Senior People Development Specialist

Team / Directorate: PD&W / Corporate Strategy and Development

Starting salary:  £45,367 rising to £50,877 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Interview date: To be confirmed

Post number: 202364

The role

Design, deliver and evaluate workshops on a range of topics - including leadership & skills development.

Develop interventions that support modern ways of working, including delivery face to face and online, designed to meet identified needs.

Develop and maintain a range of individual, team and organisational stakeholder relationships, across the organisation to promote a systematic and high quality approach to leadership, management and organisational development across NRW.

Identify and promote best practice in management, leadership and organisational development.

Investigate and consider up to date theories and models for managers and leaders that support current leadership thinking and practice and stretch for future development.

Develop a refreshed offer of leadership interventions targeted at each of the specific audiences identified in our curated offer.

Commission additional resources, inline with NRW's procurement processes.

There are no line manager responsibilities with this role and reports direct the the leadership team member.  This is a pan Wales role with majority of the work delivered from an office location or home.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Charlotte Morgan at charlotte.morgan@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Successful external applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

 

What you will do

• Lead and deliver projects, informed by the workforce plan, staff engagement plan and management and leadership development plan, responding to the changing needs of our organisation and the external environment, designing, delivering and evaluating sustainable solutions to ensure the resilience of our people and our organisation.
• Proactively coach and develop our managers build and sustain their confidence to lead and manage their teams and develop talent to provide satisfying careers and a resilient workforce.
• Advise and coach managers to identify the training needs of their teams to support both technical and other skills development in line with our values.
• Design and deliver team building and other behavioural development interventions  both proactively and reactively.
• Design, deliver and evaluate workshops on a range of development topics – involving internal subject matter experts where appropriate.
• Develop policy and produce reports to illustrate their impact and inform culture change.
• Provide professional coaching support to individuals to facilitate appropriate decisions about their future, including outplacement support during any change programmes.
• Identify well-being needs and take appropriate actions to mitigate any negative impact.
• Lead other work areas in the Organisational Development team and directorate as appropriate.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1. CIPD qualified or equivalent with considerable experience of working as a Learning and Development practitioner or manager with a track record of developing talent.
2. Experience of developing people and supporting culture change in teams and organisations
3. Enthusiasm for researching new thinking and ways of working that engage and inspire a diverse workforce to enable us to attract and retain talent in our organisation
4. Proven project management skills and the ability to inspire confidence and communicate at all levels in our organisation.

 

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential:  Level A1 – able to pronounce Welsh and use basic phrases

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

Please keep reading

If you think you have what it takes to do this role, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch and we will be happy to discuss the role with you in more detail.

We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender expression and gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion.   We put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values.

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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