We're hiring for an Associate/Senior Associate to join our Melbourne or Sydney office, where you'll join a small but growing team delivering strategy and transformation work across a diverse range of sectors in Australia. You'll work on varied and complex challenges across sectors, including education, research, government, consumer, financial services, and not-for-profits, driving impactful solutions for our clients and broader society.
Requirements
- Recent graduate or someone with a few years' experience in consulting, professional services, policy, analytics, or corporate strategy roles
- Demonstrated initiative and intellectual curiosity, with the ability to work independently, take ownership of tasks, and drive work forward in ambiguous client environments
- Exposure to hypothesis-driven problem solving and structured, top-down thinking methodologies, with a strong learning mindset
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with comfort working with data and presenting clear, well-reasoned insights
- A Bachelor's and/or higher degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Commerce, Engineering, Arts, Law, Science), with strong academic achievement (e.g. distinction average or equivalent)
- Proficiency in MS Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word; PowerBI desirable)
- A pragmatic, outcome-driven mindset and a collaborative approach to teamwork
Benefits
- Diverse Sectors: Deliver major outcomes across education, research, government, consumer, financial services, and notâforâprofit sectors.
- Collaborative Projects: Work with senior leaders to tackle varied and complex challenges across a wide array of industries.
- Structured development and mentorship: Work closely with senior team members, with hands-on coaching, regular feedback, and exposure to complex client problems.
- Inclusive Culture: Join a supportive and talented team that values innovation, connection, and shared success.
- Real ownership and visible impact: At SPP, your work directly shapes client thinking and decisions.
- End-to-end consulting exposure: Gain exposure to the full consulting lifecycle from problem definition and analysis through to executive engagement, decision-making, and implementation.
- Excellence of output: We hold a high bar for the quality of our work.
- Working environment: We focus on delivering outcomes for clients while collaborating, developing, and connecting as a team.
- Salary and Benefits: Competitive, market-aligned remuneration and benefits that support your professional growth and wellbeing.
