Leadership and Management Development Consultant

Full Job Description

Leadership and Management Development Consultant

• 6 month contract

• £450 - £500 per day

• Location: Chelmsford

• Working Arrangement: Hybrid - Please note that the requirement to attend our Chelmsford based offices will be on a business needs basis but typically 1-2 times per week.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Leadership and Management Development Consultant to join a well established organisation in Essex on a 6 month contract, hybrid basis.

Accountabilities

• Lead the design and implementation of leadership and management development solutions, to ensure they are future-focused, relevant, innovative, cost effective and aligned to functional business plans.

• Responsible for externally procuring, as appropriate, the design and delivery of specific programs, providing the necessary contract management and quality assurance.

• Deliver agreed leadership and management development solutions (e.g. specific events). This may include executive coaching, facilitation, delivery of highly energised workshops, or consultancy advice to ODP and/or other teams in the organisation to identify tailored solutions.

• Supports the implementation of our Talent development strategy, ensuring the Talent needs identified across the organisation are properly addressed through our leadership & management development initiatives.

• Responsible for establishing robust leadership and management development impact measurement for any of the programs/initiatives designed and implemented, able to utilise people insights and evidence of impact on performance (individual and organisational).

• Explore and develop collaborative approaches to strengthening leadership and management capabilities across the wider Essex County, to support the delivery of the Essex Vision, developing key partnerships when appropriate.

• Work collaboratively across People & Transformation to build an aligned and relevant service for the organisation. To work in close collaboration with the People Business Partnering teams to support the design and implementation of cross-cutting programs.

• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework through engagement in professional supervision.

The Experience you will bring;

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to deliver at pace

• Significant technical expertise in Leadership and Management Development (from executive development to entry level positions), balanced with an ability to pragmatically execute relevant programmes.

• Proven ability to solve complex problems, conduct research/break new ground, develop new applications and provide expert support for other practitioners.

• Sound expertise in designing and applying impact evaluation to leadership and management development programs, with a bias towards evidence-based practice and use of people insight to design interventions.

• Practical experience in learning and business needs consulting, able to guide stakeholders through a shared and collaborative decision making process, working at all levels within a matrix organisation.

• Confident facilitation and delivery of workshops, events or development interventions, with the ability to create engaging content.

• Strong diagnostic, problem solving, and analytical skills; ability to think strategically.

• Ability to focus on critical issues to balance and respond to competing priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects that cut across multiple services and teams, from inception through completion.

• Coaching qualification desirable