Resource Management Intern

Resource Management Intern

Weber Shandwick is seeking a Resource Management Intern to join our Operations team in New York.

We're seeking a Resource Management Intern to join our growing Resource Management (RM) team in New York. You will work closely with project managers, finance, account teams and office / practice leads, as well as other members of the RM team, to gather forward-looking staffing projections for the office, enter the data (or work with PMs to ensure that it is entered) into a centralized tool, and analyze forward-looking and backward-looking data.

Ideally, you're a juggler, a problem solver, and a quick thinker with a level head and excellent people skills. This important role keeps you on your toes with varying day-to-day work that is both fun and challenging.

What You'll Be Doing

• Assist with talent requests, recommending possible solutions and helping to facilitate conversations that will lead to strong utilization and the offset of unnecessary hires
• Proactively build positive relationships with all levels of talent, account teams & project managers act as a widely-known, helpful resource and problem solver
• Strategically help match talent with needs, taking into account : requests / staff plans provided by account teams and project managers
• Support the ongoing collection of forward-looking data requiring talent allocations at a project / account and individual level and enter the data into Resource Management Tool
• Demonstrate an ability to provide intel and answer questions about what people are working on and where / why they have time, ensure that the perceived workload of the group aligns with the data being reported
• Identify and flag discrepancies, demonstrate an understanding of how to efficiently address them and remove hurdles
• Prepare for and meaningfully contribute to weekly resourcing meetings / discussions, identifying resourcing issues, and sending action-oriented recaps that keep people on task
• Facilitate discussions as a result of staffing decisions as needed to keep things moving to resolution
• Partner with colleagues across other offices to ensure we're identifying great opportunities for our talent and identifying solutions that service and balance the needs of both the business and the individual

Basic Qualifications

What You'll Get From Us

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.