Talent Development Manager

Job Description

Talent Development Manager EMEA

Full-time, permanent

London or Sheffield, UK

About the role:
The Talent Development Manager will play a key role in assessing development needs for the EMEA region, designing, developing, and sourcing innovative training content, and delivering engaging training. They will play an active part in the overall Talent Development team and lead a variety of local and regional training and development projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing active contribution to and leadership of local, regional, and global talent development projects, including implementing Firmwide training programs and tailoring them to local needs.
• Leading initiatives including onboarding, professional advancement and competency development, DEI, and management and leadership development.
• Acting as a key liaison for local HR and business leadership across the EMEA region, proactively gathering needs and developing plans to address the identified needs.
• Leveraging in-house training materials and resources, as well as creating and/or procuring content.
• Serving as a dynamic and engaging deliverer of sessions for all levels of employees and leadership.
• Managing technical solutions for live, virtual, and recorded trainings.
• Integrating learning and leadership development into the broader talent management framework.
• Designing and developing programs and curriculum, partnering with internal subject matter experts, and/or external vendors to achieve defined talent development objectives.
• Utilising adult learning theory and strategies to make training programs and courses engaging, interactive, and relevant for the target audience.

About you:

You will have a background in Talent Development or Learning and Development, ideally from the Legal or Professional Services industry, though other industry experience will also be considered. You will have experience with instructional design, having developed and delivered a wide range of training programmes, including e-learning modules and instructor-led sessions. You will have experience dealing with a range of stakeholders, including senior leadership, and will be a confident and articulate presenter.

You will possess experience in some or all the following areas:

• Supporting with employee development
• Creativity and innovation
• Information management and organisation
• Consultation
• Application of learning technologies
• Influencing and negotiating
• Strategic thinking
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Management of personnel resources
• Organisational performance analysis
• Performance measurement

Fragomen in the UK:

Our UK team is made up of over 700 people working across two offices, based in London and Sheffield. Both offices are centrally located in their respective cities, with the Sheffield office having the added bonus of free on-site parking. Our people work collaboratively and dynamically in a positive environment, with over 20 different languages being spoken.

The Firm operates a hybrid working model, which incorporates a blend of in-person attendance as well as working from home – our aim being to fully leverage our remote working technology and provide a balance for our people in the way that they work.

Whether in the office or working remotely, we are proud of our team spirit and we like to reflect this in the way that we work and everything we do. Our Responsible Business Practices (“RBP”) prioritises Fragomen’s social responsibility through one cross-cutting theme and five focus areas of Wellbeing, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, CSR including Pro Bono, Social and Sustainability. The RBP initiatives offer great opportunities for everyone at Fragomen to get involved and help steer a variety of initiatives and activities.

Fragomen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity for all employees and applicants, regardless of race, ethnicity, heritage, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.