EY Ireland - People Consulting Graduate Programme 2025

Locations available: Dublin

Start date: September 2025

Before submitting your application:

Thank you for choosing EY for your future graduate programme! Before submitting your application, please read the below information so we can help to set you up for success.

• Please note you may only apply to one 2025 EY Graduate Programme. All additional applications will not be considered.
• When submitting your application form, you will be asked questions on which area of our business you wish to join. To help you navigate this decision, we have provided some in depth information on our service lines and offerings in the below job description and here on our website.

• How do I choose which area of EY to join?
  • EY is split into two areas. The difference between the two are the clients we work with in each. To help you decide, please read the below text before continuing.
    • UKI (Non-Financial Services Clients): Industrial, Commercial & Technology Clients including Automotive & Transportation, Government & Public Sector, Health & Life Sciences, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction, Technology, Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment.
    • Financial Services (Financial Services Clients): Asset Management, Banking and Insurance, Investment Services, Financial Services Industry, Foreign Exchange.

If I apply to this EY Graduate Programme, can I choose another programme preference?

• Yes! As part of your application, you may choose a second graduate programme of interest.

Please note that all preferences noted within your application cannot be guaranteed, however we will do our best to accommodate you. We wish you the absolute best of luck!

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Hello, we’re EY.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through consulting and help clients grow, transform and operate.

By joining one of EY’s award-winning Graduate Programmes, you’ll receive world-class hands-on training that has real-world application. You’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too.

Here you can seek out the experiences, learnings, skills and relationships that will shape your career and beyond and be inspired by great leaders so you can lead and inspire others throughout your career journey.

Your story starts now.

The EY People Consulting Graduate Programme

About us

Our People Consulting (PC) professionals assist our clients in successfully defining, implementing and sustaining their people agenda. We provide our clients with a set of integrated services and offerings solving their most pertinent people-related business issues. Our core service offerings include people analytics, organisational design, change management, leadership development, cultural assessment and development, and talent management.

Driven by our deep understanding of HR strategy and operations, and our focus on innovation, People Consulting is best positioned to respond to the scale and complexity of the challenges our clients face, making us the trusted advisor of choice to our clients and creating more opportunities for our people.

The Opportunity

Joining the People Consulting team in EY will provide you with the opportunity to work on some of the most interesting and complex transformation programmes in Ireland. Our team, in partnership with our clients, seek to ensure the long-term sustainability and embedding of major organisational transformation programmes.

Our work is varied and challenging; from creating an organisation design that determines effective organisation solutions to embedding cultural and behavioural change across an organisation. We manage communications and stakeholders, plan and implement change journeys and offer an understanding of the HR structures, practices and policies required to support the organisation. Our team works directly with clients or alongside client data teams to deliver solutions in the areas of strategic workforce planning; talent acquisition & workforce migration; workforce performance; diversity & inclusion; learning & development; and retention.

At EY our inclusive work environment means that everyone’s opinion is valued. This enables us to provide better advice and ideas to our clients, which in turn helps you develop as an individual to achieve your potential. We offer you the opportunity to make a difference!

Skills and attributes for success:

• Have experience using relevant tools, templates and coding languages including one or more of the following tools, SAS, SPSS, R, SQL or Python, tableau, PowerBI, qlikview or spotfire
• Highly numerate with a strong technical knowledge and experience of applying analytical and modelling techniques to provide insights to business issues
• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise.
• Have strong personal impact and resilience and be able to influence clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.
• Be pragmatic - taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement
• Be able to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical, and sustainable solutions.
• Be focused on achieving project / programme goals and objectives
• Be adept at overcoming issues and barriers
• Be experienced of full project lifecycle from concept through to implementation
• Drive the successful delivery of projects and products using strong project management and deployment focused activities.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting delivery on projects and/ or workstreams, primarily in people analytics, workforce planning, data analytics and insights but may include other core service offerings. Working as part of delivery teams and supporting and owning deliverables. Responsible for working with teams and management to implement project plans
• Responsible for supporting across project management, people analysis, and supporting the PAS practice
• Facilitate the deployment of workforce analytics methodologies used to drive key business decisions
• Be responsible for analytics modelling projects and initiatives, engaging with key executives, and driving the overall consumption and reliance on analytics insights derived.
• Provide consultative and analytic support and technical expertise in the implementation of workforce measurement initiatives.
• Able to work with very large data sets where required
• Build key partnerships with Talent Project leaders to understand and deliver on business needs
• Generate innovative ideas and solutions that improve products, insights and our ability to efficiently deliver.
• Work collaboratively with clients including Service Line leaders to understand Talent analytics requirements and the problem at hand, define / execute the analytics approach, and communicate the insights and recommendations.
• Remain current on strategic workforce management tools, techniques, strategies, and practices to provide effective and efficient consultative advice to business clients.
• Research and review new analytics tools in the market to leverage and learn from.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Professional experience including a relevant degree qualification
• A deep appreciation and passion for data, analytics and be highly numerate
• Ability to quickly grasp complex business problems and develop appropriate solutions
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams and develop strong working relationships with colleagues and our clients

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• An appreciation of data, systems and technologies used to drive strategic people analytics
• Experience in data analysis and using data to solve complex business problems
• Experience with data tools, for example Alteryx, Cloudera, Hadoop (and other Big Data solutions), Informatica, Qlik, Tableau, Teradata, PowerBI

What we look for

We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate real impact within various areas of People Consulting for our clients. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability and connect effectively across our global People Consulting practice to maximise our global knowledge and experience in supporting clients to build their talent pool.

What working at EY offers

You want a career that counts, rewards performance and ultimately secures your future. Our success is founded on yours. Our comprehensive total rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

In addition, your wellbeing is our priority. We can only build a better world, together, by putting your wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. EY has a range of programs to support you in looking after your own wellbeing and that of your colleagues, from remote working options to Employee Assistance Programs and wellness events.

Training & Development

In addition to our comprehensive graduate on-boarding and induction process, there is on-going continuous graduate training and learning opportunities over the first 2 years of the programme. Every new hire is assigned a buddy who will be there to support and guide you through your first few months at EY, and a career counsellor, a senior team member who supports your performance management and career development, as well as building competence, motivation and confidence.

At EY, we have a comprehensive Learning and Development program in place for all staff members, with access to a vast library of free on-line courses including three master\'s degrees! There are specific Learning Pathways for each level in the organisation including classroom-based learning, as well as our bespoke EY Badges learning initiative which encourages you to attain a level of proficiency in skills of interest to you and are valuable to our clients.

Apply today!

We aim to create a diverse workplace, which contributes to our objective of building a better working world. We are looking for people from all academic backgrounds – including business, science, engineering, arts, humanities, health, law, and more.

Building a better working world. Starting with yours.

Applications close 23rd October 2024.