Leadership Development Specialist

The Vacancy

Leadership Development Specialist

Location: Flexible working with visits to our office in Wimbledon as and when required.

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: 12 month fixed-term contract

Closing Date: 29th April 

Are you passionate about developing leadership capability and supporting people to reach their full potential?

Are you looking to be part of our ambitious organisation that is keen to develop our people and their teams?

If the answer is yes to both of these then look no further as this could be the ideal opportunity for you!

We are excited to announce that we have a new opportunity for a Leadership Development Specialist to join our Talent & Leadership team, on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a great opportunity to support the delivery of our ambitious leadership development ambition and ultimately our People Strategy.

In this role the focus will be on uplifting leadership capability across D&G, to achieve excellence in leadership and drive greater business outcomes.  

You will be responsible for leading our professional skills offering, to develop individual capability and effectiveness in role, as well as ensuring we have a solid leadership infrastructure in place to support colleagues to be successful. You will also work with the wider team on designing and delivering leadership programmes and team development activities.

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future.  We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Head of Leadership Development to support the execution of D&G’s Leadership Development ambition for 2024-25
• Lead on the implementation of a professional skills development framework to provide a robust offering to the business, including professional accreditations, apprenticeships and management skills development.
• Proactively manage apprenticeship uptake and maximisation of levy utilisation, to support professional skills development framework.
• Lead on the design of our leadership portal, tools and resources for colleagues to support their skills development, and monitor and evaluate success.
• Design career pathways to support colleagues to identify and develop skills required to progress further within the organisation.
• Act as a key point of contact for professional skills development – providing expertise, support and guidance to colleagues and helping them identify suitable solutions to address their skills or development needs.
• Support the Leadership Development team, as needed, with the implementation of leadership and team development initiatives.

 Skills and experience required:

• An interest in the theory and practice associated with Leadership Development and Team Effectiveness  
• Interest and awareness of external trends, benchmarks, networks and thought leadership that will positively impact leadership design.
• Previous experience of facilitating workshops and delivering training in different environments, and to employees at all levels, would be an advantage
• Self-motivated, proactive and able to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively engage and develop strong trust-based relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to build good partnering relationships with external suppliers to deliver projects.
• Bring a modern and innovative approach to leadership development, being prepared to try out new ideas.

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include: 

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more.  Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

For over a hundred years, Domestic & General have been a trusted provider of aftercare for millions of domestic appliances. Today, we’re the UK’s leading provider of appliance breakdown protection, developing products and services to meet your needs.

We provide protection, maintenance and support for a broad range of domestic products and consumer electronics, ranging from televisions to washing machines to boilers.

We look after 23.9 million products and, through our expert service network, we repair or replace 2.9 million appliances every year*.

It’s our mission to keep your world running by delivering a service that never lets you down.