People Development Manager · · Hybrid Remote - United Kingdom - Unily Enterprise Intranet Solutions

Description

Unily is the leading employee experience platform used by enterprises to improve communication, collaboration, and productivity. Enterprises rely on Unily's SaaS platform to transform employee engagement with AI-powered employee experience technology.

Founded in 2005 as an intranet consultancy, we quickly realised that the enterprises we were working with shared the same employee experience challenges, so set about building our own platform. In 2017, we launched Unily, which is now recognised as the market-leading solution. In 2021, we partnered with private equity firm, CVC in order to further strengthen Unily's position as a world-leading employee experience platform, accelerate product development, expand its footprint with existing customers and scale its go-to-market organisation to continue acquiring new customers.

Today, enterprises worldwide use Unily to stay connected and engaged at work. Unily's Fortune 500 clients include: CVS Health, Johnson & Johnson, The Estée Lauder Companies, Shell, Wipro, and more.

We are united by a shared purpose and are committed to truly understanding each other. We know that everyone is unique and has their own story. We strive to have a diverse workforce that embraces and celebrates one another. We are united in building connections and curious to learn from each other so that we continue to grow together to build the workplace of tomorrow.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, and part of the People Team, you will work to design and deliver scalable learning and talent development solutions aligned to Unily's people strategy and our aim to Align, Engage and Develop the best talent in the market. You will partner closely with the Chief People Officer and our global business leaders to understand business needs and deliver impactful learning and development programmes, designed to drive a high performance culture.

This is an exciting opportunity to run the People Development function of a growing global organisation, making it your own and shaping the future of the organisation.

This role can be based from our London or Godalming offices in theUK or our New York office the US.

Main Responsibilities

• Managing the People Development annual budget
• Liaising with business stakeholders on technical training requirements, helping them to prioritise and manage to budget, co-ordinating with external providers, scheduling sessions and managing feedback
• Creation and delivery of a company-wide Development Roadmap, to provide access to development opportunities to a wide range of employees, to include leadership and manager enablement, DE&I offerings and training on relevant skills and competencies to include identifying external providers, negotiating contracts and overseeing the development of content
• Working with key business owners on roll-out and tracking of mandatory trainings on topics such as Information Security, Data Protection and Harassment, using an online LMS system
• Own the creation and development of an internal People Development site on our intranet to create awareness and excitement about our Development offerings, working together with our employee communications expert to drive engagement
• Working closely with the People Partners to build out our approach to talent reviews, succession planning and development opportunities to help top talent achieve their potential
• Monitor trends and best practice in Talent Development and be proactive in recommending enhancements to our offering to drive success
• Provide guidance, support and coaching to managers in identifying and addressing employee and team development needs, providing tools and resources to help teams maximise their performance

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role you will be:

• An experienced, proactive and creative development professional, with at least five years' experience in a Development organisation or longer in a strategic HR role with a leaning towards development
• Proven ability to balance the strategic and tactical elements of the role, ensuring high levels of accuracy in terms of organisation and budget, together with the creation of an exciting and inspriring development plan
• A highly effective communicator and influencer, able to coach and challenge our business leaders and help shape our high performance culture
• A confident speaker and facilitator, with excellent presentation skills, and the ability to bring learning content to life in an inspiring way
• Good working knowledge of learning theories, design methodologies and adult learning principles
• A coaching qualification or experience would be an advantage, but is not essential
• A qualification in facilitation and / or a training certification (such as DiSC, StrengthsFinder, MBTI) would be an advantage but not required

Why Work for Unily?

In addition to a generous base salary and discretionary company bonus, here are somethings we think you will love:

Our awesome team culture. We are focused on achieving results as a team and having fun whilst we do it. You won't find a friendlier or more dedicated bunch of people.

Our industry leading product. We are very proud of our ever-evolving product, naturally we use (and love) it internally and provide the tools and resources for you (and our clients) to become a Unily expert.

The flexibility that we offer. We don't just mean working from home occasionally. We operate on a hybrid basis, and also recognise that life happens during the and encourage a sustainable work/life balance.

Our bright and modern office spaces. When you need to be in the office we want it to be like being at home. We have a well-stocked kitchen, ample parking and the option to bring your dog to work.

We offer a fantastic suite of benefits:
UK 25 days holiday, Vitality health, dental and visioncover, Aviva pension, life assurance, income protection and so many more.

US 23 vacation days, 10 sick days and 1 annual volunteer day. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage at $0 payroll cost at the employee-only coverage level and cover 50% for all other level. 1x your annual salary in Life and AD&D coverage at no cost to you. 3% match on your 401(k) and no vesting schedule after your first 90 days

Our commitment to sustainability and giving back to the community. We know working for an organisation that takes its environmental & social impact seriously is important, and we are proud to offer 1 fully paid volunteering day per year, an employee matching charity donation scheme and options to lease an Electric Vehicle through our salary sacrifice scheme.

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