Careers at McKinsey & Company

• As a knowledge professional you will work alongside our consultants and clients to generate distinctive insights and proprietary knowledge. You will leverage your knowledge and analytical rigor to develop capabilities, gain insights, and solve specific client business problems, in McKinsey’s Africa Consumer Practice (CPG and Retail). 
• You will research, analyze, and synthesize key client questions, identifying data, information, and analyses to support problem-solving efforts and targeted industry research, including market developments, competition, corporate strategies, and technology trends. You will present findings through McKinsey-formatted end-products, including models, presentations, and written communications.
• You will be able to develop knowledge and help support the continuous improvement of our knowledge assets. You will proactively develop and codify knowledge on new and emerging consumer-based topics relevant to McKinsey and our clients in the industry. You will serve as a thought partner to consulting teams and clients.
• You will work in the Johannesburg office as a part of local Africa Capabilities and Insights Team. From time to time, you may be staffed directly on client engagements, which means working closely with our clients and, in some cases, traveling to their sites. Staffing on client projects could include engaging in Africa-wide opportunities to capture and amplify impact across the region. This will allow you to contribute to projects with a broader scope and influence, enhancing your ability to drive meaningful outcomes at scale.

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree (quantitative modules preferred)
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and quantitative skills (data modelling will be a core skill needed)
• 2+ years of working experience in consumer industries OR other research or analytics experience
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Professional attitude and service orientation, team player
• Willingness to engage in a wide variety of research topics, even beyond consumer topics, within a highly demanding and results-oriented team environment

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• In this role, you will execute and implement our Firm’s Center of Excellence (COE) Diligence program. You will play a critical role in helping scale our Firm’s diligence process from a global perspective.
• You will help evolve the way in which diligence is performed on new and existing clients and higher-risk third parties, amongst others, by supporting refinement of our approach to risk ratings and prioritization criteria, maintenance of relevant data, and informing the view of our risk posture and to ensure appropriate action to address risk findings.
• You will conduct the due diligence process and prepare comprehensive memos for key stakeholders.
• You will help drive operational excellence, process improvements and operational model enhancements within the COE Diligence.
• As a member of the Client and Regulatory Compliance team and E&C function, you will be expected to be a contributor and thought partner within the function, in addition to supporting key organizational, operational, or strategic initiatives, as relevant.
• You will be required to engage in regionally focused initiatives, such as infusing our integrity agenda, under the direction and coordination of our regional E&C leaders, the purpose of which is to raise awareness of and further our Firm’s E&C program, and other agreed-upon supporting activities in your region or location. 
• Collaboration is a key aspect of this role. You will collaborate with a cross-functional and senior stakeholder group (e.g., Legal, Risk) across our Firm in a timely and efficient manner. You will collaborate closely with COE Regulatory to conduct regulatory screening on clients as well as any shareholders, directors, and managers identified in open sources as part of due diligence process.
• Finally, you will play a critical role in sustaining and evolving our E&C program and upholding our commitment to integrity and lawful practices.

Your Growth

• You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree(s) and/ or applicable professional certifications (e.g., Juris Doctor or CPA) preferred
• 5+ years’ professional experience in leading diligence research for high-performing institutions and/or leading a diligence service provider team
• Requires proficiency in at least one of the following languages: German, French, Arabic, Italian, Turkish or Dutch
• Demonstrates an entrepreneurial mindset to progress on ambiguous problems and see them through to resolution
• Outstanding English written and oral communication skills, including clear and concise writing and editorial skills and excellent listening skills
• Builds trust-based relationships with leaders within and outside of the team; collaborates generously with others and is sought after as a key thought partner
• Exhibits highest levels of discretion and judgment in safeguarding confidential materials
• Fosters a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive environment for all colleagues
• Strong analytical, issue-spotting and problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to handle complex, sensitive issues
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, changing environment and able to manage ambiguity with confidence
• Research experience in various Europe & EEMA jurisdictions is critical

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• As a Delivery Manager, you will lead on transformation projects by engaging at a deep level across our clients’ businesses, working in teams to build the capabilities, systems and processes needed to deliver bottom-line results and then ensure those results will be sustained. 
• You will lead, coach, and motivate your team of consultants and client employees in each project. You’ll act as a subject matter expert, combining experience with strong problem-solving abilities to derive business insights and solid recommendations for clients. 
• You will contribute to the implementation of our Delivery groups growth strategy, and you will take responsibility on the development of the firm.
• You will grow in a stimulating and human environment where quality of life at work is important.
• You will be based in our McKinsey office in Johannesburg, as part of our delivery assurance offering, working closely and in partnership with client's senior management and their specialist departments. 
• McKinsey Delivery aspires to help our clients to achieve one of their biggest challenges: make their transformation plans really happen. Our day-to-day work is to support large companies who need to adapt their operating models to the accelerated changes in their environment, by combining agility, sustainable efficiency, and employee engagement. All in all, we exist to deliver a lasting impact to our clients.
• With McKinsey Delivery you can expect a uniquely varied and exciting working environment, as well as the opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic growing team. Do you know that only 1/3 of transformations are successful and sustainable? McKinsey Delivery helps leading private sector organisations execute business transformation programs in a time of accelerated change. The business transformation includes organisational structure, capability building, and service redesign. We turn strategy into practice, using agile, efficient, and highly engaging methods that work on the ground rather than just looking good on paper. 
• McKinsey Delivery integrates the skills, the approach, the corporate culture, and the resources that lead to the success of complex and challenging transformation projects and is ideally positioned to smoothly implement strategies designed by McKinsey & Company. We plan and deliver change projects together with our clients, helping them capture their full potential. We know what determines the success of large projects and what can ensure lasting implementation success. We work closely and in partnership with our clients' senior management and specialist functions. We combine strategic and operational project management, with strong execution skills and an understanding of the specific demands of each industry. We measure our success by achieving the goals we set together with our clients.

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• 5+ years of experience in project management some coming from a consulting environment with high problem solving ability
• Proven experience delivering and execution business transformation projects such as: turnaround, restructuring, capability building, organisational structure, and setting up a Transformation office
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering or similar field with strong record of academic achievement
• Demonstrated track record in one or more of the following key service offerings: organizational development (including org. design/set up, talent management, etc.), transformational delivery (driving large transformational programs), and productivity and performance improvement
• Experience developing business unit strategy and leading large- scale change programs, preferably while establishing strong relationships with senior clients
• You have experience in leading people and building teams, empowering team members to achieve impact
• You enjoy the flexibility and agility that is required in a consulting environment
• Proven expertise in Mining Operations, Telco or Banking
• You are experienced in conducting workshops and coaching sessions
• You are driven by creating long-lasting impact and enjoy leading teams to achieve results

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• You will lead the day to day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members.  You’ll work directly with clients – usually on site – and you’ll take ownership of the overall project and its end products. You will make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.
• You will have the opportunity to build on your proven leadership skills and leverage your interest in inspiring others, building strong relationships, and creating a true followership.  In a collaborative team setting, you'll work closely with others but also autonomously with little direction.  Your superior analytical, quantitative and conceptual thinking skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills will ensure successful client projects and team performance.
• Client project work typically includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing recommendations for presentation to client management. From there, you will implement those recommendations with client team members.
• You’ll also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on their teams.
• Engagement Managers join our global offices and practices to work in teams and directly with our clients.
• When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm whose culture is distinctive and inclusive. We will accelerate your development as a leader to create positive, enduring change in the world. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on teams and help the best organizations in the world – across the private, public, and social sectors – solve some of their most difficult problems.

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• Post graduate degree with excellent academic record; MBA, MPH, MPP, PhD or relevant advanced professional degree is preferred
• 8+ years of consulting working experience in international environments, with the stature necessary to interact as thought partner with senior colleagues and clients
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Prior experience as a consultant in a professional services firm preferred
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking and strong project management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English, and in local languages as required

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• In this role, you will assume responsibility for planning, organizing and executing major projects. You will also be responsible for planning client and internal meetings, conference calls, zoom meetings, conferences/events and lunches/dinners.
• You will collaborate with clients, client administrative contacts and with department members in creating a smooth workflow including soliciting assistance from others as needed, helping others as appropriate, and maintaining follow-through. You will have flexibility to ensure appropriate, timely actions and that deadlines are met. You will also act as liaison for assigned individuals to ensure that various departments provide requested support in an efficient, timely manner. 
• Key aspects of your role include, extensive experience of complex diary management, across multiple time zones, at senior level, planning and managing complex travel arrangements and itineraries, for very busy diaries with an awareness of impact on Partner priorities, producing and proof-reading correspondence, documents, packs and presentations if and when required, frequently under tight time constraints and monitoring emails and respond as appropriate when required
• You will proactively screen and deal with calls and other correspondence, responsibly and professionally with an awareness of Partner priorities. You will effectively liaise with clients, teams and other contacts and work collaboratively with Executive Assistants in a team environment, providing back up cover for their Partners during holiday or sickness. Some administrative responsibilities will include also filing, maintenance of records, expenses and time sheets, Engage and invoicing, etc.
• You will work in our Johannesburg office as part of our EEMA EA team, with approximately 1,500 consulting and non-consulting colleagues.  
• You will support Firm Leadership in our Africa office and report to the Senior Manager of Administration and Executive Assistants for EEMA, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Your Growth

• You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• Solid experience of working at senior level in a professional, fast paced environment (preferably corporate)
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Degree level and/or secretarial qualification preferred
• Proven organizational skills working with complex diaries at a senior level
• Ability to handle multiple deadlines with excellent time management and instinct for prioritization
• Ability to switch between detailed work and the bigger picture to assist Partner
• Ability to work on own initiative and to have a solutions-oriented approach, thinking out of the box on problem solving without instruction
• Positive attitude with a willingness to provide the highest levels of internal and external client service. Trustworthy and confidential
• Strong team player with a positive influence on others – able to work seamlessly with other EAs and consultants and used to working in a team environment
• Resilient, mature and have integrity, with an ability to empathize with both Partner and EA cluster expectations
• Ability to identify and resolve issues before conflicts arise. Logically thinks through problems
• Adaptable to ambiguity, different environments, expectations and personalities and constant change
• Highly effective communicator and active listener with ability to tailor communication style to suit audience. Ability to frame and articulate ideas well
• Ability to actively give and receive feedback constructively
• Ability to work accurately and effectively under extreme pressure, whilst remaining calm and composed
• Proactive with ability to think ahead

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Your Impact

• You will be assisting McKinsey consulting teams and mineral processing operations, providing expert client service in strategic and operational topics and contributing to new product development.  
• In this role you will demonstrate expert client service in mining, which includes running operational excellence diagnostics at mines to determine potential opportunities for transformation. You will assist clients in data collection, perform quantitative analysis, and incorporate qualitative observations into diagnostic reports. 
• Additionally, you will participate in new product development of innovative approaches to processing data analytics and support consulting teams and clients, as required, to conduct analyses off-site and on-site. 
• You will work with McKinsey’s Global Energy & Materials practice and more closely with MineLens team in Johannesburg.
• MineLens provides mining companies with the strategic business intelligence they need to identify, quantify, and prioritize value creation opportunities in their operations. It combines advanced analytics, a comprehensive database of mining performance benchmarks, and global mining expertise. 
• MineLens enables clients to assess and improve labor productivity, equipment effectiveness, and reduce costs. 

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's degree in mineral processing/metallurgical engineering; master's degree is a plus
• 3+ years of work experience in mineral processing operations (experience in base metals, precious metals, ferrous metals)
• Experience or very strong interest in analytics/data science
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Superior problem-solving, analytical skills and true entrepreneurial spirit
• Significant understanding of the industry dynamics of the mining sector
• Passion for analytics and interest in developing new approaches to mineral processing data analysis and application to operational improvement
• Willing to work in a highly demanding and result-oriented team environment
• Self-motivation and high service-orientated work ethic
• Professional fluency in English

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Your Impact

• In this role, you will perform a variety of operational tasks to support learning programs. Your specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, organizing and delivering programs (on-demand, virtual, and in-person), managing projects, driving process improvements, modifying programs, assessing program impact, and managing/analyzing data. Regular tasks may involve managing program venue logistics, coordinating with faculty, overseeing communications, monitoring budgets and processing invoices, and collecting feedback through surveys.  
• This role requires you to take on two key areas of responsibility:

Regional Responsibilities

• You will lead the Associate Partner cohort for the region. This includes developing learning priorities and plans for Associate Partner-level colleagues, defining learning objectives and needs, creating the learning calendar, and identifying appropriate delivery channels, e.g., Learning Days, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMA) sessions, etc. You will collaborate with the central Associate Partner (AP) learning team to ensure that programs leverage the latest knowledge and align with the firm’s approaches and materials. Additionally, you will work closely with local office stakeholders to ensure that all programs are relevant and tailored to the local context and priorities.
• In this capacity, you will also serve as the strategic lead for the upper-tenure cohort. This involves reviewing the overall strategy and journey for Team Leader (TL) transitions to Associate Partner, and working closely with the TL cohort lead to integrate learning journeys, experiences, and communications. Furthermore, you will support the EEMA Learning Manager in executing the EEMA Regional Learning strategy and contribute to regional learning projects, such as program improvements, content updates, and cross-functional initiatives with the firm’s Learning team.

Africa Office Responsibilities

• You will support the Learning Manager in designing and rolling out Personal Development Journeys for the Africa Office, specifically for the Engagement Manager and Partner cohorts, in collaboration with external coaches. You will take the lead on all aspects of program delivery. Additionally, you will support the office and its locations with local learning programming by acting as a thought partner on program design and impact. You will enable local teams to deliver their agendas by sharing best practices, processes, and materials, while collaborating to ensure alignment with regional and firm-wide learning agendas. This approach will help optimize shared resources and ensure a complementary learning strategy.
• As a Learning Specialist, you will support in the execution and rollout of the Regional Learning strategy within EEMA, Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, with a special focus on Africa. This is a full-time position in Learning. 
• You will work closely with the Regional Heads of Learning, the local office Director of People (or a seasoned Professional Development Manager), EEMA Consulting teams, and other people stakeholders in your local office location and across the region.
• You will report to the Senior Manager of EEMA Learning function.

Your Growth

• You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• University degree required
• 5+ years of experience in HR or Human Capital or People Development within a professional services firm
• Passion for people development and learning
• Experience in learning, coaching or professional development
• Great energy, drive, and entrepreneurship
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent organization capabilities, including the ability to initiate tasks independently and see them through to completion
• Exceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written, and listening) with groups of varying sizes and at all levels; strong influencing capabilities; ability to connect/collaborate with Partners, Consultants, and other firm support colleagues; ability to build consensus
• Strong problem–solving skills and the flexibility to deal with uncertainty and obstacles in a fast-paced and quick-changing environment
• Experience and confidence using It-based systems and tools
• Comfortable with numbers, analysis, and systems

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Your Impact

• You will be based in our Johannesburg or Nairobi office as an integral member of our Africa recruiting team. The Johannesburg and Nairobi offices are part of the McKinsey Africa complex with 6 offices across the continent (Johannesburg, Lagos, Casablanca, Nairobi, Addis Ababa and Luanda) and about 500 collaborators. You will report to the Senior Manager of Recruiting in Africa. 
• In this intern role, you will assist recruiters in coordinating on-campus and in-office events, including identifying assessors for interview days, arranging logistics, reserving conference rooms, preparing materials, etc. You will also assist in management of candidate data including maintaining accurate and up-to-date application information in recruiting systems and running reports.
• You will work closely with our recruiting team and leadership and wider recruiting teams to provide a best in class recruiting experience for all stakeholders. 

Specific key responsibilities include:

• Assisting recruiters in coordinating on-campus and in-office events.
• Assisting in management of candidate data including maintaining accurate and up-to-date application information in recruiting systems and running reports.
• Communicating interview logistics to candidates and responding to general process inquiries.
• Supporting application screening process.
• Performing a range of administrative tasks, helping the team where needed.
• Updating recruiting calendar and helping coordinate Client Service Professional (CSP) deployment for recruiting events.
• Assisting in scheduling of team meetings and calls.

Your Growth

• You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• University degree preferred.
• Solid knowledge of basic computer applications.
• Strong customer service orientation; excellent communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, with eye for detail.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• This is a full-time internship 24 months contract.

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Your Impact

• As the Senior Delivery Consultant, you will manage workstreams largely independently, with the support of a project manager. As you gain experience, you will gradually assume responsibility for delivering parts of projects yourself.  
• A key part of your role will be to implement business transformation and digital transformation programmes mainly into the mining, banking or telco sectors, ensuring long term impact delivery. You will lead junior consultants and clients in your project or workstream and successfully hold client meetings and workshops to achieve the project's objectives. In addition, you will grow in a stimulating and human environment where quality of life at work is important. 
• You will be based in our Johannesburg office as part of Orphoz, working closely and in partnership with client's senior management and their specialist departments.
• As a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, Orphoz offers a unique combination of experience, knowledge, network resources, and flexibility. Within our collaborative community, we deliver business transformation including restructuring, turnaround, post-merger implementation, and more. We realize strategy and execute it with our clients. Orphoz integrates the skills, approach, corporate culture, and resources that lead to the success of complex transformation projects and is ideally positioned to smoothly implement strategies designed by McKinsey & Company.
• Orphoz helps our leading private sector clients achieve one of their biggest challenges: making their business transformation plans really happen. Our day-to-day work is to support large companies who need to adapt their operating models to the accelerated changes in their environment by combining agility, sustainable efficiency, and employee engagement. Overall, we exist to deliver a lasting impact to our clients.
• With Orphoz, you can expect a uniquely varied and exciting working environment, as well as the opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic growing team. We plan and deliver change projects together with our clients, helping them capture their full potential. We know what determines the success of large projects and what can ensure lasting implementation success. We combine strategic and operational project management with strong execution skills and an understanding of the specific demands of each industry. We measure our success by achieving the goals we set together with our clients.

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• 3+ years of experience in project management delivery coming from a consulting or large corporate environment with high problem solving ability
• 2+ years’ experience delivering and execution large scale business transformation projects including: restructuring execution, turnaround, execution, operational excellence, strategic operations, operational strategy, operational consulting transformation and M&A PMI (post-merger implementation) business transformation or digital transformation projects.
• You are driven by creating long lasting impact and enjoy working with people to achieve results
• Experience working in Mining, Banking (financial services) or Telco (Telecommunications) is highly desirable
• You have strong pragmatic problem-solving skills
• You enjoy the flexibility and agility that is required in a consulting environment

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Your Impact

• As a Senior Delivery Manager you will lead on business transformation projects including restructuring execution, turnaround, execution, operational excellence, strategic operations, operational strategy, operational consulting transformation and M&A post merger implementation and digital transformation projects.
• You will work at a deep level across our clients’ businesses, working in teams to build the capabilities, systems and processes needed to deliver bottom-line results and then ensure those results will be sustained. You will also lead, coach, and motivate your team of consultants and client employees in each project.
• In addition you will act as a subject matter expert, combining experience with strong problem-solving abilities to derive business insights and solid recommendations for clients. Another part of your impact is to contribute to the implementation of our Delivery groups growth strategy, and you will take responsibility on the development of the firm and grow in a stimulating and human environment where quality of life at work is important.
• You will be based in our Johannesburg office as part of Orphoz, working closely and in partnership with client's senior management and their specialist departments.
• As a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, Orphoz offers a unique combination of experience, knowledge, network resources, and flexibility. Within our collaborative community, we deliver business transformation including operational excellence, restructuring execution, turnaround execution, post-merger implementation, digital transformation and more. We realize strategy and execute it with our clients. Orphoz integrates the skills, approach, corporate culture, and resources that lead to the success of complex transformation projects and is ideally positioned to smoothly implement strategies designed by McKinsey & Company.
• Orphoz helps our leading private sector clients achieve one of their biggest challenges: making their business transformation plans really happen. Our day-to-day work is to support large companies who need to adapt their operating models to the accelerated changes in their environment by combining agility, sustainable efficiency, and employee engagement. Overall, we exist to deliver a lasting impact to our clients.
• With Orphoz, you can expect a uniquely varied and exciting working environment, as well as the opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic growing team. We plan and deliver change projects together with our clients, helping them capture their full potential. We know what determines the success of large projects and what can ensure lasting implementation success. We combine strategic and operational project management with strong execution skills and an understanding of the specific demands of each industry. We measure our success by achieving the goals we set together with our clients.

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• 8+ years of professional experience including some coming from a consulting environment with high problem solving ability and project management delivery
• 2+ years experience delivering and execution large scale business transformation projects including: restructuring, turnaround, operational excellence, strategic operations, operational strategy, operational consulting transformation and M&A PMI (post merger implementation) or digital transformation projects.
• Private sector experience GEM Mining, Financial Services Banking, insurance or Telecommunications is highly desirable
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in financial or similar field with strong record of academic achievement
• Experience developing business unit strategy and leading large-scale business change programs, preferably while establishing strong relationships with senior clients
• You have experience leading people and building teams, empowering team members to achieve impact
• You enjoy the flexibility and agility that is required in a consulting environment
• You are experienced in conducting workshops, thought leadership and coaching sessions
• You are driven by creating long-lasting impact and enjoy leading teams to achieve results

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Your Impact

• Based in our Johannesburg office, you will be part of the Client Capability Network recruiting team focusing on the delivery of and strategy setting for the team as part of the wider Talent Attraction team across the EEMA region.
• You will be responsible for the recruitment delivery for our Client Capability Network (CCN) Hub in Africa, as part of a wider Talent Attraction team in the EEMA region. You will be implementing strategies to achieve hiring needs, including the oversight of awareness building and attraction activities.  
• In this role, you will lead and coordinate regional processes end-to-end including application analysis, assessment and cultivation. You will drive improvement initiatives for CCN Hub recruiting efforts, with a keen focus on diversity and bringing exceptional talent to the community. This includes coordinating and managing cultivation and integration of experienced professional hires into the Firm.
• You’ll partner closely with stakeholders across the region to scope out hiring requirements and advise and align on best fit recruiting strategy (e.g. sourcing strategies, referrals, etc.), using your industry experience and market knowledge to define approach.
• You'll use your keen eye for data management, navigating our systems, and ensuring regular and reliable reporting to leadership and recruiters within your team.
• You'll build networks with recruiting peers across the region, and beyond. You will connect for knowledge building and best practice sharing, strengthening your global network and contributing to cross-team projects. You’ll partner effectively with our recruiting support teams to ensure a streamlined interview experience.

Your Growth

• You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• 5+ years of recruiting experience in executive search, start-up, corporate recruiting, or professional services firm, ideally within a high-paced environment
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking abilities, with demonstrated experience in collaborating with large cross-functional teams and key stakeholders across diverse locations
• Proven initiative and judgement, with a track record as a self-starter capable of working effectively under pressure and navigating ambiguity
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and collaborative team-building skills; adept at fostering strong relationships with candidates, consultants at all levels, and recruiting colleagues. Exhibits a positive attitude and openness to feedback
• Proactive problem-solving capabilities, with a talent for identifying issues and generating solutions; a drive and enthusiasm for continuously improving recruiting processes
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage and balance multiple projects and work streams independently, while maintaining close attention to detail
• Highly mindful of external reputation; handles confidential information with the utmost discretion, respect, and care
• Adaptable to last-minute changes; able to remain composed under pressure; comfortable working with minimal direction. Willingness to travel, work outside standard office hours, including occasional weekends and evenings
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint

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Your Impact

• As a Senior Software Engineer with McKinsey Digital, you will work with clients across a wide range of sectors and industries, advising them on how to best leverage technology.  
• You will drive architectural design, make key technology decisions, and employ agile methodologies to build and deliver the next generation of products for our clients at scale.  
• You will also lead project workstreams, helping clients build their technical capabilities and foster a culture centered around engineering best practices, user-centricity, and Agile values.
• As a core member of the team, you will take on responsibilities that include driving architectural design and making strategic technology decisions to shape next-generation products for various internal teams, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of technological innovation.
• Additionally, you will be hands-on and co-creating solutions alongside our clients and their leadership, enabling you to grow into a recognized technology leader.
• You will be part of the Africa McKinsey Digital team in either Casablanca or Johannesburg. This group brings together the best of McKinsey’s digital capabilities to help our clients use digital technology to transform their businesses.
• McKinsey Digital is our tech delivery people unit—a global team of software, data and cloud engineers, passionate designers, technology architects, product owners, and leading technologists. You will join a multidisciplinary community of developers, Agile coaches, designers, business strategists and experts. Together, we’ll design and create industry shaping products and tools for our clients.
• While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, we often leverage the following technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Angular.js, Next.js, Vue.js, Python, Java, C#, NodeJS, SQL, MongoDB, AWS, Azure, GCP, and more! 
• Our office culture is casual and social, with an emphasis on education and innovation. You will have the freedom to try new ideas and experiment in your role and will be guaranteed significant dedicated time to tinker, create, continuously learn and share cool new stuff. We also have a strong emphasis in our teams on mentoring others enabling them to grow and learn.
• Changing the world requires us to sit with our clients at times, so some travel is expected in this role.

Your Growth

• Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
• In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your qualifications and skills

• 7+ years of experience in software development, with significant full-stack web application development experience strongly preferred
• Undergraduate or master’s degree; or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and hands-on experience across the full application stack with some of the following languages/frameworks: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue, jQuery, Java, Sprint, C#, .NET, Node.js, SQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, cloud-native databases, AWS, Azure, GCP, Jenkins, Docker, Circle CI, Travis
• Experience leading in Agile teams, including coaching and modeling Agile mindsets as part of sprint ceremonies, work definition and building developer capabilities
• Experience working collaboratively with technical and non-technical team members and stakeholders including modeling and coaching others to use engineering best practices such as design patterns, customer-centric design, test-driven development, code refactoring, code review, and OWASP Top 10 security awareness