Lead, Talent Management & Development, Office of Human Resources

Job Description

• Talent Strategy and Frameworks
• Drive diverse talent strategies to identify, develop and retain high-potential employees, ensuring a strong and sustainable succession pipeline for leadership and other critical roles.
• Formulate, design and implement talent management frameworks, policies and processes to support progressive and effective talent development practices.
• Continuously review and enhance talent management approaches in line with organisational needs and emerging HR best practices.
• Succession Planning and Talent Reviews
• Lead organisation-wide talent review and succession planning exercises to strengthen leadership bench strength and readiness.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to identify high-potential employees and critical talent pools.
• Facilitate calibration and talent discussions to ensure consistency and rigour in talent identification and development planning.
• Leadership and Talent Development
• Design and implement leadership and talent development initiatives to accelerate the growth of high-potential employees and emerging leaders.
• Identify development interventions such as leadership programmes, mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments.
• Monitor the effectiveness of development initiatives and recommend improvements where needed.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Engage and partner senior management across all phases of talent management, including talent identification, assessment, development and succession planning.
• Provide strategic advice and insights to leadership on strengthening organisational capability and leadership pipeline.
• Talent Analytics and Insights
• Synthesise and analyse talent data across multiple sources to generate insights and support data-driven decision making in talent reviews and workforce planning.
• Oversee dashboards and reports to track key talent indicators such as leadership readiness, bench strength and mobility trends.
• Benchmark talent management practices against industry trends and best practices.
• Drive improvements in talent processes, tools and employee development experiences.
• Other Responsibilities
  • Undertake any other duties or projects as assigned by the reporting manager, in support of organisational priorities.

Qualifications

• Professional Qualifications & Experience
• Degree qualified, preferably in Human Resources (HR), Business Administration or related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years HR experience, with relevant experience in Talent Management and/or Leadership Development.
• Proven experience working with senior and executive leadership teams in complex, diverse stakeholder environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience in talent insights.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Talent Management and Succession Planning Frameworks - Ability to design and implement talent identification, leadership and succession development frameworks.
• Leadership and Capability Development - Able to design and delivering leadership development initiatives to build organisational capability and support leadership readiness.
• Talent Assessment - Strong understanding of talent assessment methodologies such as potential assessment and leadership readiness evaluation.
• Performance and Talent Review Processes - Ability to facilitate talent review and calibration discussions, ensuring alignment between performance outcomes and talent development decisions.
• Project Management - Strong ability to plan, organise, coordinate, multi-task and prioritise under pressure with minimal direction adept at managing stakeholders.
• Data Analysis & Reporting - Able to analyse talent data, interpret trends and generate insights to support recommendations for decision-making.
• Strategic Thinking - Able to translate organisational priorities into talent strategies and programmes that strengthen leadership pipelines and organisational capability.
• Communication - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex talent insights clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management - Able to engage and advise senior leaders on talent decisions, build trusted relationships and foster cross-functional collaboration, with HR Business Partners and other stakeholders to embed talent management practices across the organisation.
• Facilitation and Advisory Skills - Strong facilitation skills to guide talent review discussions, calibration exercises and leadership conversations on talent development.

• Talent Strategy and Frameworks
• Drive diverse talent strategies to identify, develop and retain high-potential employees, ensuring a strong and sustainable succession pipeline for leadership and other critical roles.
• Formulate, design and implement talent management frameworks, policies and processes to support progressive and effective talent development practices.
• Continuously review and enhance talent management approaches in line with organisational needs and emerging HR best practices.
• Succession Planning and Talent Reviews
• Lead organisation-wide talent review and succession planning exercises to strengthen leadership bench strength and readiness.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to identify high-potential employees and critical talent pools.
• Facilitate calibration and talent discussions to ensure consistency and rigour in talent identification and development planning.
• Leadership and Talent Development
• Design and implement leadership and talent development initiatives to accelerate the growth of high-potential employees and emerging leaders.
• Identify development interventions such as leadership programmes, mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments.
• Monitor the effectiveness of development initiatives and recommend improvements where needed.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Engage and partner senior management across all phases of talent management, including talent identification, assessment, development and succession planning.
• Provide strategic advice and insights to leadership on strengthening organisational capability and leadership pipeline.
• Talent Analytics and Insights
• Synthesise and analyse talent data across multiple sources to generate insights and support data-driven decision making in talent reviews and workforce planning.
• Oversee dashboards and reports to track key talent indicators such as leadership readiness, bench strength and mobility trends.
• Benchmark talent management practices against industry trends and best practices.
• Drive improvements in talent processes, tools and employee development experiences.
• Other Responsibilities
  • Undertake any other duties or projects as assigned by the reporting manager, in support of organisational priorities.