Who Are Q5?
Q5 is an international award-winning consulting firm that helps organisations be the best they can be. Q5 are trusted advisors to the world’s most high performing organisations. They help to nurture good "organisational health" so that high performing organisations can remain at the top of their game, and those who are struggling can take action and improve.
Organisational health is complex, so each Q5 intervention is unique, so whether an organisation has a strategic conundrum, market opportunity or operational gripe, we work with them to make things better. This include helping organisations clarify their purpose or strategic direction, designing new ‘fit-for-purpose’ organisational structures or processes, or cultivating a healthy culture of high performance.
As a Principal Consultant, you’ll work as part of a team that partners with senior leaders at Australia’s largest organisations. You’ll be trusted to drive outcomes while shaping the client experience. You will be responsible for running whole project workstreams which deliver great outcomes for our clients while leading and mentoring less experienced team members. There are three core focus areas that we use when thinking about consulting at Q5:
Project Delivery
- You will independently mobilise project teams ensuring that all members are knowledgeable about their role.
- You will proactively manage stakeholder relationships within the Q5 client.
- You will manage the team including their professional development, performance and wellbeing.
- You will identify and/or execute mitigations to project risk as well as being able to manage multiple projects, have experience of different project/client environments and bring this to the client to help solve their problems.
- You will draw on experience from multiple clients, sectors and projects to inform effective delivery and establish credibility with the client.
- You will manage the commercials – budget and resource for large projects.
Business Development
- You will evaluate the scope of a brief or RfP (Response for Proposal) from a client, develop the strategy to win the work, execute and lead the proposal team from start to end.
- You will contribute to proposals and bids with expert insight from previous projects and experience.
- You will peer review proposals, this may be a single project or an element of a larger programme.
- You assess the resource needs of a piece of work and develop the right commercial approach for an individual piece of work.
Practice Management
- You will take responsibility for mentoring one or more of our Consultants or Senior Consultants, helping them to drive their development as well as managing performance conversations with confidence and clarity.
- You will support the Q5’s Buddy system and get involved in assisting in the onboarding of new joiners.
- You will contribute to the Q5 ecosystem by leading the development of new concepts, delivering training and leading committees.
