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Lockton - Experienced Professional
Early Careers Development Manager
We are passionate about enabling our early careers associates to stretch and grow from the moment they join the organisation.
Skills & Experience
Comfortable delivering and facilitating sessions
Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
Experience in Early Careers development talent pathways or workforce planning.
Ability to analyse data spot trends and translate insights into actions.
Comfortable improving or building new processes and frameworks.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Forward-thinking mindset with curiosity about future skills and talent development
Key Responsibilities
Programme Infrastructure & Operations
Develop a deep understanding of the business and its culture to help shape the Early Careers strategy.
Maintain and enhance operational frameworks workflows processes and tools that support programme delivery.
Oversee programme lifecycle documentation ensuring consistency accuracy and quality across all Early Careers pathways.
Collaborate with business stakeholders the Early Careers manager HR Business Partners and the Organisation Development team to deliver programmes that meet both business needs and Early Careers market expectations.
Facilitate engaging front-of-room training sessions and interactive workshops to successfully deliver EC Content
Future Programme Development
Research emerging trends in early careers workforce development and skills pipelines.
Contribute to the design and launch of new programme elements such as rotational structures onboarding pathways and capability frameworks.
Support the creation of scalable programme models that enable future growth and can be deployed across Locktons international footprint.
Develop proposals for programme enhancements based on stakeholder feedback and market insights.
Data Insights & Reporting
Capture data and maintain spreadsheets and reporting tools that monitor programme performance participation and outcomes.
Track and support the performance of the Early Careers talent pool providing updates to HRBPs and People Function leadership.
Provide insights that inform long-term workforce planning and the Early Careers strategy.
Stakeholder Engagement
Coordinate with internal teams (HR managers mentors and senior leaders) to ensure alignment on programme goals and infrastructure.
Liaise with external partners (training providers and industry networks) to manage relationships and ensure alignment with programme needs.
Support communication plans to ensure stakeholders are informed of programme updates launches and changes.
Deliver key programme management activities such as manager briefings programme sessions and support for rotation planning and final placement processes.
Manage and track rotation feedback organise buddy and mentor assignments and oversee other best-practice programme management tasks.
Work with internal stakeholders to source suitable projects for Early Careers participants and secure commitment from project sponsors to support and mentor participants.
Provide training briefings support and guidance to mentors buddies line managers and HRBPs to ensure they are fully prepared to support and retain Early Careers talent.
An Early Careers Development Manager is central to shaping enhancing and maintaining our Early Career programmes and long-term EC strategy (including apprenticeships internships graduate schemes and the wider entry-level population). This role ensures that the infrastructure underpinning these programmes is efficient scalable and aligned with the organisations future needs.
Working closely with the Early Careers Manager HR and business stakeholders the role helps build a high-quality sustainable Early Careers ecosystem.
Full Time Permanent
Required Experience:
Manager
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