Learning and Development Manager

1 week ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Kennedys Full time
About the Role

Kennedys is seeking a highly skilled Learning and Development Manager to join its Asia Pacific region. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the global learning and development strategy for the firm, while also creating and executing an APAC-specific strategy and local initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work closely with Senior HR Managers and HR teams in Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore to deliver a L&D strategy for APAC.
  • Liaise with the global L&D function to ensure alignment across regions for key learning initiatives, managing any local differences as required.
  • Build meaningful relationships at all levels, internally and externally.
  • Work closely and partner with the business to identify learning needs through consulting and analysis of data and proposing innovative and impactful solutions.
  • Manage APAC cohorts of global programmes and ensure they are tailored to APAC needs, ensuring that the content of programmes remains relevant, best in class, and meets the evolving development needs of the firm and reflects the latest thinking in learning design.
  • Take responsibility for APAC learning and development projects, leveraging latest technologies and proposing innovative solutions to meet needs.
  • Identify, design, and deliver L&D interventions to support local needs in line with global principles and support from the global L&D team.
  • Monitor the engagement with and impact of learning on business performance, creating new and innovative ways to engage the business and improve the impact learning has on performance.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with external providers and bodies, keeping up to date with changes in the learning and development industry as well as developments within the professional services and legal sector.
  • Work collaboratively with other training and knowledge management teams in the firm to ensure a seamless and aligned learning offering.
  • Assess how the firm can leverage technologies to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and user experience.
  • Attend global L&D meetings, representing APAC, ensuring information is shared with APAC HR teams as required.
  • Facilitate internal learning programmes on request.
  • Drive strategic thinking and influence stakeholders.
  • Manage relevant processes and resources, including budget management.
Requirements
  • Ideal experience gained in a corporate global company and working into a global COE or similar model, within legal, professional services, corporate, or similar environment.
  • A passion for learning and development.
  • Demonstratable ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, confident presenter, able to engage at all levels.
  • Ideal experience of and spent time in some or all of the APAC locations – Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
  • Strategic acumen and excellent problem-solving capabilities.
  • Demonstrable professionalism, ethics, and integrity.
  • Strong strategic thinker and influencer.


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