Who We Are
Company & Role Overview
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and a world leader in business strategy consulting. We work closely with clients across all sectors to identify key opportunities, navigate challenges, and drive business transformation. Our unique perspective on business dynamics and market trends enables us to provide expertise at all levels of our clients' organizations.
As a Staffing Specialist, you will play a key HR role within the team. This role, based in the Casablanca office, requires close collaboration with the Staffing (Talent) Manager and the local Partner Group. Your primary objective will be to optimize staffing and office resource utilization, ensuring the Casablanca office’s billability while maintaining a balance between case demands and consultants' professional growth and preferences.
What You'll Do
Tasks and Responsibilities
Staffing is a business-critical function at the heart of what we do at BCG. As a Staffing Specialist, your primary responsibility will be to allocate consultants to client cases, ensuring an optimal balance between business needs and consultant development. This requires close collaboration with the consulting team, the local staffing team, and leadership to optimize resource utilization while maintaining excellence in staffing processes.
Given the dynamic nature of this role, soft skills are essential to manage senior interactions and facilitate decision making and trade-offs. Strong interpersonal skills are key to building relationships and supporting both consultants and leadership effectively.
Success in this role demands strong commercial awareness and excellent communication skills, as you will manage high-profile projects and negotiate team assignments with BCG partners. You will also work closely with consultants to understand their development needs, career aspirations, and project preferences, ensuring they are matched with opportunities that align with both their goals and the firm’s strategic priorities.
Additionally, you will be part of the broader Africa Staffing team and the EMESA staffing network, actively contributing to regular staffing and pipeline discussions across the system and within the EMESA region, to which the Casablanca office belongs.
Key tasks include
Maintaining a full overview of all consultants in the Casablanca office
Maintaining an overview of upcoming projects and expected staffing requirements
Assigning staff to projects, proposals, and other business development work
Planning and assessing consultants' availability on a weekly basis, working closely with them to manage their staffing needs, provide guidance on upcoming projects, and understand their goals and preferences
Communicating staffing decisions to consultants and serving as their main point of contact for staffing-related matters
Maintaining accurate and up-to-date staffing profiles for the consulting team and sending out case team confirmations
Preparing for and participating in pipeline meetings
Attending Career Development meetings to understand consultants' strengths and development needs
Managing staffing information in relevant systems, such as the SAM staffing tool and the Teaming survey tool
Collaborating closely with BCG’s Teaming@BCG coaches to follow up on case progress, ensure cases are running sustainably, and support consultants in maintaining a positive and balanced work environment
Conducting analyses and producing reports/updates on a weekly basis to provide insights into the overall staffing picture, consultant utilization, and pipeline management
Acting as a point of contact for the global staffing team and managing cross-office staffing requests
Supporting staffing analyses and ensuring smooth communication with all stakeholders, including consulting staff, Finance, Africa system colleagues, and Global Staffing
What You'll Bring
Required Skills & Qualifications
Master’s degree, preferably within business or HR
Approximately 3 years of relevant work experience, ideally in a related field within an international environment
Proficient in MS Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel. Strong computing skills and comfortable using IT/system tools
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both French and English
Your Profile
Your Profile – What We’re Looking For
Staffing is at the heart of what we do at BCG, impacting both our business and our people. We are looking for someone with strong judgment, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to align business priorities with individual needs. Empathy, active listening, and a people-centric approach are essential in this role
Discreet and confidential, demonstrating a high level of integrity and trust
Highly organized with strong attention to detail, excellent time management skills, and the ability to handle a high workload efficiently
Accurate and 100% reliable in day-to-day tasks and decision-making
Strong communication skills, able to effectively engage with senior management and build credible relationships across all levels of staff
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, demonstrating proactivity and adaptability
Ability to recall important details about staff, such as staffing history and skill sets
Analytical skills, capable of summarizing data in an appropriate format
Collaborative mindset, working together as a team to support each other
Integrative personality with strong conflict-management skills
Professional and service-oriented behavior, always striving for excellence
Ability to manage expectations effectively, delivering tough messages in a clear and constructive way
Comfortable working cross-functionally and closely collaborating with various teams, including Finance, CDC, and broader HR functions, both at local and international levels, as well as with the local leadership team
Who You'll Work With
Who You'll Work With
This role will allow you to collaborate with diverse teams across BCG, including the local leadership team, the broader consulting team, finance, and recruiting. You will have very close interactions with CDC (Performance Management) and local HR on an ongoing basis, where your insights and contributions will play a significant role in shaping the careers of our consultants within the firm.
You will report to and work closely with our Talent Manager, who oversees staffing and career development for the full consulting team. This collaboration will be key to ensuring optimal resource allocation while balancing business priorities and individual growth.
BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world’s best talent to make a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next.
We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return, we are committed to helping you discover the most fulfilling career journey possible — unlocking your potential to advance the world.
Additional info
What we have to offer
This opportunity is based in Casablanca, a fast-growing office with 300+ employees and multiple teams. You will work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where you’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn and collaborate with talented people from diverse backgrounds.
Application Procedure
Interested candidates should send their CVs to Lisa Olofsson at olofsson.lisa@bcg.com. Interviews will be conducted after resumes have been screened for minimum requirements.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.\n
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