Q5 is looking for graduates to join our team in London for an 8 week period between September and December 2025. If you will still be studying at this point, please see the summer undergraduate opening

Please note that this role will remain open, and interviews will begin in March 2025.

We are award-winning experts in organisation change, helping to build better businesses across the world. We are all about organisational health, which separates good organisations from the great. Whether our clients are at the top of their game (and want to remain there) or are in ‘turnaround’ mode, we all need to work on our organisational health. Whatever the situation, be it a strategic conundrum, a market opportunity, or an operational gripe, we combine the art and science of organisational health to help our clients improve and excel.

Q5 was set up to be nimble enough to work across different sectors and locations, and create results based on the specific needs of our clients.

The role:

Our programme is designed to introduce under/graduates to our business and to the three key areas of activity we undertake – practice management, business development and project delivery. This will include learning about how a consultancy works, the skills and behaviours expected of a consultant, and the methodology and delivery styles that we use. All Research Analysts will have a dedicated mentor who will explain and review objectives and the progress made against them.

Main objectives:

• Introduction to Business Development, including pipeline principles, proposals, client presentations
• Business presentation and research skills
• Introduction to Organisation Design: principles and methodology
• Business writing and business analysis
• Introduction to Organisation Development: principles and methodology

Example activities:

• Assist Partners with research projects
• Help Consultants in development of new presentation tools
• Assist in preparation and customisation of workshop materials, client tool kits and templates
• Observe how sessions are prepared and run
• Assist in creation of client deliverables

Requirements

Our ideal candidates are:

• Passionate about solving business and organisational problems
• Strong communicators
• Adaptable and work well under pressure
• Strong on analytical and relationship-building ability