About the company:

Brightive was formed in the United Kingdom in 2006 to deliver large and complex IT-enabled Change Programmes. This remains our core focus today and we support a domestic and international clients’ bases across the telecommunications, government, healthcare, financial and utilities sectors. At Brightive we care about building the capabilities of our consultants and we invest in their personal development to provide the best service to clients. We are a small, innovative and dynamic consultancy firm that emphasizes staff development and provides outstanding solutions, aimed at a strategic direction and ongoing business development. We have a talented roster of employees and well-established community of outstanding associate consultants, unified by our commitment to increase the agility and performance of our clients’ businesses. We have demonstrable success in implementation and programme turnaround for large, complex and high-profile IT programmes. Our office is based in Sofia, Bulgaria, however, we work with client organisations across Europe and Middle East. We provide services in three main lines: project management, BI & data and process optimization/automation. We are hiring consultants for entry roles /straight out of university, or 1-2 years of professional experience/ across all our service lines.

About the position:

The Junior Business Consultant acts as an enabler for positive change within teams and across the business. The role requires a credible, forward-thinking individual who recognizes the opportunity that a major transformation brings to an organization. As a consultant, you will engage different stakeholders across the business, prompting you to build solid working relationships with peers and senior leadership. The successful candidate will be involved in setting up and owning the operational capabilities of project management and business analysis tools, to provide the best possible service to our clients. As a Junior Business Consultant, you will take part in the business development of Brightive, and you will support the management of organizational transformation projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Building, maintaining and managing senior stakeholder relationships;

• Managing the project/portfolio planning;

• Creating a visual project status report/dashboard for senior management;

• Managing and maintaining risk and issue logs (RAID log);

• Administering the change management process as required and facilitating the process to obtain appropriate customer and internal approvals;

• Co-ordinating project document management;

• Distributing meeting agendas, recording and distributing meeting minutes, decisions and actions from project reviews;

• Any other activity deemed appropriate by the circumstances and your peers;

• Studying and obtaining certifications to increase value delivered to our clients and to boost your personal/professional development.

Requirements:

• Educational background in business administration, management, computer science or information systems is desirable;

• International experience or education, and the ability to travel and work in the EU are must;

• Comfortable with the possibility that international travel can be required for up to 50% of the year;

• Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills to all levels of seniority and disciplines within the organization;

• Ability to work closely with different business functions and understand their priorities;

• Be flexible and responsive, possessing the ability to plan and organize, while working on different projects at the same time;

• Full MS Office proficiency;

• Fluent in written and spoken Business English, any other foreign language is a plus;

• Good knowledge with practical experiences in applying project management methodologies (E.g. Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, PMI) is considered a plus.

Why you should join us (benefits):

• A competitive basic salary + significant performance & utilisation related bonus;

• Medical insurance;

• Travel insurance;

• Public transportation card;

• Multisport card;

• Flexible working time and work from home policy;

• A structured career development path including company-covered support in the pursuit of Agile, Project Management (PMI and/or PRINCE2) and Business Transformation and IT consultancy certifications (BA and ITIL);

• 5 days additional paid leave (total: 25 days);

• Wellness program promoting workplace health and well-being;

• Training and development program focused on professional and personal growth;

• Company funded team evens and social activities;

• An outstanding team of colleagues, based in a forward-thinking and fun shared office space at Puzl CowOrKing Space (Sofia);

• The opportunity to gain exceptional experience through involvement in some of the largest Business Change projects in Europe.