Senior Associate, Geopolitical Advisory

About Gatehouse 

As the geopolitical and business environments blur, Gatehouse works with a variety of private and public sector clients, helping them better understand how geopolitical trends and events will shape their agendas and impact their bottom lines. We build bespoke advisory teams comprising the world’s best-placed thinkers and practitioners to help our clients stay on top of what they  Need to Know  to make performance-critical decisions. 

Gatehouse is deliberately boutique in our approach, with the core of the geopolitical advisory team working from our London office. Deep in-house strategic experience is complemented by the perspectives of a network of over 3,500+ issue and market experts based around the world to give the business a truly global scope. 

Role Description

Gatehouse is seeking experienced and high-performing early career professionals with strong client-facing credentials and familiarity with geopolitical and commercial trends to join the team as a Senior Associate (SA) in our geopolitical advisory practice.

This position will work across a range of Gatehouse clients, helping to upgrade their ‘geostrategic competence’ across a variety of geographies and themes. They will be in regular contact with the Gatehouse network and be expected to contribute to other firm-building activities. 

In addition to a solid foundation of geopolitical knowledge, the ideal candidate will also bring a mix of private sector, government policy and/or international experience to the job.

Key Skills & Experience

• Early career professionals with 2-5 years of relevant full-time work experience 

• A graduate or postgraduate degree in a relevant field

• Demonstrable interest (through academic or professional pursuits) in geopolitics and business

• Ability to independently conduct high-quality preliminary research and analysis

• Ability to produce clear and concise written outputs under tight deadlines

• An eye for detail and strong work ethic

• An entrepreneurial attitude and proactively takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks

• Enjoys working as part of a team

• Willingness to learn and take feedback onboard

Please note that no visa sponsorship is available for this role at this time.

Gatehouse Offering

Senior Associates benefit the opportunity to work across a variety of client and project teams, expanding and refining the credentials as a geopolitical consultant.

Location:  London, England

Timing: Rolling

Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• Pension scheme

• Private health care

• 23 days leave, in addition to UK bank holidays and your birthday (+1 day for every year you are with the business)

• Hybrid work arrangement (on a 60:40 principle of office to remote working)

• Extensive investment in professional development and learning

• Access to network of 3,500+ subject matter experts

• Regular social activities 

Gatehouse is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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