Leadership Development Consultant

Bendelta; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bendelta is seeking a Leadership Development Consultant to design immersive leadership experiences and deliver high-impact development programs for leaders and organisations in Australia. You will support end-to-end delivery from diagnosis through design and facilitation, co-creating tailored journeys that are human-centred and sustainable.

You’ll partner with clients to understand capability needs, apply contemporary research, and help embed learning into the flow of work, while contributing to

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in Organisational Psychology (or equivalent).
• Around 5 years’ relevant experience in leadership development, organisational development, consulting or related field.
• Strong knowledge of theory, frameworks and emerging research related to leadership development, and ability to apply these in practice.
• Proven experience designing leadership development, team effectiveness or organisational development interventions.
• Facilitation skills with experience leading workshops, leadership groups or intact teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to act proactively and independently.
• Openness and agility to use AI and progressive tools to innovate and advance transformation.
• Ability to balance human impact and a commercial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design leadership development programs including architectures, face-to-face and virtual workshops, and tools to embed learning in the flow of work.
• Support end-to-end project delivery for leadership development engagements, ensuring quality, impact and client satisfaction.
• Facilitate engaging and high-impact learning experiences for leaders at all levels.
• Apply research and contemporary thinking, exploring ideas and technologies to evolve practice.
• Collaborate with others and foster an inclusive, thriving learning culture.
• Partner with clients to understand leadership capability needs and co-create tailored solutions.
• Contribute to business development, identifying opportunities to deepen impact and extend relationships.

Skills

Leadership development

Organisational development

Consulting

Facilitation

Problem solving

AI tools

Commercial mindset

Collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Organisational Psychology

Job description

As a Leadership Development Consultant at Bendelta, you will play a key role in designing and delivering leadership development experiences that are creative, intellectually rigorous, and practically valuable for leaders and organisations.

You will support end-to-end delivery of leadership development engagements, from early exploration and diagnosis through to design and facilitation. This includes working closely with clients to understand their context, challenge assumptions, and co-create development journeys that are tailored, human-centred and sustainable.

Key Responsibilities

• Design leadership development programs including program architectures, face to face and virtual workshops, and practical tools to embed learning in the flow of work.
• Support end-to-end project delivery for leadership development engagements, ensuring quality, impact and client satisfaction.
• Facilitate engaging and high-impact learning experiences for leaders at all levels.
• Apply research and contemporary thinking, while exploring emerging ideas and technologies to continually evolve our practice.
• Collaborate with others and contribute to fostering an inclusive and thriving culture, supporting others’ learning and growth.
• Partner with clients to understand leadership capability needs, co-create tailored solutions, and build strong, trust-based client relationships.
• Contribute actively to business development, including proactively identifying opportunities to deepen impact and extend the relationships through account planning, proposal development, client conversations and the identification of new opportunities across new and existing clients.

About you

The environments we work in are often complex and evolving. You will need to be curious, collaborative, and comfortable navigating ambiguity, including asking insightful questions, and offering ideas. A significant part of the role involves designing immersive and high-impact leadership experiences, requiring both the ability to collaborate and to be a self-stater who proactively manages your own work and deadlines.

You are energised by learning and actively seek out new ideas, challenge your own thinking and enjoy experimenting to continually evolve your practice.

You will likely bring:

• Postgraduate qualifications in Organisational Psychology (or equivalent)
• Around 5 years’ relevant experience in leadership development, organisational development, consulting or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of theory, frameworks and emerging research related to leadership development, and the ability to apply these in practice.
• Proven experience designing leadership development, team effectiveness or organisational development interventions.
• Facilitation skills, with experience facilitating workshops, leadership groups or intact teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to act proactively and independently
• An openness and agility to use AI and progressive tools to innovate and advance transformation.
• The ability to balance human impact and a commercial mindset

Who is Bendelta & why join us?

We are explorers at heart. For more than 20 years, we’ve partnered with organisations to understand the deeper dynamics shaping leadership, culture, strategy and effectiveness. We uncover what is happening beneath the surface, bring fresh insight to complex challenges and turn that insight into meaningful, lasting change. Our work spans leadership development, organisational design, team effectiveness, culture and change.

We are proud to be Australia’s most awarded organisational design and leadership consultancy. Our ambition is bold. We aim to help one million people unleash their potential so they can positively impact one billion more. Joining Bendelta means working alongside an experienced, deeply human team that values curiosity, intellectual rigour and collaboration. You’ll partner with leaders across industries and help create practical solutions that shape organisations and the future of work.