What you’ll do:

• Drive the implementation and success of talent and capability initiatives which align to WaterNSW strategic plans, ensuring business outcomes and budget requirements are met.
• Foster productive relationships with business stakeholders to support cross-functional collaboration in the design and delivery of leadership, talent management, and inclusion and diversity programs to drive a high-performance culture in a purpose-led, agile environment.
• Co-design, manage, and monitor WaterNSW corporate culture and leadership development programs applying project and change management practices to optimise effectiveness and return on investment.
• Facilitate and design learning experiences in consultation with key delivery partners that grow employee skills, and uplift workforce performance and capability.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives, in consultation with key stakeholders, and manage the implementation of the annual MySay survey and presentation of key insights.
• Prepare business cases, presentations, and reports for key people initiatives to secure endorsement and funding from key internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on the return on investment of learning programs and initiatives to ensure the achievement of agreed outcomes. 

This is an Individual Contributor role with opportunity to innovate and ideate, suited for individuals that thrive in not only strategizing as a consultant but also focused on delivering outcomes with autonomy.

What we are looking for:

• Tertiary qualifications in Learning and Development, Psychology, Organisational Development, Human Resources, or related business discipline
• Extensive knowledge of adult learning principles, contemporary learning models eg. 70:20:10, human-centred design.
• Broad understanding of organisational capability issues and challenges within a large, complex organisation.
• Extensive experience in the end-to-end delivery of enterprise-wide people programs within a highly complex organisation.
• Outstanding business acumen, with the ability to identify the key connections between strategic priorities and people levers.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to create buy-in and effectively drive cultural change and measurable improvement.