About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our Associate Management practice are looking for an experienced Associate Management Assistant to join the team.

The Associate Management team plays a key role in ensuring Baringa can access the right independent talent to support client delivery. We manage a large network of associates and suppliers, supporting the business with sourcing, workforce planning, onboarding, extending, offboarding, compliance and supplier management activities. The team also helps the business understand associate capability and availability so that external talent can be considered proactively alongside wider staffing options.

What you will be doing

Manage and maintain the Associate Pool, ensuring associate profiles, skills, availability, experience, and location data are accurate, up to date, and readily available to support workforce planning and project demand.
Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, recruitment partners, and internal stakeholders, supporting supplier onboarding, referrals, sourcing discussions, and maintaining visibility of external talent capacity.
Coordinate associate sourcing and opportunity management, identifying suitable associates for current and future demand, managing supplier engagement, candidate submissions, interviews, feedback, and ensuring opportunities progress efficiently through the engagement process.
Partner with Staffing and Consulting teams to provide visibility of associate capability and availability, enabling effective resourcing decisions and workforce planning.
Support the end-to-end associate lifecycle, including onboarding, contracting, extensions, offboarding, reporting, process improvement, data quality management, and the continuous enhancement of systems and ways of working.

Your skills and experience

Experience in an administration, operations, recruitment, staffing, or workforce coordination role.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships.
Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to maintain accurate data.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.
Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently, take ownership, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Familiarity with workforce, recruitment, or talent management processes and experience working with recruitment agencies or vendor management is a desirable.