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Organisational Psychology Placement

Australia

Organisational Psychology Placement with Nous Group

Are you a Master of Organisational or Industrial Psychology student eager to make a real impact? Join Nous Group, a leading international management consultancy, where your work will not only transform businesses, governments, and communities but also set you on a path to a successful consulting career. In this placement, you'll dive into real projects, gain invaluable consulting skills, and take ownership of tasks that matter. Whether it's shaping health system leadership strategies, re-designing educational frameworks, or driving cultural change in financial services, your work will make a tangible difference.

We’ve designed an opportunity to help you learn key consulting skills and expand your knowledge. Allocated to real client projects, interns take ownership of tasks whilst being supported through a collaborative team environment. Nous is committed to supporting our interns learning, with the conclusion of the internship ideally resulting in a permanent position – we are looking for interns who are interested in a consulting career. 

We offer part time positions for students engaged in tertiary studies where opportunities can be tailored to meet course requirements. Placement project work will vary based on the timing of each placement, however, students can expect to be involved in projects that relate to our organisational performance and leadership business offers, including:

  • Organisational design & operating model
  • Transformation
  • Leadership development & assessment
  • People strategy 
  • Culture change
  • Learning
  • Talent management

Nous is looking for placement students who are:

  • Masters of Organisational or Industrial Psychology students
  • enthusiastic, curious and willing to learn
  • intelligent and academically accomplished – a distinction average or above is essential
  • able to undertake structured analyses in a logical and efficient manner
  • able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
  • comfortable working autonomously and in a self-managed way, using initiative to draw on the expertise of those around you
  • able to analyse and process qualitative and quantitative data.

Due to the fast-paced nature of consulting, you will ideally have completed one or two placements or have experience working in a corporate environment. This has proven to support a better placement experience for Nous and the student.

Nous is a great place to work…

Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 750 people working across Australia and New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and Canada. We are a values-based organisation that is inspired and determined to improve people’s lives in significant ways. Working in unique, cross-disciplinary teams we create innovative and enduring solutions that transform businesses, governments, and communities. We realise a bigger idea of success.

Nous is regularly acknowledged as a great place to work as part of competitive workplace reviews. In 2023 Nous was again named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work and was recognised as one of LinkedIn’s best places to grow a career, as a LinkedIn Top Company (Australia). We have previously been named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review on several occasions and a Great Place to Work every year that we’ve entered for the past decade (Australia). We’re excited to be extending success and influence globally having recently been awarded A Great Place to Work in Canada and the UK in 2023

What we do...

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

A snapshot of recent projects:

  • re-designing education innovation functions and organisation design for major universities
  • designing and delivering a leadership program for an Australian bank
  • identifying diversity and inclusion priorities for a Government Department
  • developing a strategy to respond to key health system challenges and reforms
  • reviewing care coordination for Indigenous Australians with chronic disease

Finally, the important details...

Nous is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Nous is a flexible workplace that offers consulting opportunities on a full-time and part-time basis.

If you have experience working on complex problems, are high performing and productive working in a fast-paced environment, 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!

To apply for a role at Nous in Australia you must have 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. 

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