Principal Consultant - Development

Overview

Role Description. Reporting to the Head of Talent Practice, Development, you will have a great opportunity to make a real difference by providing thought leadership in talent management across the full lifecycle of a client project. The role operates on a hybrid basis and includes regular attendance at our offices and client sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership in pre-sales and upsell opportunities, ensuring best practice in talent management, with a focus on driving innovation and leveraging Cappfinity technology.
• Facilitate the identification of client needs, acting as an expert in our off the shelf solutions. Provide input to proposal writing and credibly support commercial colleagues in pitches and presentations as the talent management expert. With the support of the Managing Consultant, participate in the agreement of commercials.
• Forge and develop trusted client relationships across Talent Management Practice clients, spanning a range of industries and regions.
• Support Managing Consultants with the discovery methodology to fully understand a client context and lightly contextualise off the shelf solutions, including interviewing senior stakeholders, conducting focus groups and analysing desktop information.
• With oversight from a Managing Consultant, develop a solution architecture and propose evaluation metrics, frequency and format.
• Lead on changes to the OTS solutions by contextualising materials and brief the product design team on any bespoke elements that need development. Brief the associated team delivering the solution, providing full client context.
• Analyse quantitative and qualitative evaluation data and present to the client with recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Champion quality assurance across the design and delivery team to ensure design and delivery are of the highest standard.

The Ideal Candidate

• At least 3-5 years\’ experience in a professional learning and development environment.
• BA, BSc or equivalent qualifications, with demonstrated capacity for deep reasoning, strategic thinking, and effective decision-making.
• Excellent consultancy skills and the ability to gain the trust in demanding client projects.
• Adaptability and resilience as key strengths, enabling them to flourish in fast paced and changing environments.
• Ability to learn and master tech platforms with ease, enabling them to navigate our growing product mix, integrating new opportunities in technology and product design.
• A strength in presenting to audiences to support marketing activities, and when needed deliver content to clients e.g. workshops and webinars.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

About Cappfinity

Cappfinity is the world leader for measuring and developing potential in Talent Acquisition & Talent Management with a focus on skills and strengths. Providing award-winning recruitment and development solutions for organisations across the globe. Founded in 2005 by Dr Alex Linley, a leading expert in positive psychology and Nicky Garcea, occupational psychologist, our unique strengths and skills methodology sits at the heart of our solutions. Our teams in the UK, Ireland, US and Australia are proud to be working with more than 200 organisations in over 60 countries. At Cappfinity, we believe in a world where skills and potential create opportunity for all.

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