Early Talent Development Lead (Mat Cover)

Wiser; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Happiness team

Culture calendar

Cool workspace

W breakfast

Job summary

Wiser, a global employer brand agency, seeks a Learning & Development professional for a fixed-term maternity cover (seven months), working three days a week. The role is based in our London HQ with travel nationwide for facilitator sessions and client workshops.

You will lead design and delivery of Early Careers programmes, line-manage one report, and partner with client stakeholders to evolve development offerings, ensuring exceptional programme experiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years learning & development experience.
• Experience improving, evolving and delivering a learning proposition across multiple clients or programmes.
• Experience of line management and performance coaching.
• Proven skill in managing multiple work streams.
• Coaching, facilitation or CIPD qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve and iterate on the existing development offering for high quality programmes.
• Support design of new Early Talent and management programmes with L&D expertise.
• Own delivery and evaluation of clients' Early Careers behavioural skills programmes.
• Lead client workshops with inclusive, safe environments for growth.
• Line manage one direct report and coach their facilitation and client management skills.
• Build trusted partnerships with client stakeholders for successful delivery and evolution of programmes.
• Ensure programmes deliver an excellent experience and influence work culture.
• Collaborate with client strategy and leadership to win new business and expand programmes.
• Based in London HQ three days a week with flexibility and nationwide travel for facilitations.

Skills

Learning & Development

Coaching

Facilitation

Line management

Project management

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

We are Wiser, a global, award-winning Employer Brand agency. We build employer brands to guide the best in the biz into their dream career with our clients. We’re a home for people who think big and expect more. We transform a company’s employer brand internally and externally and change cultures from the ground up.

With creative, strategic and early talent experts in-house, our clients have a single partnership with Wiser and we deliver end to end campaigns helping them to attract and retain the best talent globally.

We believe that people will do their best work when they're in a space that enables it. And that's what we've shaped at Wiser - a culture where everyone can be real and back themselves, surrounded by high performers who take ownership of their career and make moves, no matter what their background.

To find out more about us, take a look at our website wearewiser.comor check us out on Instagram @wearewiser.

ROLE

This is a fixed-term maternity cover role for seven months, working three days a week (fractional). Flexibility on which days will be required to ensure client delivery.

WHAT WILL YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING?

• You'll continuously improve and iterate on our existing development offering, ensuring programmes remain high quality and relevant

• You'll support the design of new Early Talent and management programmes, bringing creative ideas and L&D expertise to shape what's next

• You'll own the delivery and evaluation of our clients' Early Careers behavioural skills programmes

• Along with our Early Talent Facilitation Manager, you'll lead the facilitation of client workshops, creating inclusive and psychologically safe environments where participants have the opportunity to grow

• You'll line manage one direct report, coaching them to develop their facilitation capability, client management and technical knowledge

• You'll build trusted partnerships with client stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery and evolution of development programmes

• You'll ensure our programmes ignore the ordinary and deliver an excellent experience for those on the programme, helping change the way people think about work and working with Wiser's creatives to help you get there

• You'll work alongside our client strategy team and leadership to win new client business, both for our current offering and for new programmes

• You'll be based in our London HQ three days a week, with flexibility required on which days you're in. The role will also require flexibility to travel nationwide to lead facilitations for our clients

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years learning & development experience

• Experience improving, evolving and delivering a learning proposition across multiple clients or programmes, ideally within an early careers context

• Experience of line management and performance coaching

• Proven skill in managing multiple work streams

• A coaching, facilitation or CIPD qualification (desirable, but not essential)

PURPLE PERKS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

• A Happiness team whose role is to make Wiser the best place to work possible. Whether it’s keeping the office stocked up with snacks, sending you a care package when you’re poorly, or planning the next Wiser party, they make the office a much happier place

• A culture calendar full of options - from black tie to sports day, book club or run club, there’s something for everyone

• We’re pretty proud of the space we have here - from phone booths to walking pads, all the way to a rainforest for focus-time… whatever vibe you need, you can find it here

• A W breakfast - our Happiness team makes sure everyone starts the day right with a hotel-worthy breakfast spread. Fancy coffee tap and unlimited fizzies on offer too
  Further details available upon Interview progression*