[Hiring] Staffing & Utilisation Specialist @Allied Talent Partners

Role Description

Allied Talent Partners (ATP), a Three Cairns Group initiative, is a mission-driven, not-for-profit talent marketplace focused on solving the human capital bottlenecks slowing down sustainable development efforts in emerging economies, with an initial focus on Africa. ATP connects vetted, experienced, context-relevant professionals to high-impact opportunities in energy access and sustainable development – strengthening local capacity and fuelling economic vitality.

The client is seeking a Staffing Specialist to act as a central coordination point for the deployment and utilisation of advisory talent across projects. The role exists to ensure structured staffing decisions, minimal idle capacity, and strong alignment between project demand and available talent in a fast-paced advisory environment.

• This is a hands-on operational role with responsibility for actively managing utilisation, resolving competing staffing demands, and strengthening consistency in staffing processes across teams.
• The position plays a critical role in maintaining delivery momentum and supporting commercial effectiveness by aligning staffing decisions with both live projects and forward-looking pipeline.
• The ideal candidate will bring experience from top-tier consulting environments and demonstrate a structured, process-driven approach to workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Experience in staffing, resource management, or workforce planning within consulting or advisory environments.
• Background working with or within firms such as McKinsey, Bain, Dalberg, or similar.
• Proven track record of managing talent pools and deployment across multiple projects.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, advisory-driven environments.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of staffing models, utilisation management, and capacity planning.
• Ability to make structured, data-informed staffing decisions.
• Familiarity with staffing processes and governance frameworks.
• Ability to operate independently without requiring detailed instruction.
• Strong organisational and coordination capabilities.
• Clear and confident communication across teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence and guide teams toward structured ways of working.
• Comfortable working across time zones and in dynamic environments.

Benefits

• Remote working arrangement with alignment to East, West, or South Africa time zones and US.
• Contracting period of 3 months.