Energy Principal

Nous is a great place to work...

Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 700 people working across Australia and New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and Canada. We are a values-based organisation that is inspired and determined to improve people’s lives in significant ways. Working in unique, cross-disciplinary teams we create innovative and enduring solutions that transform businesses, governments, and communities. We realise a bigger idea of success.

Nous is regularly acknowledged as a great place to work as part of competitive workplace reviews. In 2023 Nous was again named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work, and was recognised as one of LinkedIn’s best places to grow a career, as a LinkedIn Top Company (Australia). We have previously been named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review on a number of occasions and a Great Place to Work every year that we’ve entered for the past decade (Australia). We’re excited to be extending success and influence globally having recently been awarded A Great Place to Work in Canada and the UK.

As an energy sector focused Principal, you will grow our business through leveraging your existing relationships and developing new clients. You have extensive experience in the energy sector, across a range of areas, and act as a trusted advisor, actively maintaining executive level relationships. 

You bring experience of using your content expertise to advise and resolve complex problems (especially at the strategic level) for large private sector organisations and potentially governments, either in internal executive or consulting roles.

This role also provides the opportunity to mentor and coach less experienced consultants to assist in their ongoing growth and development on projects at Nous.

The work of our growing energy practice includes:

• Playing a key role in the development and growth of the energy practice within Nous
• Leading client development activities including project origination and conversion
• Leveraging existing and building new relationships with board, executive, and management leaders in the energy sector
• Leading strategy and business transformation projects in the energy sector with senior client engagement
• Keeping abreast of, and engaging clients on, some the most significant strategic big-picture considerations of Australia’s energy transition, including as a co-author of Net Zero Australia
• Leading the development of corporate and business unit strategies for businesses across the energy sector
• Supporting retailers, network businesses, developers and the broader energy sector develop and meet their net-zero goals while securing social acceptance for their projects.

You are:

• Motivated to solve a range of challenges faced by corporates in the energy sector – and bring directly relevant experience
• Keen on the challenge of consulting 
• Looking for a new opportunity with a purpose-driven consulting firm
• Passionate and driven about doing work that matters and creates positive influence, in an environment that values diversity and thrives on creativity 
• Innovative: introducing new ideas, demonstrating original and creative thinking to encourage the team to seek out solutions and push their thinking 
• A collaborator; you bring energy and enthusiasm for collaborating with others throughout the project design and delivery process 
• A leader: providing leadership in structured thinking and contributing valuable content to add valuable insights and achieve high quality client outcomes, and leads executive level clients and colleagues through ambiguity to deliver results

What makes Nous a Great Place to Work?

Our aim is to deliver a flexible experience that delivers positive influence and growth for you, our colleagues, and our clients.

Below are some of the ways Nousers are encouraged to enjoy that experience:

• A collaborative bonus that reflects company performance, and is available to all
• Celebrating commitment to Nous by enabling access to long service leave after five years of employment
• For consulting Nousers we aim for an average of 8 hours of client attention per day. In addition, there is time spent on growth – either yours, your colleagues’ or Nous’, which may include time on professional development, mentoring, IP development, or involvement with Nous’ employee networks.

We take pride in the inclusive workplace we have built, acknowledged by the Diversity Council of Australia as a 2021-2022 Inclusive Employer. This reflects both the diversity of our people and our supportive people, culture and policies.

Finally, some important details...

Nous is an equal opportunity employer. We take pride in the inclusive workplace we have built, acknowledged by the Diversity Council of Australia as a 2021-2022 Inclusive Employer, reflecting both the diversity of our people and our supportive people, culture, and policies. We are one of only one hundred organisations nationally that have a Strech Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Reconciliation Action Plan. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and First Nations people.  

If you are energetic, highly capable, and interested in working in a fast-paced environment as part of a high performing dynamic team, working on complex problems that puts people at the centre of everything, we'd love to hear from you! Please click apply below. We will review your application and be in contact as soon as possible. Please keep an eye out on your spam folder, just in case. 

To apply for a role at Nous in Australia you must have Australian Permanent Residency or the right to work in Australia.