Consultant ​/ Senior Consultant, International Development - Strategy & Transformation

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The Consultant / Senior Consultant will support EY's International Development Hub in delivering strategy, transformation, and operating model engagements for the UN system and related international organizations. The role combines international development expertise with the core consulting skill set expected in leading strategy firms: structured problem solving, rigorous analysis, strong client service, executive-level communication, and project delivery discipline. The successful candidate will contribute to high-impact client work across topics such as institutional transformation, organizational effectiveness, digital and AI-enabled change, shared services, workforce and capability building, financial and operational performance, and reform implementation.

The role will involve working closely with senior EY teams, multidisciplinary experts, and client stakeholders to diagnose complex challenges, develop actionable recommendations, and support implementation in politically sensitive, mission-driven environments.

Your key responsibilities

• Support the design and delivery of strategy and transformation projects for UN entities, international organizations, and development actors.
• Structure complex problems, develop hypotheses, conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis, and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Own discrete work streams, manage timelines and deliverables, and contribute to high-quality client outputs including strategy papers, business cases, operating model designs, implementation roadmaps, and executive presentations.

• Develop a strong understanding of the UN system, international development architecture, humanitarian and global health ecosystem, and broader multilateral reform agenda.
• Conduct research and benchmarking on institutional models, funding flows, governance arrangements, service delivery models, and reform trends across international organizations and comparable public sector institutions.
• Translate international development context into actionable implications for strategy, transformation, operating model, and implementation work.

• Apply strong analytical skills to assess performance, costs, capabilities, workforce, processes, and service delivery models using data-driven approaches.
• Use advanced Excel, PowerPoint, data visualization, AI models, agents, and AI-enabled tools to accelerate research, analysis, synthesis, scenario development, workflow automation, and client-ready output creation.
• Contribute to digital and AI-enabled transformation work, including use-case identification, process redesign, capability assessments, adoption roadmaps, agentic workflow design, governance considerations, responsible AI implementation, and change management.

• Prepare and support client interviews, workshops, leadership meetings, and working sessions with diverse stakeholders across headquarters, regional, and country levels.
• Synthesize stakeholder input into clear insights, implications, and decision points for senior audiences.
• Build trusted relationships with client counterparts and EY team members, demonstrating professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and sound judgment in complex institutional environments.

• Support proposal development, pitch materials, client research, and account development activities for international development and multilateral clients.
• Contribute to thought leadership, benchmarks, points of view, and reusable assets on topics such as UN reform, global health architecture, mission-enabling services, digital transformation, AI…