Management Consultant
What the work is
Assists organisations to achieve greater efficiency and solve organisational problems which exclude the deployment of quality systems and certification processes.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Presents objective consultancy on management topics
- Researches and analyses clients' needs, identifies and assesses problems, and analyses specific areas of an organisation such as their current systems
- Assists and encourages the development of objectives, strategies and plans aimed at achieving optimal customer experiences and satisfaction, and the effective use of organisations' resources and capabilities
- Advises clients on recommendations based on analyses of current-state gaps to provide solutions to organisational problems
- Assists in implementing approved recommendations
- Provides coaching and mentoring to individuals and teams to build specific capabilities
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the operations improvement team of a fictional furniture maker with one factory and a warehouse. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A messy process you mapped on a whiteboard becomes one that the team actually likes
- Someone on the factory floor tells you the thing no report ever mentioned
- A small change you suggested saves the team a whole afternoon, every week
Hard days
- People think you are there to cut jobs and they stop talking when you walk in
- Your clear recommendation meets a manager who liked the old way
- Stacks of data that do not agree and a presentation due in the morning
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 223432, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.