Careers Development Partner

As Gold Members of the 5% Club, we are passionate about 'growing our own' talent through investing in Early Careers community, who are the future of our business. Your role as a Early Careers Development Partner is to support and enable Early Careers Development across the BBUK business, partnering internally with stakeholders including the HRBPs and business managers and their teams. Evaluate and analyse business needs, support development interventions through the design, coaching and facilitation of the learning agenda utilising and managing external procurement of delivery partners as required.What you'll be doing

• Champion a learning culture with a strong focus on achieving the full potential of employees through a wide range of development interventions including core leadership skills, coaching, and mentoring.
• Act as a learning and development partner to evaluate and analyse the business needs and design and manage a creative, blended learning & development portfolio using the 70:20:10 principle.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, challenging and advising on the most appropriate learning interventions by keeping up to date with best practice and new development theories, models and methods, including digital learning.
• Work collaboratively across the wider talent and development agenda; contributing to and owning projects as needed to deliver an integrated agenda that enables business goals. (Includes early careers, professional development, organisational performance, culture and engagement)
• Ensure strong focus on Diversity and Inclusion to ensure D&I is embedded and integrated into L&D plans and learning approach and programmes.
• Research, produce and analyse L&D management information, creating measures of success, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of our learning experiences and the impact on the business.
• Contribute to the financial performance by bringing potential efficiency savings through reduced costs and or improved productivity and business development opportunities.
• Support individuals through coaching and giving feedback on our emotional intelligence, insights, talent assessment and 360 tools.
• Provide high quality customer service by responding to requests and queries and providing expert advice.
• Organise and co-ordinate development events and programmes, working closely with HR Support Services to ensure the effectiveness of all end to end processes.
  
  Stakeholder Management
• Data Analysis and problem solving
• Coaching and Mentorship
• Project Management, manage time efficiently, plan and prioritise work activities
• Collaboration, Work effectively within a team and on own
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Presenting and Facilitating
• Coaching using psychometric assessments and personality profiling.
• Work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Knowledge
• Educated to Degree level or experience equivalent to CIPD.
• Data management and processes
• Learning solutions, models and methods
• Instructional Design
• Adult Learning Theories
• Microsoft suite including Power Point, Excel, Planner, Teams and Word
• Various technologies and tools that support remote and blended learning environments.
• Continuous learning and staying updated on industry trends and advancements.
• Knowledge of experiential learning cycle and Kirkpatrick evaluation model
• Learning management software
• Understanding of the rules around UK apprenticeship funding is desirable
Experience
• Analysis, design, facilitation and evaluation of learning interventions
• Learning and development role within a complex, multi-contracted diverse culture
• Proven achievements of design, delivery and evaluation of a full range of learning portfolio
• Experience of evaluation of learning and ROI
• Presenting and adapting facilitation style to audiences (face to face, virtual and digital)
• Training management and co-ordination
  
  What makes Balfour Beatty a great place to work? Is it the limitless career opportunities, our inclusive culture, the scale and complexity of our projects or working alongside the industry's finest experts? Hear from our colleagues across the UK, US and Hong Kong on why you should shape a career at Balfour Beatty. Visit our website to find out more and explore our exciting career opportunities: www.balfourbeattycareers.com #ShapeEverything, Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes., At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/ We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com Show more Show less

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…