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Associate, People Advisory

Hong Kong

Associate, People Advisory – Hong Kong SAR

The Opportunity

As we continue to grow our operations in Asia-Pacific, we are looking for a high caliber candidate to join our dynamic and professional People Advisory team as an Associate based in the firm’s Hong Kong SAR office. This is a unique opportunity for a driven, self-motivated candidate to develop a successful career in a dynamic, growing international advisory company.

An Associate at Teneo People Advisory helps to support the growth of the Asia Pacific business as part of a global people advisory business. An Associate supports across practices, through both exceptional research and business development support. They are expected to provide leverage to colleagues as much as possible.

They demonstrate a growing understanding of our business and the ability to deliver high-quality and insightful research. Increasingly they connect market intelligence and business news to our clients and potential clients, developing awareness and understanding of the commercial context.

An Associate plays an important role in building the People Advisory business across Asia Pacific, both culturally and commercially, whilst becoming part of a global community of likeminded ambitious and authentic professionals using the Teneo platform, and global best practice thinking in People Advisory.

Responsibilities

As an Associate with the People Advisory team at Teneo, your role will include:

  • Research & Insight:
    • Supports across the practice to deliver targeted, high-quality research which supports the execution of individual assignments, client relationship management, and broader BD initiatives.
    • Demonstrates a developing ability in the research process, contributing to a well-developed and curated list of candidates for each assignment.
    • With high intellectual curiosity, monitors news, trends, and candidate movements. Identifies and communicates industry news and relevant market activity for possible business development opportunities to colleagues.
  • Business Growth:
    • Supports new business development and client relationship management to enable delivery of strategic goals and financial plans, supporting on ongoing, successful development of new and existing client relationships.
    • Completes mapping exercises for clients and BD initiatives.
    • Contributes to the pitch process

  • Client Excellence & Delivery:
    • Assists with administrative tasks including writing, editing, and formatting of ready to check correspondence, including reports and proposals.
    • Ensures that our commitment to diversity is embedded throughout our processes and is evident in our outcomes.
    • Demonstrates an emerging commercial mindset, with an understanding of clients’ issues and challenges
    • Suggests ways to improve the quality/breadth/delivery of research and implements agreed changes.
    • Manages and enriches data accurately and comprehensively across assignment, client and candidate records.
    • Anticipates the needs of the end user client (and internal clients) and communicates accordingly.

Furthermore, you will be expected to:

  • Ensures all contact/information is logged on the database in a timely and accurate manner through all stages of assignment/business development.
  • Ensures thorough and accurate coding on the database.
  • Works effectively with the support team to maximize efficiency and accuracy, including the creation and execution of improved processes and procedures.
  • Ensures that the best practice principles of the firm are adhered to and standards are maintained.
  • Builds a network of internal and external peers.

Requirements

  • 2 - 4 years related experience in a similar environment within human capital advisory, executive search
  • Excellent conceptual and analytical skills, and exceptional verbal and written communication capability.
  • Brings a genuine commitment to excellence, with high attention to detail and pride in high performance.
  • A naturally collaborative colleague, demonstrating energy and contribution companywide.
  • Supports creating an inclusive environment.
  • Understands their role in the process and also where they need to seek guidance from others.
  • Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability, and proactivity as part of the Teneo People Advisory team.
  • Demonstrates potential to develop a deep knowledge of clients’ business needs.
  • Strong organizational skills, including a demonstrated ability to plan and manage time and resources, and an ability to juggle multiple projects effectively.
  • Is an internal and external ambassador for the business and all it has to offer. Positively engages in initiatives that enhance our employee and our client value proposition.
  • Understands their role in the process and also where they need to seek guidance from others.
  • Is a self-starter, approaching tasks, and their own development, proactively.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Word and PowerPoint

*More experienced candidates will be considered for a Senior Associate role

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace. Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, genetic information, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.

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In connection with your application for work with us, we will collect, store, a range of information about you, including:

  • Your name, address and contact details including email and phone number.
  • Information you have included in your CV, application form or covering letter.
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We may collect this information in a variety of ways, for example data may be contained in CVs or application forms, from a recruitment agency or LinkedIn, collected through interviews or other assessments or obtained from your passport or identity documents.

We may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers. Where it is necessary and relevant for the position being applied for we may also undertake a review of information that is publicly available on your social media accounts. We will only seek such information once a job offer has been made to you.

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We have a legitimate interest in collecting and processing your data for the purposes of carrying out our application and recruitment processes, which includes:

  • Assessing your skills, qualifications, and suitability for the role;
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  • Verifying your information and carrying out reference checks

In some cases, we may need to process data to ensure that we are complying with our legal obligations. For example, we are required to check a successful applicant’s eligibility to work before employment starts. 

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You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to us during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide information when requested, which is necessary for us to consider your application (such as evidence of qualifications, work history and satisfactory references), we will not be able to process your application.

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  • We may share your information with other companies within the Teneo group if, for example the role and or hiring managers are located outside of the EEA or you are applying for a senior management position, and with third parties outside of the EEA. We will make sure that appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal data.
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How long will you keep my information for?

If your application for employment is unsuccessful, we will keep your data 3 years after we have informed you that your application was unsuccessful. We keep your data for this period so that we can show that the recruitment process has been conducted in a fair and transparent way. We also retain your personal data so that we can notify you of future job opportunities if they arise.  At the end of this period, we will securely destroy your personal data.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data collected during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. Further details on this are provided in the Employee Privacy Notice.

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Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information
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  • Request erasure of your personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it
  • Object to processing of your personal information where there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
  • Request the restriction of processing of your personal information.
  • Request the transfer of your personal information to another party.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact peopleconnect@teneo.com.

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Last updated: 5 December 2019

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