Talent Development Specialist

Talent Development Specialist

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 (negotiable, depending on experience)

Job Type: Full-Time, 37.5 hours, Fixed-Term position for 12 Months

Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) Global Centre, Cardiff

Hybrid working opportunity, office presence required once per week

About The IB

If you're looking to work for a global organisation with a meaningful mission, and with colleagues all over the world, then the International Baccalaureate® (IB) may have the ideal opportunity for you! The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 5,700 schools across 160 countries. A career at IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services and contribute to our 50-year mission of creating a better and more peaceful world. Apply now to join our global organisation where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.

About The Job

The Talent Development Specialist will join the Global HR Team in this newly created position, reporting into the Global Talent Manager. The incumbent will provide a structured, cohesive and data driven approach to talent development.

They will strive to offer opportunities and inspiration for people to grow and reach their potential at the IB, whilst empowering them with the skills they need now, and the abilities needed in the future, to help advance and grow the IB’s mission.

The Talent Development Specialist will work closely with the Global Talent Manager and Talent Acquisition Specialist to coordinate and deliver a holistic program to help IB achieve its ambition of becoming an organization that ‘optimizes its way of working to empower talented colleagues to do great work’.

The Talent Development Specialist will work with Global and Regional colleagues across the organisation and externally to provide a full Talent Development offer including identifying training needs, developing innovative solutions, effective delivery and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Talent Development Initiatives: Design, Plan and Execute: Support the review of Talent Development needs for all employees to identify knowledge, skills and behaviours required at an organisational, departmental and individual level. Partner with agreed vendors to create and design training solutions whilst considering the volume of participants, location and budget. Adapt content and material to enhance delegate engagement whilst considering different learning needs.
• Processes and Systems: provide administrative support through course administration, delegate communication and management (including front line enquiries). Managing the end-to-end delivery process on our internal HRIS, HCM (Oracle). Create and agree global measurement evaluation tools to ensure all training objectives are met and monitor the impact of Talent Development programs. Monitor and improve key Talent Development online products including LinkedIn Learning and Line Manager Toolkit.
• Communications & Reporting: partner with the communications team to design and implement effective communication strategies to increase awareness, engagement, and adoption of relevant Talent Development programs. In partnership with regional HR Teams, develop and maintain reporting tools, providing reports to the HR Leadership Team and Regional HR Teams on a regular basis.

About You

• Demonstrable experience in a Talent Development or Learning Development focused role at a similar level or broader HR role.
• Working understanding of how Talent Development Teams support and develop people within Organisations.
• Possesses a working knowledge of Learning Cycle/ADDIE activities and Learning Management Systems (ideally HCM Learn, but this is not essential).
• Resilient approach to work with excellent planning and organisational skills, particularly when mapping out future activities.
• Comfortable communicating to groups and individuals, especially as a leader/influencer in a discussion setting.
• Supportive and dependable in approach to others, with a collaborative working style.

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:

• 10% employer pension contribution from day 1 (3% contribution required)
• Enhanced family friendly benefits
• 25 Days annual leave, plus public holidays, with the choice to buy up to 5 days additional annual leave
• Life assurance 4x annual salary
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10am-12pm and 2pm-3pm)
• Paid volunteering leave
• Excellent continuous professional development
• 1.5 % Flexible benefits allowance
• Health and wellness schemes
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounts on a range of products, including days out
• Cash back opportunities available from a wide range of retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site car parking

Applications are being received until 05 January 2025 at 11:59pm

We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The International Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants.