Career

We are constantly looking for motivated candidates to enhance our further expansion and improve our clients’ performance. You may join one of our teams “in the field” or start your career with the research, project preparation and monitoring team based in Berlin.


Project Teams  

  • Work is performed in teams of 3 to 20 consultants with different areas of expertise under the direction of a Project Manager and with the preparation, backstopping, evaluation, and monitoring being the responsibility of our Project Officers based in Berlin.
  • In the majority of the projects we team up with members of our clients’ organisation to achieve a maximum value for the client.
  • Certain assignments require to live and work abroad for 1-2 years. This is only the case with the full consent of the consultant. The opening of new offices offers opportunities for mobile consultants willing to relocate.


Consultants Selection Criteria

  • Candidates for Consultant positions are recruited throughout the year after an above-average degree from major Universities, Business schools plus at least 5 years of work experience.
  • We are constantly looking for candidates as Senior Consultant or Senior Expert having at least 10 years of experience. We also offer opportunities and encourage applications from retired or semi-retired Senior Management and Staff. In many cases the actual residence may be kept.
  • We expect new consultants and experts to serve as full team members from the beginning. We search for self-motivated people who dedicate themselves to the success of our clients and will be able to persuade them that our recommendations merit not just consideration but action.
  • As a young and growing firm we are looking for ambitious consultants who possess the following qualities:
    • sharp and mentally quick
    • working knowledge in at least one specific industry, or in public administration and institutions
    • outstanding analytical and conceptual skills
    • business experience and interpersonal skills
    • creativity: ability to produce imaginative solutions
    • high energy level
    • excellent command of English and possibly another language such as French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish. German is an advantage.
    • Excellent writing skills in English, and / or French, Spanish
    • interested in learning and improving foreign language skills
    • entrepreneurial drive
    • interested in working and living for some time abroad for positions “in the field”.

 

Project Officer Selection criteria

Candidates for Project Officer positions are recruited throughout the year after an above-average degree from major universities or business schools. Experience has shown that degrees in business administration or economics are most relevant to the task structure.

We expect new Project Officers to serve as full team members from the beginning. We search for self-motivated people who dedicate themselves to the success of our teams in the field.

As a young and growing firm we are looking for ambitious Project Officers who possess the following qualities to become successful:

  • sharp and mentally quick
  • outstanding analytical and conceptual skills to structure complex consulting assignments
  • inter-personal skills
  • creativity: ability to produce imaginative solutions
  • high energy level
  • excellent command of English and possibly another language such as French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish. German is an advantage.
  • Excellent report preparation (graphics) and writing skills in English and / or French
  • know-how in project management tools and techniques

 

Career Development

  • The typical entry position for university graduates is as a Junior Project Officer based in Berlin. After 1-2 years of backstopping and previous experience the Project Officer may choose to join one of the teams „in the field“ or pursue his or her career in project management and monitoring from our Berlin office.
  • In the beginning of their career we do not specialise consultants by industry or function. We believe that the best training comes from professional interaction within the case teams, which consultants join as full-time members immediately upon hiring.
  • Increasing project and client responsibility comes with seniority and performance. Given our present corporate expansion, personal growth can of course be very high but primarily depends on the consultant's motivation
  • We do not have a "free-market" system within the firm but rather assign consultants to permanent teams. This is done in order to maximise the professional experience of all our consultants.

 

Levels of Responsibility

Consulting

  • Consultant
  • Senior Consultant / Senior Expert
  • Team Leader
  • Principal
  • Partner

 

Backstopping / Project Management

A career in backstopping may lead to the following levels of responsibility:

  • Junior Project Officer - entry level for University graduates
  • Project Officer 
  • Senior Project Officer
  • Principal
  • Partner