2027 Graduate Program in Organisation & Workforce Transformation – Auckland

About Deloitte and the Graduate Opportunity

Joining Deloitte means becoming part of a talented community committed to making a meaningful impact. Our global presence, supportive culture, and advanced technology provide an ideal environment for you to grow into your full potential. This graduate role offers a pathway into your first full-time, permanent position, starting alongside peers with similar academic backgrounds, where real-world application of your studies is strongly encouraged.

At Deloitte, innovation is paramount, including the ethical integration of artificial intelligence within our solutions. We emphasize adaptability and continuous learning to prepare you for the future workplace. Our graduates undergo a week-long induction to introduce them to the business, are paired with a buddy and a coach, and build connections with nearly 200 fellow new joiners, immersing fully as valued team members from day one. Your journey begins the February following contract signing, with events prior to your start to welcome you into the Deloitte family.

We support your pursuit of professional qualifications through paid study leave, subsidized courses, and mentorship, alongside broader learning and development initiatives.

Role Overview

As a graduate, your role involves engaging with clients via interviews, workshops, and training, preparing deliverables, and presenting strategic recommendations across various industries and locations throughout the country. The Organisation & Workforce Transformation team assists clients in four primary domains:

• Organisation Design: Restructuring businesses to improve efficiency by assessing current structures, realigning leadership, designing effective models, reducing costs, managing mergers or acquisitions, and team restructures that align with strategic objectives.
• Leadership, Culture and Learning: Cultivating company values and positive cultures, developing high-performing teams, enhancing leadership capability, and delivering learning initiatives that promote continuous growth.
• Workforce Strategies: Strategic workforce planning to identify essential skills, redesigning operations to integrate AI and automation, and planning well-considered remuneration and benefits to secure the right talents.
• Strategic & Technology Change: Guiding organisations through significant transitions such as digital adoption, post-merger integration, and fostering sustainable, new ways of working to maintain competitive advantage.

Typical Daily Activities

• Collaborating with clients to solve complex challenges.
• Analyzing and interpreting data to support decision-making; identifying trends and performance indicators.
• Conducting market research on industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging technologies to inform strategies.
• Interviewing key stakeholders to understand organizational needs, challenges, and transformation goals.
• Providing change management support to clients across diverse sectors.
• Assisting with project management duties including development of plans, progress tracking, reporting, and meeting coordination to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.
• Preparing and delivering presentations to communicate findings, solutions, and updates effectively to clients and teams.

Candidate Profile and Qualifications

We seek individuals passionate about shaping organisational futures and fostering thriving workplaces, curious about business operations and driven to improve efficiency and adaptability with a people focus. You should be interested in the intersection of strategy, technology, and people, aiming to foster environments where businesses and employees prosper.

You will hold a degree relevant to understanding people in work and business, for example in Organisational Development, Behaviour, Leadership Studies, Business Administration, Adult Education, Human Resource Management, Communications, Change Management, Labour Economics, or related fields. These are examples, and we welcome applicants from diverse academic backgrounds.

Strong communication skills are essential to clearly share ideas, analyses, and recommendations with clients and colleagues. You should demonstrate excellent verbal and written abilities, along with competency in creating impactful presentations and reports.

Analytical skills to examine complex information, detect trends, and derive meaningful insights are critical. Additionally, strong critical thinking, creativity, and strategic planning abilities are expected.

Additional Information

Deloitte in Aotearoa New Zealand prioritizes impactful delivery, supported by over 175 years of history and a robust leadership framework spanning 150 countries. We acknowledge and respect Te Tiriti o Waitangi and reaffirm our commitment to Māori as Tangata Whenua. Our core values include caring for each other and fostering inclusion, creating an environment where everyone can succeed.

We offer competitive salaries, joining bonuses, subsidized professional qualifications, paid study leave, career coaching, social events, wellness programs, subsidized health and income protection insurance, and more.

Application Requirements

• An updated resume.
• Academic transcript showing recent grades, your name, and institution.
• Legal entitlement to work and reside in New Zealand.

Please note applications may close early if oversubscribed, so timely application submission is advised.

Note on Communications: Official correspondence will be sent from Deloitte domains; be cautious of phishing attempts.