L&D Leadership Development Consultant London, England
Job description
Job Type : 12 month FTC
Location and flexible working: This role could be based in either our London, Wythall or Edinburgh office with the option to work from home during the week. We recognise the benefits of flexible working and will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.
Closing Date: 14 th February 2023
Salary and benefits : £70,000 - £80,000 depending on experience plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leav e, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more
Job Contact : Shanice Morgan
We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Leadership Development Consultant to join our Talent, Development and Inclusion team.
Who are we?
We want to be the best place that any of our 8,000 colleagues have ever worked.
We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer our 13 million customers products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure, with c.£310 billion of assets under administration. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.
The role
As a member of the Talent, Development and Inclusion function (TD&I), reporting to the Head of Learning & Leadership, you’ll make a significant contribution to the delivery of our learning strategy and you will help us to build the skills and capabilities that we need for the future. You will help colleagues at all levels to develop personally and professionally and will play a key role in making Phoenix Group the best place that any of us have ever worked.
The purpose of the role is create and deliver the Leadership Development agenda for Phoenix, in line with business needs. The role involves developing a leadership development curriculum, aligned to our Leadership Capabilities in order to prepare our high potential employees for future growth. The curriculum will include core leadership programmes (from entry level to Senior) along with other network and ad-hoc development programmes to develop our leadership capability.
The job holder will be the ‘go to’ person for Leadership expertise in Phoenix. They will build relationships with best practice external suppliers and institutions (Business Schools) to ensure that we have a reputation for outstanding leadership development and this is also an asset for employee retention. They will be responsible for ensuring that our leadership development is fully aligned with our Inclusion and Diversity strategy.
- Define and deliver the Phoenix approach to Leadership Development including the framework for our programmes e.g. use of internal/external speakers, allocation of budgets, timescales, commitment to Inclusion and Diversity, alignment with Leadership Attributes.
- Deliver the design and development of the Phoenix Leadership curriculum (leadership ladder), with personal responsibility for the executive programme and delegated responsibility through our external supplier Hemsley Fraser at other levels. Also responsible for stakeholder engagement (line managers) to ensure that the development is transferred and embedded.
- Solid foundation in the development, design and implementation of leadership capabilities and solutions.
- Identifies leadership capability gaps and implements approaches to build strength at all levels and deliver the strategic capability plan.
What are we looking for?
- A highly effective networker and consultant who can work flexibly, with speed and agility
- Values based leadership with awareness of impact of own leadership style
- A highly qualified learning professional with end to end experience in the design and facilitation of leadership development interventions
- Deep understanding and application of adult learning, behavioural science and systems thinking.
- Act with integrity, keep promises, follows through in actions and commitments.
- Empathetic, with high levels of Emotional Intelligence. Uses the most effective strategy to further communication and relationships.
- Resilient and culturally attentive, an ability to bounce back from setbacks, and to adapt and evolve to changing market conditions, issues and plans.
- Fair open and approachable, creating a culture of trust, performance, and motivation.
- Relationship management skills, creating deep lasting, trusted connections across Phoenix.
- Effectively manage conflict through a range of different and effective strategies,
- Organised, with excellent time management and personal productivity skills.
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
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- Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us
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