DP World Hiring for Senior Specialist – Talent & Leadership Development Job at Dubai Full Time

Job Purpose:

Increase leadership, talent & culture capability within DP World by creating and implementing impactful and innovative business leadership and management development solutions and practices which are aligned with the organisation’s transformation strategy and Our Principles.

Key Accountabilities:

Business Consultancy

• Act as a trusted advisor and coach, provide consultancy to HRBP’s to create short and long term strategic plans to enhance leadership current capability using applicable talent, leadership development & cultural methodologies, tools and solutions. Ensure the impact of solutions is linked to measurable business goals and are aligned with the Our principles.

Create a Culture

• Partner with HRBP’s and business to create a culture of growth. This includes encouraging employees to take ownership of their own development and arming line managers with the skills to support employee development.

Build Solutions

• Apply instructional design expertise to create innovative yet robust and experiential leadership development solutions incorporating digital learning where applicable. This will include leadership development frameworks and programmes for a global multinational workforce, as well as bespoke interventions and solutions for specific business units or teams. Ensure an evaluation strategy for targeted knowledge and skills (normative and summative) is formulated and subsequently implemented.
• Build talent, leadership development & culture solutions (virtual and in person) to foster a mindset of continuous learning amongst business leaders.
• Build toolkits, curate resources for leaders to access for their development. Encourage leaders to generate leadership development content.
• Collaborate with and evaluate the output of external parties/ vendors when applicable to ensure talent, leadership development & culture solutions are designed in line with DPW standards and meet the desired learning outcomes using latest leadership development trends research, methodologies and technology.

Implement Solutions

• Manage and track the implementation of talent, leadership development & culture practices and solutions through a pool of trusted partners including external providers and internal resources.
• Facilitate talent, leadership development & culture solutions to a high standard, creating memorable learning experiences.
• Confidently provide coaching and support to all levels of leaders in using various knowledge, tools, and resources to create on-the-job and social development experiences.

Measure Value

• Evaluate the impact of talent, leadership development & culture solutions. Create metrics and dashboards, share these with HR and business units.
• Use data to create a structured review process of talent, leadership development & culture offerings.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• Qualification in Learning and Development, Adult Learning, HR or equivalent at minimum Bachelor’s level, Masters level is preferable.
• Large scale organisational Change Management experience.
• Minimum 5 year’s experience in managing a full range of talent, leadership development and/or culture
• activities.
• Proven track record of managing and delivering talent, leadership, culture and/or learning programmes at different levels.
• Executive Coaching Qualification is highly desirable.
• Commercial acumen and an understanding of business processes.
• Ability to work comfortably in a multicultural environment
• Highly developed interpersonal skills – influence, negotiation and communication.
• Ability to travel for extended periods at short notice.
• Ability to communicate multilingually is highly beneficial.
• Ability to work with a wide array of tech tools.
• Highly innovative approaches to drive results is necessary.