Holker Watkin (a ZRG Company) is a leading executive search firm focused on Strategy and Transformation roles. We have a unique and specific expertise – candidates who have backgrounds in strategy consulting from a top-tier strategy firm, such as McKinsey, Bain or the Boston Consulting Group. Focusing on this talent pool allows us to provide exceptional advice and support to organisations needing to hire talent to help them grow and change. It also means that we develop lasting relationships with candidates, providing continued guidance and career opportunities to them as they build their careers. 

Until five years ago we operated as a small, specialist boutique, before becoming part of ZRG Partners, one of the world’s fastest growing talent solutions businesses. 

For nearly 25 years, ZRG has been helping our clients move forward in their industries and our candidates move forward in their careers. We started as a boutique retained executive search firm with a handful of talent professionals. Today, we are a global talent advisory firm, providing people solutions for our clients' most complex talent issues. Our core offerings include revolutionary, data-based, executive search focusing on senior leadership around the world. Our suite of on-demand talent offerings helps backfill open roles and address project-based work with specialized talent. Our consulting and advisory solutions focus on key issues like culture, strategic alignment, coaching, and sales optimization.

Role Summary:

As a Research Consultant, you will be essential to our executive search process, identifying and engaging high-caliber candidates for our clients. In this project-based role, you will conduct industry research, using databases and building a network of contacts to find top talent. Your key tasks include presenting opportunities to candidates, building relationships, and assessing their fit with client needs. 

Collaborating with team members, you'll support the evaluation, interview scheduling, and final selection stages to ensure successful search outcomes. You'll also stay updated on new research tools and techniques, sharing best practices and training new team members. Additionally, you'll contribute to marketing, training, business development, and internal recruitment, making this role diverse and enriching for those who enjoy research, strategic thinking, and people interaction.

Because of our unique focus as a firm, you will become an expert in strategy and transformation talent, yet place people into huge breadth and variety of industry sectors. This is a role for the intellectually curious. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in project teams to successfully appoint the best-qualified candidate for specific roles.
• Build an understanding of the sector, key target companies, and specific roles as a starting point.
• Utilize internal and external databases to identify potentially qualified candidates.
• Build and leverage a network for referrals and recommendations.
• Develop research skills and knowledge of strategy, private equity, and the commercial company landscape across multiple sectors.
• Present opportunities to target candidates, aiming to find those for whom the role is a good match with their experience and aspirations.
• Build relationships with multiple high-caliber individuals and discuss specific opportunities to assess fit.
• Remain involved through the successful conclusion of the search, assisting with scheduling interviews and attending client update meetings.
• Stay abreast of new resources, networks, and research approaches that might benefit search activities.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of different techniques and lead the sharing of best practices within the team.
• Develop an expert level of competency in the technology tools used, training new team members, and leading internal sessions to develop these skills within the business.
• Contribute to non-search related areas of the business, such as marketing, training, business development, and internal recruitment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree. 
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships and engage with high-caliber individuals.
• Detail-oriented and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Collaborative, team-spirited and supportive of others.
• Intellectually curious; fast-learning.
• Proficiency with technology tools and databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in a research, consulting, or recruiting role.

Why it’s exciting to be part of ZRG Partners:

• Strong growth story as a mid-sized, global talent advisory firm with size and scale.
• Opportunity to work side-by-side with talented, motivated, and intellectually stimulating colleagues.
• Work in a collaborative environment.
• Value proposition: outstanding proprietary product offering with Zi Platform that changes how companies think about hiring and provides clear differentiation on search firm selection.
• The culture is collegial and supportive.
• Leadership has a long-term growth mentality and a history of building successful businesses – patiently and the right way.
• Commitment to expanding to a multi-service solution including culture consulting and interim solutions in addition to traditional executive search.
• Deeper Client Relationships: work executed on Board / C-Suite to VP and Director level.
• The management style is ideal for those who values development and support.
• CEO has extensive business experience growing businesses from scratch, through IPO and scale, and is hands-on in the business.
• ZRG is attracting top search professionals with an attractive culture, value proposition, and environment creating a new catalyst for accelerated growth.
• The firm is on pace to grow to $500M over the next 5 years.