People Development Manager

We are BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy.

Our HR team focuses on helping everyone reach their potential. They attract great talent, enable our employees to succeed, and inspire a unified culture of development across our firm. Join a driven and passionate team where you can be yourself while helping your colleagues achieve their ambitions.

This Manager role is a learning and development position working across the business to design and deliver our firmwide core skills offering. You will business partner with a specific business area and focus on different grade populations depending on the need.

• Design and deliver core professional skills programmes from Early in Careers (EiC) to Director with a focus on leadership development skills.
• Design and deliver learning solutions using best practice approaches to engage learners and support on-the-job application.
• Work with external providers and SMEs in the business to ensure learning is embedded and leveraged across the business.
• Ensure our core learning offering is clearly communicated, championed by senior leaders, and helps build our learning culture.
• Monitor and measure the impact and effectiveness of our learning programmes, reporting on outcomes and return on investment.
• Build strong relationships with the Stream People Partner, HR team, and Knowledge and Learning Team to ensure people priorities and learning needs are reflected in our core skills offering.
• Apply learning SME knowledge to support root cause analysis and identify the best way forward for effective change whilst supporting operational efficiency.
• Build our reputation as a Centre of Expertise for learning and raise the profile of our offering and capabilities within the business.
• Lead and manage projects including the design of our Firmwide Induction programme for experienced hires, consulting with key stakeholders and working closely with the Operations and Workday teams to deliver.
• Ensure a structured and tailored approach to core skills, building on our Early Careers offering.
• Analyse learning and development needs for populations and business streams to ensure our offering aligns with the firm's strategic priorities.

• Expert knowledge and expertise in learning and development methodologies and tools.
• Experience of a professional service business or similar regulated environment (preferred).
• Deep experience of and passion for facilitating and delivering skills workshops.
• Experience of design thinking methodology and coaching skills and mindset (preferred).
• A creative and innovative mindset, with the ability to design and deliver engaging and impactful solutions.
• Strategic thinking and analytical skills to align our offering with business ambitions.
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management abilities, including experience of working with SMEs, internal teams, and external suppliers.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• A coaching qualification (preferred).

We’re committed to agile working and offer every colleague the chance to work in ways that suit you, your team, and the tasks at hand. At BDO, you’ll find programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure for your career development.

Mutual support and respect are at the heart of BDO's people-centred culture. Our agile working framework brings teams together when it counts, enabling idea-sharing and mutual support. You’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed and fuel the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, so we’re always investing in you. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.