Talent development lead

Oakleaf Partnership; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakleaf Partnership is seeking a Talent Development Lead to join its People & Development team in central London. You will shape how consultants are developed through sales training, coaching, and learning delivery across the business.

You will design a best-in-class sales excellence methodology, facilitate sessions, provide desk-side coaching, and manage the end-to-end administration of development programs, with a focus on early-career consultants. Three days in the office per week in London.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering sales training in recruitment.
• Strong facilitation and co-facilitation abilities in person, desk, and remote.
• Excellent organisational skills for coordinating multiple sessions.
• Mentorship and coaching experience within recruitment or sales.
• Clear communication, adaptable to diverse learners.
• Strong admin skills for training documentation and reporting.
• Commitment to inclusive learning and accessibility.
• Proficiency with recruitment CRM tools (Salesforce, LinkedIn Recruiter).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver search and sales training programs for consultants.
• Design engaging training materials and facilitate sessions.
• Provide hands-on coaching and desk-side support.
• Maintain training records and track outcomes.
• Identify learning needs with managers and build development plans.

Skills

Sales training design

Facilitation skills

Desk-side coaching

Learning & development

Communication skills

Training logistics

Tools

Salesforce

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Our client, a well-established global executive search business, is looking for a Talent Development Lead to join their People & Development team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a genuine passion for sales, training delivery and coaching within the search/recruitment sector to shape how consultants at every level are developed.

Reporting to the Head of People & Development, you will lead the coordination and delivery of search and sales training programs across the business, with a particular focus on early-career consultants. You'll design a best-in-class sales excellence methodology, facilitate engaging learning sessions, provide hands‑on desk-side coaching, and manage the end‑to‑end administration of development programs.

3 days in the office (central London).

Our client, a well-established global executive search business, is looking for a Talent Development Lead to join their People & Development team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a genuine passion for sales, training delivery and coaching within the search/recruitment sector to shape how consultants at every level are developed.

Reporting to the Head of People & Development, you will lead the coordination and delivery of search and sales training programs across the business, with a particular focus on early-career consultants. You'll design a best-in-class sales excellence methodology, facilitate engaging learning sessions, provide hands‑on desk-side coaching, and manage the end‑to‑end administration of development programs.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Development Lead

Coordinating Training Programs

• Plan and organise training sessions, handling logistics, materials and participant communication
• Maintain the learning and development calendar, avoiding conflicts with other business priorities
• Act as the main point of contact for training participants, managing invitations, reminders and feedback

Designing and Facilitating Learning Sessions

• Create engaging, accessible training materials that accommodate different learning styles
• Lead interactive sessions spanning search methodology, sales, soft skills and technical training
• Adapt sessions to meet the needs of audiences from entry-level to experienced professionals

Coaching, Mentoring, Quality Assurance and Feedback

• Deliver 121 at-desk training and support, embedding best practice and data quality
• Provide mentorship and coaching, particularly to those early in their careers
• Give clear, constructive feedback during and after training sessions
• Facilitate peer-to-peer learning through mentoring and team-based activities

Administrative Support for L&D

• Maintain training documentation, attendance records and participant feedback
• Track and report on employee development, participation and training outcomes
• Use feedback to continuously improve training programs

Supporting the Business's Development Needs

• Work with managers to identify learning needs and skills gaps, proposing relevant training
• Design individual development plans aligned to career goals, using the 70-20-10 model

Essential Requirements

• Extensive, demonstrable experience designing and delivering sales excellence/sales training programs, within a search, recruitment sales environment
• Strong facilitation skills, with experience leading and co-facilitating interactive, engaging training sessions in person, at desk and remotely
• Excellent organisational skills to coordinate multiple training sessions, timetables and participant logistics
• Experience providing mentorship and coaching, ideally within a search, recruitment/staffing or sales environment
• Clear, confident communication skills, with the ability to flex style to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Strong administration skills, comfortable managing training documentation, tracking progress and generating reports
• A genuine commitment to inclusive learning and development, ensuring content and delivery are accessible to all, including neurodivergent and disabled employees
• Good working knowledge of standard recruitment CRM and sourcing tools (e.g. Salesforce and LinkedIn Recruiter), with the ability to pick up new systems quickly