Health & Human Services Consulting
Specific areas within Health & Human Services Consulting include:
Roles
The type of work graduates do in this area involves assisting with project work being undertaken for Government and not-for-profit clients. These roles are recruited as part of the regular graduate intake, but are limited in the number of opportunities – around 3-5 graduates
would be recruited to this area within a firm’s Melbourne office. Roles include:
- Preparing tender documents for government projects
- Undertaking literature reviews and research
- Assisting with on-line survey development
- Assisting with consulting on client policies
- Assisting with set up and logistics of organising public forums, focus groups
- Providing support to senior project managers
- Reading and processing public submissions
- Assisting in preparation of reports to government/not-for-profit clients
Skills
- A strong track record/interest/passion for social policy – e.g. can demonstrate volunteer experience in social policy areas
- Social awareness/interest in issues and public policies affecting the community
- High level written skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Mature approach and a broad understanding of the world
- Analytical and research skills (quantitative data skills very useful also)
- Good marks
- Self-starter and motivator
- Good team player – comfortable to work collaboratively
- High standard of personal accountability
- A commercial business acumen
- Flexibility/Adaptability
Possible Qualifications/ Experience Required
Candidates are sought from a wide range of discipline backgrounds including psychology, health sciences, public policy and law.
Possible Employers
Possible employers include the large professional services firms, usually thought of as accounting firms, but which actually offer a broad range of consulting services. Some mid-tier accounting firms may also have similar business lines. These firms include:
Health & Human Services Consulting
Roles
The type of work graduates do in this area involves assisting with project work being undertaken for Government and not-for-profit clients. These roles are recruited as part of the regular graduate intake, but are limited in the number of opportunities – around 3-5 graduates
would be recruited to this area within a firm’s Melbourne office. Roles include:
- Preparing tender documents for government projects
- Undertaking literature reviews and research
- Assisting with on-line survey development
- Assisting with consulting on client policies
- Assisting with set up and logistics of organising public forums, focus groups
- Providing support to senior project managers
- Reading and processing public submissions
- Assisting in preparation of reports to government/not-for-profit clients
Skills
- A strong track record/interest/passion for social policy – e.g. can demonstrate volunteer experience in social policy areas
- Social awareness/interest in issues and public policies affecting the community
- High level written skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Mature approach and a broad understanding of the world
- Analytical and research skills (quantitative data skills very useful also)
- Good marks
- Self-starter and motivator
- Good team player – comfortable to work collaboratively
- High standard of personal accountability
- A commercial business acumen
- Flexibility/Adaptability
Possible Qualifications/ Experience Required
Candidates are sought from a wide range of discipline backgrounds including psychology, health sciences, public policy and law.
Possible Employers
Possible employers include the large professional services firms, usually thought of as accounting firms, but which actually offer a broad range of consulting services. Some mid-tier accounting firms may also have similar business lines. These firms include: