Talent Development Specialist

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Salary: Location dependent (see benefits section)

Job Type: Full‑Time, Fixed Term for 24 months

Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) Global Centre, Cardiff, the Hague, Singapore or Washington, US

Hybrid working opportunity, office presence required 1–2 times per week.

If you’re looking to work for a global organisation with a meaningful mission, and with colleagues all over the world, then the International Baccalaureate® (IB) may have the ideal opportunity for you! The International Baccalaureate provides world‑class educational services to over 5,700 schools across 160 countries. A career at IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services and contribute to our 50‑year mission of creating a better and more peaceful world.

Apply now to join our global organisation where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.

The Talent Development Specialist will join the Global HR Team in this newly created position, reporting into the Global Talent Manager. The incumbent will provide a structured, cohesive and data driven approach to talent development. They will strive to offer opportunities and inspiration for people to grow and reach their potential at the IB, whilst empowering them with the skills they need now, and the abilities needed in the future, to help advance and grow the IB’s mission.

The Talent Development Specialist will work closely with the Global Talent Manager, another Talent Development Specialist, Talent Acquisition Manager and two Talent Acquisition Specialists to coordinate and deliver a holistic program to help IB achieve its ambition of becoming an organization that ‘optimizes its way of working to empower talented colleagues to do great work’.

The Talent Development Specialist will work with Global and Regional colleagues across the organisation and externally to provide a full Talent Development offer including understanding our e‑learning opportunities and developing a strategy to more effectively deliver them, identifying training needs, developing innovative design solutions, and support effective delivery and evaluation.

• Talent Development Initiatives:
  Support the review of Talent Development needs for all employees to identify knowledge, skills and behaviours required at an organisational, departmental and individual level. Partner with agreed vendors to create and design training solutions whilst considering the volume of participants, location and budget. Adapt content and material to enhance delegate engagement whilst considering different learning needs.
• Processes and Systems: provide administrative support through course administration, delegate communication and management (including front line enquiries). Managing the development and implementation of e‑learnings on our internal HRIS, HCM (Oracle), using Articulate/Rise 360 or similar tools. Create and agree global measurement evaluation tools to ensure all training objectives are met and monitor the impact of Talent Development programs. Monitor and improve key Talent Development online products including Linked In Learning and Line Manager Toolkit.
• Communications & Reporting: partner with the communications team to design and implement effective communication strategies to increase awareness, engagement, and adoption of relevant Talent Development programs. In partnership with regional HR Teams, develop and maintain reporting tools, providing reports to the HR Leadership Team and Regional HR Teams on a regular basis.

• Demonstrable experience in a Talent Development or Learning Development focused role at a similar level or broader HR role.
• Working understanding of how Talent Development Teams support and develop people within Organisations.
• Possesses a working knowledge of Learning Cycle/ADDIE activities and Learning Management Systems (ideally HCM Learn, but this is not essential).
• Resilient approach to work with excellent planning and organisational skills, particularly when mapping out future…