Senior Career Development Advisor

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the Role

Join our Employee Experience team in this newly created role to evolve and enhance our Career Development offering. The employee experience is a strategic priority at John Holland, and supporting our people in their development and career growth is central to this. You will play an important role in embedding our capability framework and partner with providers and internal stakeholders to create and deliver development solutions that enhance the employee experience and equip our people with the capability to deliver on our many exciting projects. There will be many opportunities to invest in your own career growth by owning and driving initiatives within the Employee Experience team. You will report to the Head of Career Development and can be based out of our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office.

What you will do;

• Support the Head of Career Development to implement strategic and effective development offering, aligned to business goals and capability framework
• Identify capability gaps to determine learning priorities and develop targeted learning solutions in partnership with providers
• Lead the evaluation of learning interventions, and make recommendations for amendment, expansion or discontinuance of interventions
• Lead end-to-end programs and initiatives, i.e. Onboarding, annual Mentoring Programs, Community of Practice, promotion campaigns of LinkedIn Learning and other development offerings
• Lead the design of engaging and effective learning content in partnership with providers across a variety of instructional modes and audiences. Ensure that the content is aligned with learning principles, instructional design best practices, and the organisation's branding and messaging.
• Partner with People Teams to provide operational support and advise to business units and Projects in relation to development goals, plans, capability development and overall employee experience
• Deliver presentations, run meetings and workshops, facilitate training, and engage with key stakeholders to achieve desired learning outcomes
• Utilise data and learning analytics to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement. Use this information to make data-driven decisions and recommendations for future learning initiatives.

What we are looking for;

• Bachelor degree in Human Resources, Education/Training, Organisational Development or related disciplines
• Ideally Cert IV in Training & Assessment + Hogan Assessment Certification
• Experience in OD, Learning or generalist HR roles
• Experience in Project Management within HR
• Experience leveraging a Capability Framework to conduct learning needs analysis and propose recommended development solutions
• Strong experience in consultation, relationship-building and influencing
• Experience in a complex matrix organisation, managing competing priorities

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we're committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What's in it for you when you join John Holland? 

We're about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you'll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion and diversity is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Inclusion Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it's flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.