Senior Consultant, Talent & Leadership

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description

The Talent & Leadership function is focused on building executive and senior leader capability and leadership to enable organisational evolution and the future success of SEEK.  Focus areas include talent assessment and succession planning, leadership development, talent programs, career management and leadership connection activities. 

As Senior Consultant, Talent & Leadership, you will bring both strategic thinking and hands-on implementation expertise to a function focused on building executive and senior leader capability. Working in a fast-paced, evolving environment, you will be comfortable navigating ambiguity and pivoting priorities as we test and learn what works best for SEEK. You will engage confidently with senior stakeholders, drive enterprise solutions, and demonstrate the impact of everything you build. 

You will report to the Head of Talent & Leadership and work closely with P&C teams across eight countries, key business leaders, and external partners.

This role joins our team of high performing P&C Team members. We are a commercially savvy, flexible and agile team, and truly value the power of collaboration.  Your ability to engage and influence within the P&C team and with senior internal and external stakeholders is critical to the role's success.

Responsibilities 

Collaborate within the T&L function and P&C team to shape and manage the leadership strategy, programs and practices, with a focus on creating and embedding the right initiatives to achieve SEEK strategy in alignment with its purpose and OUR SEEK principles. This includes:

• Own SEEK's leadership development strategy - building leader capability, mindset and team performance to drive business success
• Manage the enterprise leadership program curriculum and offerings, delivered through L&D and preferred suppliers, ensuring clear internal communication
• Curate and manage a preferred supplier list for leadership development, equipping P&C partnering teams to make confident recommendations to business leaders
• Establish a leadership expectations framework for SEEK and embed it across the employee experience and people practices
• Design and deliver leadership programs for high-performing and high-potential talent, managing cohort delivery and program alumni
• Measure and communicate the impact and effectiveness of leadership programs, with clear proof points of success
• Curate and execute leadership connection activities that are meaningful and aligned to SEEK's business priorities
• Partner with P&C and senior business leaders to diagnose and solve complex business problems, facilitating solutions at all levels of the organisation

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience across two or more of: organisational development, leadership development, executive assessment, succession planning, capability frameworks, or P&C business partnering
• Proven experience designing, executing and measuring talent and leadership programs using needs analysis, evidence-based research and data
• Demonstrated project and program delivery at both strategic and operational levels
• Strong project and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to turn insights into enterprise-level action
• Collaborative approach to problem solving, able to create solutions that engage and inspire peers and leaders to participate
• Experience leveraging emerging technology, including AI tools, to support talent and leadership activities, from engaging leaders and innovating program delivery to managing workflows and data
• Degree in HR, Business, Leadership, Organisational Development, or Psychology
• Trusted thought partner with strong commercial judgement, balancing business needs with the nuances of human behaviour to drive leadership impact
• Comfortable working in ambiguity, able to build new programs, embed foundations and bring others along through change and uncertainty 
• Analytical mindset with experience using data to generate insights and inform decisions
• Self-directed and thrives in a fast-paced, high-demand environment 
• Experience in a global or multi-national business (nice to have) 

Additional Information

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

At SEEK, we may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including reviewing applications or assessing responses. These tools are designed to assist our hiring teams, not replace human judgment. All hiring decisions are made by people. If you’d like more information about how your information is managed during recruitment, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.