Job Application

Leadership and Management Development Consultant

6 month contract
£500 - £550 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 (eg 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