Junior Associate

Junior Associates our offices around the globe to work in teams and directly with our clients in a wide range of fields such as operations, marketing & sales, digital and others. When you join WashingtonRise as a Junior Associate, you will join a company that is capable of increasing your skills, a company that challenges you to apply your expertise in innovative ways or more broadly, a company that invests in your growth and professional development.

You will work with the best people in the field to assist major organizations worldwide solve their most critical challenges, in the public, private and social sectors. You can expect to work with a variety of experts, from researchers and data scientists to app designers and software developers.

Learn more about WashingtonRise by browsing our website and find out more about our services and offerings as well as where you might be a good fit. If you are interested in joining a specific practice/office, please indicate this in your personal message area when you submit your application, multiple combinations are allowed.

Responsibilities

You will play an active role in all aspects of client engagement. This includes testing and formulating hypotheses, analyzing and gathering information, and communicating and developing recommendations. You will have the opportunity to present the results to client management and to make recommendations in close collaboration with the client team members. You will work in teams with a size of 3 to 5 consultants.

Junior Associates receive training and repeated coaching and mentoring from their team colleagues. This support comprises a local office partner assigned to guide your career and formal training during your first years. In addition, you’ll receive support and guidance from your local office to assist you build your network and develop your skills.

Although all consultants develop specific knowledge as they advance with WashingtonRise, most of the knowledge required at first is very broad, effectively implying that they do not need specific functional or industry expertise to succeed. For associates who decide to join WashingtonRise as experienced professionals, this means building on past knowledge or developing experience in a entirely new field.

Qualifications

• University degree and strong academic record required
• Excellent records of managerial or academic and or professional achievement
• Excellent record of leadership in a professional, academic, or extracurricular setting
• Extraordinary quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills
• Ability to work with people at all levels of the firm
• Capacity to work in a team environment
• Availability to travel
• Capacity to communicate complex ideas efficiently, both in writing and verbally, in English and in the local office language(s).