Talent and Leadership Consultant

Connecting your potential with possibility at SEEK

At SEEK, we work with heart. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We make a positive impact on a truly global scale and our world-class technology solutions connect more people to relevant employment and education opportunities. The work we do impacts people’s lives when it matters.

We value and celebrate the diversity of our employees who rise to the challenge to contribute to the success of our organisation. It’s a fast-paced and supportive environment where everyone is passionate about our common purpose and where our people can create enriching and exciting careers. Our future potential is your opportunity.

‘Our SEEK’

At SEEK our biggest asset is our people, and we are proud of our community of valued, talented and diverse individuals who really know their stuff. Our culture statement, Our SEEK, is all about what makes SEEK unique and a little bit different. Our SEEK clearly outlines the Principles and the Behaviors of our best people, which include:

• Passion: we are passionate about SEEK, our purpose, our customers and our community
• Team: we care about each other and collaborate to achieve together
• Delivery: we execute with excellence and achieve great results
• Future: we think and act for the long term

The Role

We're seeking a Talent Consultant to join the Talent and Capability team at SEEK. Reporting to the Head of Talent and Leadership, You'll provide program management for leadership initiatives and develop updated processes and tools to support talent management as the primary focus of your role.  Additionally, you will support the Talent and Capability leadership team with Talent project management oversight 30% of the time. Your project management expertise, communication skills, and data capabilities will drive success across three key responsibility areas.

Key Responsibilities

Talent and Capability Project Portfolio Management (PMO)

• Create and maintain a central project plan for Talent and capability with clear timelines and dependencies, working with each of the three sub teams in the talent function. 30% of your time focus will be dedicated to this activity)
• Track timelines for cyclical talent processes (performance, talent & succession planning)
• Deliver talent and leadership program planning, reporting and insights
• Ensure Central Project plan and Leadership program planning is fit for purpose to support key stakeholder communications to key Leadership & People & Culture communities.

Talent and Leadership Development Program Management

• Deliver program planning and logistics scheduling with senior leaders and participants; programs such as High potential development and SLT Conferences will be areas of focus.
• Build and track program data to track program metrics and create comprehensive reports on outcomes and impact of each program
• Provide program administration support; travel, materials and invoice management, communications.
• Create and manage participant communications before, during, and after programs as directed by the lead senior consultant as well as produce program updates for Senior Stakeholders.
• Support in-person events through on-site coordination and participant assistance
• Support SLT Connections every 6 weeks with agenda and PPT Pack creation along with any follow ups.

Talent & Succession Process Management and Improvement

• Engage in problem discovery and definition for key talent projects or processes as directed by the Head of Talent and Leadership.
• Deliver insight reports against key talent processes to drive business insights and process improvement.
• Develop communications and tools to support introduction of new/refreshed talent processes or systems by creating compelling visual presentations that communicate complex concepts clearly
• Execute core talent process timeline, reporting analytics and insights to enhance talent process delivery and accompanying support tools

The Team

This individual contributor role sits within the Talent and Capability team at SEEK, part of the broader People and Culture function delivering impactful talent and development solutions across APAC. You'll collaborate with a high-performing team to ensure the Talent portfolio is documented, tracked and delivered, and that data is turned into meaningful insight and applied to enhance the talent management approach at SEEK.

Based in Kuala Lumpur (KL), you'll work seamlessly with T&C colleagues in both KL and Melbourne. You will report to the Head of Talent and Leadership in Melbourne and work closely with the APAC Talent Director located in KL.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Business, Psychology or Human Resources
• Minimum 5 years work experience in the field of L&D program development, Talent Management within a consultancy or in house for a large APAC or global corporation.
• Excellent project management skills, strong sequential thinking capability to support portfolio planning accuracy
• Excellent visual communication skills using a range of digital tools such as PPT and Adobe and proficiency in data visualization tools (Tableau and Power BI)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, using qualitative and quantitative data to drive insight and inform program decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate within and across geographically dispersed teams to get results

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 with eligible right to work will be considered. 

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