Junior Consultant

Avèro Advisors • Knoxville, TN

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Avèro Advisors is seeking interns for its in-person Junior Consultant Program. This cross-functional opportunity provides exposure to client-facing engagements, internal operations, and business development, offering a broad introduction to how a consulting firm operates. Interns will work with professionals across the firm and contribute to government technology and innovation projects, including work involving ERP solutions, organizational discovery sessions, strategic recommendations, and functional system requirements. The role also provides exposure to proposals, business processes, and other consulting-firm operations.

The program emphasizes professional growth, teamwork, adaptability, and meaningful contributions to a growing consulting firm. Interns may develop professional skills, gain experience across management consulting, and become part of the organization’s talent pipeline for future full-time roles. The position is in person at the company’s Knoxville headquarters during Summer 2027.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Management and Entrepreneurship, Public Policy and Administration, Human Resources Management, or a related field at an accredited college or university.
• Able to work in person at the Knoxville headquarters during Summer 2027.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to assess problems and propose solutions.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with peers, clients, and leadership.
• Ability to follow through on commitments, take ownership of tasks, and close the loop with teammates and clients.
• Willingness to learn new tools and technologies.
• Ability to self-start and work on standalone projects with specific objectives, as well as collaborate with a team.
• Passion for making an impact through consulting and technology.
• Adaptability, curiosity, and eagerness to learn quickly, take on challenges, and grow from new experiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to As-Is and To-Be business process model and notation documentation, including workflow diagrams.
• Assist with mapping requirements to phased implementation schedules for software selection, configuration, implementation, and testing.
• Analyze existing business processes, operations, and organizational structures to identify gaps and recommend improvements.
• Shadow a Project Manager providing advice, consultation, and technical assistance during project implementation, while supporting customer service.
• Work with client users to define business requirements, resolve issues, and translate requirements into system design documents.
• Support coordination of system design and implementation requirements with vendors.
• Participate in assessing business opportunities, defining problems, and proposing solutions for business development.
• Assist in evaluating software and hardware systems and identifying technologies that may improve operations.
• Collaborate with departments to support operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Help produce business requirements and other project documentation.
• Assist in creating application design documents that encompass business requirements.
• Work with systems analysts and developers on functional specifications, test plans, and scripts.
• Develop an understanding of business operations, processes, procedures, and methods for analyzing and evaluating them.
• Communicate with internal and external clients and vendors.
• Support client-facing engagements, proposals, internal operations, and business development efforts.
• Contribute to process improvements and workflow streamlining.

Benefits

• Opportunity to develop professional skills while working alongside a diverse team of professionals.
• Exposure to multiple facets of management consulting to explore whether the field is a good career path.
• Opportunity to advance to the company’s talent pipeline for future full-time roles.
• Opportunity to gain professional references from a growing organization.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern