Information

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work on meaningful projects with talented people
• Mentoring and support by our Early Careers team
• A dedicated buddy who will help you navigate PA
• Opportunities for flexible / hybrid working
• A wide range of internal and external training programmes
• We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our Utrecht office.

Benefits:

• 35 holidays per year (including statutory days)
• opportunity to buy additional flex holidays (maximum of 7)
• annual performance-based bonus
• pension plan (with fixed percentage personal contribution)
• possibility to buy shares in PA
• car / car allowance

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skillsets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting, and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status. We welcome international applications, but we are unable to offer sponsorship for work permits, so you will need to have the full right to live and work in The Netherlands. Unfortunately, your application will be automatically rejected if you do not have these rights.