Leadership and Management Development Consultant

Leadership and Management Development Consultant

6 month FTC

£500 - £550 per day

Location: Chelmsford

Closing Date: 16th June 2024

Main Accountabilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of Leadership and Management Development solutions, to ensure they are future-focused, relevant, innovative, cost effective and aligned to functional business plans.
• Responsible for externally procuring, as appropriate, the design and delivery of specific programs, providing the necessary contract management and quality assurance.
• Deliver agreed Leadership and Management Development solutions (e.g. specific events). This may include executive coaching, facilitation, delivery of highly energised workshops, or consultancy advice to ODP and/or other teams in the organisation to identify tailored solutions.
• Supports the implementation of our Talent development strategy, ensuring the Talent needs identified across the organisation are properly addressed through our leadership & Management Development initiatives.
• Responsible for establishing robust Leadership and Management Development impact measurement for any of the programs/initiatives designed and implemented, able to utilise people insights and evidence of impact on performance (individual and organisational).
• Explore and develop collaborative approaches to strengthening Leadership and Management capabilities across the company to support the delivery of the their vision, developing key partnerships when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively across People & Transformation to build an aligned and relevant service for the organisation. To work in close collaboration with the People Business Partnering teams to support the design and implementation of cross-cutting programs.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework through engagement in professional supervision

Desirable Experience:

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to deliver at pace
• Significant technical expertise in Leadership and Management Development (from executive development to entry level positions), balanced with an ability to pragmatically execute relevant programmes.
• Proven ability to solve complex problems, conduct research/break new ground, develop new applications and provide expert support for other practitioners.
• Sound expertise in designing and applying impact evaluation to Leadership and Management Development programs, with a bias towards evidence-based practice and use of people insight to design interventions.
• Practical experience in learning and business needs consulting, able to guide stakeholders through a shared and collaborative decision making process, working at all levels within a matrix organisation.
• Confident facilitation and delivery of workshops, events or development interventions, with the ability to create engaging content.
• Strong diagnostic, problem solving, and analytical skills; ability to think strategically.
• Ability to focus on critical issues to balance and respond to competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects that cut across multiple services and teams, from inception through completion.
• Coaching qualification desirable