HR Manager – Leadership Development

Job Context:

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) is undoubtedly one among the world leaders in airline catering. As a fast-paced and dynamic organization, to maintain our position at the forefront, we require exceptional leaders at all levels. HR Manager - Leadership Development role plays a critical role in achieving this goal. This role tackles identifying high-potential across a diverse workforce, while designing leadership programs tailored to various departments. Job holder will ensure these programs effectively develop future leaders for a competitive edge.

Key Result Areas:

• Define, design and implement a series of comprehensive leadership development programs aligned with the business strategy, objectives by analysing current leadership capabilities and utilizing various training methods to measurably improve leadership skills, key behaviours and competencies across all levels.
• Identify high-potential employees through a robust process/tools and design and deliver targeted development plans, coach high potential candidates to drive plans including challenging projects and leadership opportunities, to prepare them for future leadership roles.
• Identify talent and development needs (training needs analysis) with individuals to see who would be best suited to be mentored or coached to facilitate the development and implementation of mentorship and coaching programs for emerging leaders.
• Establish and implement regular assessment methods, key performance indicators (KPI), workshops and calibration sessions to measure the effectiveness of leadership training programs and adjust programs as needed to meet evolving needs by ensuring that training programs are meeting the needs of the organization and its employees.
• Collaborate with Business Partners and Senior leadership to establish and maintain a comprehensive succession planning process by understanding their needs, ensure program alignment with organisational goals, and achieve successful implementation thus ensuring key leadership positions have viable successors identified and developed.
• Lead and motivate the HR team involved in leadership development initiatives, providing clear direction, coaching, and fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.
• Develop and maintain effective feedback mechanisms and strategies to gather insights on leadership development programs and employee satisfaction with such initiatives; analyse trends and feedback to make data-driven adjustments to enhance program efficacy and overall employee engagement.
• Collaborate with external training providers, stay informed about emerging trends and methodologies to continually improve training content to enhance and diversify training offerings.
• Lead a team of trainers and support staff focused on Leadership Development training by utilizing various delivery methods, including workshops, seminars, and virtual training, to enhance learning outcomes.

Knowledge, Skills & Minimum Experience:

Education Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum 7 years’ experience in Training and Development.

Skills:

• to communicate effectively with all organisational levels.
• orientated and problem-solving capabilities with a can-do attitude.
• to understand business needs and anticipate future problems/risk, develop simple and effective solutions.
• and results orientated individual to improve standards and support and challenge others
• experience in leadership development or a related role, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.