Head of Talent Management

Job Description

The Head of Talent Management is responsible to create plans and oversee the development and implementation of succession planning practices, Learning and development programmes and to fully utilise the potential of its people and meet future and changing business needs, develop, lead, and measure the effectiveness of a comprehensive organizational development strategy for the organization, along with the design and delivery leadership programs.Client DetailsLeading, government entity with a highly dynamic, progressive working environmentDescriptionKey Responsibilities include:Create a Talent Development strategy and plans, set objectives, develop a framework, TD policies and procedures and execution plansBuild and update a competency framework, identify and update critical roles and oversee the implementation of career path and succession plansOversee the development and implementation of individual development plans to enable employees to grow in their career and develop their skills and capabilitiesContinuously identify and adopt best practices to position the business as a learning organization that will attract and retain top talentForm partnerships with learning and development entities and technical training providers and complete the procurement processes to onboard and continuously evaluate strong training vendorsManage the identification of suitable educational institutions and trainers/ training centres that can fulfil the businesses learning and development and career management needs and liaise with trainers to coordinate logisticsLiaise with external providers to develop a robust suite of formal learning and development opportunities for employees including scholarships, graduate programs, development programs and secondmentsManage the communications and relationship with business partners and external government bodies and oversee the coordination and implementation of programs related to employee developmentManage the completion of Annual Learning Needs Analysis for employees and work with the Talent Development team to create annual and quarterly training plans, build learning programs and effective development mechanismsCoach, mentor and support managers and employees to overcome performance challenges and adapt winning practices to help raise the bar and achieve higher individual and organizational performanceManage the development of a cost-efficient training and development budget to enable the implementation of required learning activities and enable continuous talent developmentEnsure employee assessments are conducted against the set goals, objectives and competencies, and develop a skills gap analysis to map employees to development focus areasOversee the development and implementation of robust induction plansWork with the leadership team to develop and launch a graduate development program to enable the business to become an organization that builds national talent and ensures knowledge and expertise transition to national talentSupport and build the ongoing internal pipeline of Emirati talent to achieve the Emiratisation agenda and strategy, including the arrangement and monitoring of secondmentsStandard Responsibilities:Contribute to the development and execution of directorate/ section strategy, policies and procedures in alignment with the functional objectives taking into account the changing needs Manage the activities of direct reports to ensure that all work is carried out in an efficient manner, in line with the section plans, and policies and proceduresProvide input into the preparation and consolidation of the functions budget and advise line management on risks and opportunitiesImplement the opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes and practices taking into account international leading practice and changes in business environment, and leveraging insights. This includes manag

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