2023 Graduate Consultant - Canberra (Rolling Intake)

Nous is a great place to work…

Nous is recognised as Australia’s top workplace, ranking first in the 2021 Best Places to Work Awards (Australia), and a Great Place to Work in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2013 – we only enter every second year! We’ve been previously named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review. Nous has also been acknowledged as one of the Top 100 Graduate Employers, ranking 4 in the Management Consulting industry, and placing overall 38 on the 2022 list, which uses popularity and quality to assess graduate employers in Australia, and look forward to extending our influence globally. 

What we do

We offer a broad consulting capability across business strategy, public policy, organisational capability, executive talent and development, transformational change and digital strategy and capability.

A snapshot of recent projects:

• developing a strategy to respond to key health system challenges and reforms including the use of health analytics and technology
• re-designing education innovation functions and organisation design for major universities
• generating solutions using advanced data analytics techniques to better design policy, strategy, and services
• designing a strategy for a major Australian bank to grow overseas operations
• reviewing care coordination for Indigenous Australians with chronic disease, using data analytics and drawing on consultations with service providers and indigenous clients
• developing an international operating model for a large, diversified investor
• the implementation of a financial service providers’ new leadership and cultural change
• using co-design techniques work with victims and perpetrators of family violence to create a service development plan for a contract centre.

How we will develop and support you

At Nous, we set you up for success. We’ve designed an intensive graduate induction program to help you learn key consulting skills and extend your knowledge quickly. Your development doesn’t end at induction, it continues for your time at Nous with a wide range of learning opportunities through check-ins, webinars, online learning, on-project learning and formal learning programs.

Our graduate consultants have the opportunity to rotate across all service lines. Gaining experience across strategy, public policy, economics, transformation & implementation, organisational performance, leadership & capability, data & analytics, digital, and design.

What does it take?

To succeed in a graduate consulting role at Nous you are:

• enthusiastic, curious, and willing to learn
• intelligent and academically accomplished
• able to undertake structured analyses in a logical and efficient manner
• able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
• well organised, with the ability to manage multiple pieces of work simultaneously
• comfortable working autonomously and in a self-managed way, using initiative to draw on the expertise of those around you
• able to analyse quantitative data.

The process will consist of an online capability assessment, an interview with a member of the recruitment team, and interviews with the business, that may include case studies. Please keep an eye on your emails (and spam folders).

What makes Nous a Great Place to Work?

Our aim is to deliver a flexible experience that delivers positive influence and growth for you, our colleagues, and our clients.

Below are some of the ways Nousers are encouraged to enjoy that experience:

• We offer active career and professional development support. You can access up to $500 in professional development without approval and we reimburse one professional membership per year.
• Giving all Nousers greater flexibility around public holidays. Understanding that people of different cultures, religions, and political beliefs may wish to choose to take alternate days of leave from scheduled holidays.
• Hybrid working, with monthly remote working allowance, and once-off payment to set up your WFH office.
• A collaborative bonus that reflects company performance, and is available to all
• Celebrating a commitment to Nous by enabling access to long service leave after 5 years of employment
• Supporting working parents by providing 18 weeks of paid primary carer parental leave and 10 weeks of paid secondary carer parental leave (access to parental leave is gender neutral)
• For consulting Nousers we aim for an average of 8 hours of client attention per day. In addition, there is time spent on growth – either yours, your colleagues’ or Nous’, which may include time on professional development, mentoring IP development, or involvement with Nous’ employee networks.

We take pride in the inclusive workplace we have built, acknowledged by the Diversity Council of Australia as a 2021-2022 Inclusive Employer. This reflects both the diversity of our people and our support people, culture and policies.

Finally, some important details

Nous is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and First Nations people.

If you are interested in working on complex problems and want to be part of a dynamic team that puts people at the centre of everything, then we'd love to hear from you! Please click apply below.

To apply for a role at Nous in Australia you must have an Australian Permanent Residency or the right to work in Australia. 

Please note if you are successful in the recruitment process, you will be required to undertake background screening prior to your commencement at Nous.