Digital Academy and L&D Director overseeing onboarding and training programs for Dentsu's digital team. Implementing strategic L&D plans to support talent development and career progression.
Responsibilities
Partner with Head of Academy and Specialism leads to implement a strategic L&D plan that spans all business levels, enabling business and individual growth, retention, and progression of a best-in-class digital team.
Maintain an excellent onboarding experience for all, from entry level cohorts to experienced hires, ensuring our wider team is aligned and engaged in the experience we’re offering our new joiners.
Evolve, deliver, and maintain a best-in-class and sustainable entry level Academy programme that is scalable in line with our hiring ambitions, ensuring that talent that joins dentsu digital is procured, onboarded, and accelerated in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
Build & maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders for onboarding and entry level hiring, such as Recruitment and Operations, to ensure a smooth hiring process, that Assessment Centres for entry level hires are successful and that we’re connected to wider dentsu initiatives.
Be a key driver in evolving and delivering best-in-class training and development opportunities at all levels, in conjunction with specialist team leads, to enhance our professional development strategy and enable skills growth throughout our team’s careers.
Support our dentsu digital ambition to expand knowledge beyond individual specialist teams, by diversifying the exposure of digital teams to other capabilities and propositions around the business.
Partner with central Operation teams to develop a strategy that enhances the training opportunities and skillsets of our offshore team, aligning the training experience and knowledge to our onshore capability.
Champion a culture of learning through clear communication to the dentsu digital team, sharing and making accessible a spectrum of resources via various touchpoints, for example: newsletters, community meetings, content hubs or email updates.
Requirements
Minimum 5 years’ experience with either of the following:
Overseeing and progressing onboarding experiences, facilitating, creating, and delivering training, and building and delivering L&D initiatives, with an understanding of L&D methodologies and techniques, OR;
In a digital marketing role, demonstrating a strong awareness of the digital industry and extensive working knowledge of various digital specialist fields
Advanced knowledge of the MS Office suite, particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
Exceptional organisational and project management skills
Resourceful, with an aptitude for learning new skills and initiative to participate in advanced projects
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a high degree of numeracy and literacy
Ability to work as an individual and be self-driven, displaying a high level of initiative and personal responsibility for the work you complete
Track record of effectively managing priorities and demands, whilst maintaining attention to detail and a high quality of work
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to network, build relationships and effectively interact with key stakeholders
A keen team player, who can showcase past experiences of working collaboratively with others
Ability to demonstrate why you are interested in pursuing a career in the learning and development field, and a curiosity and enthusiasm for the industry
A strong sense of professionalism, commercialism, and a deep respect for others.
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