People Development Consultant

Salary from £54,129 depending on experience

Location: Pity Me, Durham, County Durham

About the role

People Development Consultant

Working hours: 37 hours per week

12 Month Fixed term Contract / Secondment

Salary from £54,129

We're open to discussing flexible working.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our People team as one of 3 People Development Consultants. This varied and fast-paced role will see you design and implement people development programs within specific directorates to ensure colleagues have the right skills at the right time to deliver against our AMP8 ambitions.

This role will see you build strong partnerships with key stakeholders across the business and in particular the directorates you're aligned to. You'll be responsible for the full learning cycle from identifying skills gaps/development needs and implementing creative solutions to address them.

You'll provide expert coaching to leadership teams on learning and organisational development approaches (L&OD) to enhance individual, team, and company performance.

You'll also take responsibility for early career programs and retiree knowledge transfer initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and effective implementation.

There are several corporate projects you'll have responsibility for leading which are intended to enhance skills and performance in areas such as assessment and selection, change management, leadership development, DEI programs, onboarding, and qualifications.

You'll work as part of a high-performing Academy Team responsible for all learning and development across the organisation.

About you

You'll be an experienced learning and development specialist with a track record of delivering impactful development interventions in a corporate environment.

Using your knowledge of current leadership and management theories, you'll ensure best practices are applied to the work you deliver to achieve the best results. You'll also have experience in designing and delivering leadership and management programs.

You'll have exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport and strong relationships at all levels within an organisation, becoming a true partner to individuals and teams to improve performance and achieve our corporate ambitions.

Additionally, you'll have experience building talent management strategies, aligning them with organisational goals to ensure we are simultaneously developing the present and future workforce.

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, which means you'll bring creativity and innovation to developing impactful learning solutions. Overall, you'll constructively challenge ideas to achieve the best outcomes.

Interviews

Interviews will take place in person on Tuesday 29th April 2025.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role requires a DBS to be completed prior to employment.

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities, and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do, and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.