EY Hiring for Career & Performance Specialist – LEAD – Talent Development – Permanent at Birmingham Full Time

The opportunity

LEAD is our career, performance and feedback framework which drives Better conversations and builds a meaningful career experience for all of our people. This role is pivotal in the operational delivery of our LEAD framework. Working with stakeholders across Talent and the business, and as part of a dedicated team, you will create and deliver the processes that enable career development, performance and pay reviews.

Your key responsibilities

LEAD deployment

Working as part of a team, deliver the LEAD framework to employees and Partners, including:

Development of comms to Talent, the business and employees

Management of data coming out of and into the system, ensuring data integrity and accuracy

Collation of outputs from Talent Reviews

Managing the LEAD mailbox and responding to queries

Contribute to regular briefing calls for counsellors

Process improvements

Using materials provided by Global, develop local processes to deliver on the Global framework

Produce briefing materials for stakeholders on process updates and changes

Support the measurement and evaluation of processes to identify efficiencies and ongoing improvements

Identify opportunities to innovate the framework and processes in line with best practice in performance management

Relationship Management

Act as a subject matter expert and point of contact for the business and other talent functions on matters relating to LEAD

Build close working relationships with colleagues across the wider Talent function to deliver an integrated service

Understand the latest trends in career development and performance management to provide insights and best practice

Skills and attributes for success

Stakeholder management and business consulting skills

Good communication skills and ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across all levels

Good team worker with ability to coordinate and work as ‘one team’

Strong focus on quality and attention to detail

Strong Excel, reporting and database management skills

An understanding of change management and a desire to act as a change champion

Ability to work autonomously to translate messages and content themes into communications, presentations, stakeholder collateral, etc

Organisation, attention to detail and project management skills to identify and work to deadlines and milestones through the LEAD cycles, proactivity

Understanding of the complexity of a large organisation and its SL/business areas and key contacts and stakeholders

Ideally a working understanding of the processes, systems and handoffs across the Talent functions, including TD, HR, TSS, Reward

To qualify for the role you must have

Experience of working in a large and diverse professional services or corporate environment

Experience of working in Talent or Talent Development preferred

Ideally, you’ll also have

Strong team worker, with enthusiastic, can-do, flexible approach, with ability to coordinate and work as ‘one team’

Experience of working in a data and technology centric environment (e.g. analysis, reporting, etc)

What we look for

People who are enthusiastic, proactive and take ownership for their projects and strive to continually learn and innovate.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters!

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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