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Phillips Consulting

Business and management consulting for transformation.

Managing Consultant - People, Culture & Workforce Transformation

Human Capital & Change ConsultingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLagos, NigeriaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of 10–15 years of experience in management consulting, organisational development, or HR transformation is required.
  • Demonstrated expertise in capability framework design, change management, workforce strategy, and stakeholder engagement is required.
  • A proven track record of owning and delivering complex consulting workstreams is required.
  • Strong project management, client communication, and business development capabilities are required.
  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field is required.
  • A professional certification in at least one of CIPM, CIPD, SHRM-SCP/CP, or Prosci Change Management is required.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement capability frameworks, competency models, and skills architectures aligned to current and future business needs.
  • Develop workforce transition strategies, including role redesign, capacity planning, and workforce optimisation.
  • Define behavioural frameworks and performance expectations that reinforce organisational values and desired culture.
  • Support the development of target operating models and organisation structures at functional or unit level.
  • Lead the design and execution of change management strategies for defined business units or transformation initiatives.
  • Deliver culture transformation programmes, including diagnostics, interventions, and behavioural reinforcement mechanisms.
  • Facilitate leadership alignment sessions, workshops, and coaching engagements to drive ownership of change.
  • Embed new ways of working through structured interventions, communication, and reinforcement strategies.
  • Conduct organisational readiness assessments to evaluate preparedness for transformation initiatives.
  • Perform stakeholder mapping and influence analysis to identify key actors, risks, and engagement priorities.
  • Develop and execute stakeholder engagement and communication plans tailored to different audience groups.
  • Monitor adoption levels and resistance points, recommending corrective actions where necessary.
  • Translate enterprise and business unit strategy into practical people, culture, and workforce initiatives.
  • Ensure alignment between transformation programmes and organisational objectives, avoiding fragmentation across workstreams.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate people initiatives with operational, digital, and business transformation efforts.
  • Provide ongoing advisory support to ensure consistency between design intent and execution outcomes.
  • Design and execute data collection approaches, including interviews, focus groups, surveys, and document reviews.
  • Analyse and synthesise qualitative and quantitative data to identify themes, risks, and opportunities.
  • Develop structured, evidence-based recommendations to inform decision-making and refine transformation strategies.
  • Prepare client deliverables, including reports, presentations, and executive briefings.
  • Own delivery of defined project workstreams, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
  • Coordinate and supervise consultants and analysts, providing guidance and quality assurance on outputs.
  • Track progress against milestones and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and issues.
  • Maintain client engagement throughout delivery, ensuring expectations are managed and outcomes achieved.
  • Support proposal development and solution design, contributing expertise to client bids and pitches.
  • Identify opportunities for scope expansion, cross-sell, or follow-on engagements within active projects.
  • Contribute to thought leadership, including reports, insights, and market-facing content in the People Transformation space.
  • Support capability building within the practice through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working across multiple sectors is an advantage.
  • A master's degree or MBA is strongly preferred.
  • A project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2 is an added advantage.

About the Company

Phillips Consulting

Business and management consulting for transformation.

Phillips Consulting provides business and management consulting services across Africa, helping organizations design and implement projects, improve efficiency, and build strong institutions. Its offerings span transformation, technology, people, and outsourcing, with a focus on seamless execution and tailored solutions rather than one-size-fits-all approaches. The firm combines Nigerian roots with global expertise, drawing on staff from business strategy, IT, accounting, engineering, medicine, and more to address diverse needs. Differentiators include over 30 years of experience as an indigenous firm with a wide, industry-agnostic scope and a proven track record in designing systems to manage people. The company’s goal is to enable clients to achieve optimal performance by turning possibilities into practical improvements and sustained capacity growth.

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Total funding
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Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
Founded
1992

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