Senior Manager - Leadership And Learning

Primary Details Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Location: Sydney
Type: 12 month fixed term contract
The opportunity
Reporting to the General Manager, Organisational Development and Employee Experience (ODEX), your primary role will be to partner with the Global Learning & Leadership Team in the design and development of the AUSPAC QBE (and Home Market) Learning and Leadership agenda. You will also lead a team of three consultants in the implementation of same.
As the AUSPAC Division has recently commenced a significant transformation journey, there is opportunity and need to revisit and reset QBE’s learning and leadership agendas to enable the continued growth of our people and business with an emphasis on investing in our Leadership and people capabilities for today and tomorrow.
Your new role
This role is responsible for leading the Home Market approach to Learning & Leadership Development. This will be done by designing and implementing learning and leadership strategy and solutions across AUSPAC and Home Market. Your other primary responsibilities include:
Build the professional development & leadership capability of our people, with a balance between current state needs and future state aspirations.
Partner closely with the Global Talent Team, People Business Partnering, Talent Team and other key stakeholders to understand the learning and leadership needs of the employees of AUSPAC/Home Market and use these insights to inform our Learning for All and other core leadership offerings.
Manage the Learning & Leadership Team (x3).
Lead the local embedment of the QBE Leadership Attributes across the employee life cycle.
Set local Leadership 360 tool strategy and governance (and debrief certification where appropriate) across home market.
Engage and manage other learning and leadership tools and capability solutions as required.
Identify and plan investment from ODEX budget to deliver against annual People Plan.
Effective vendor management.
About you
To be successful as the Senior Manager – Leadership & Learning you will have:
Understanding and application of adult learning approaches and human centered design
Strong project management skills
Strong relationship management and influencing skills – ability to interact at an executive/strategic level
Strong consulting, negotiation and facilitation skills
A commercially focused and pragmatic approach to delivery of Leadership and Learning solutions
Experience in consulting and delivery of Leadership and Learning solutions
Demonstrated business partnering/internal consulting experience
Experience in fast moving complex matrix structures
Understanding of an experience in deploying digital first learning solutions
Strong knowledge of adult learning and instructional design principles
About QBE
We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.
We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.
With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.
We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?
Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:
‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
Rewards & Recognition
We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:
2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2019 - 2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
Family First accredited employer since 2021
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Application Close Date: 03/02/2024 11:59 PM
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
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