About the Company
This organisation is a large and operationally complex business with a geographically dispersed workforce across multiple sites.
With a strong focus on operational performance, workforce capability and future readiness, the business is continuing to invest in leadership capability, workforce development and enterprise-wide capability uplift.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you will have the opportunity to influence how capability, leadership and workforce development are delivered across a large operational environment.
About the Role
This is not a traditional L&D or training delivery role.
Sitting at the intersection of operations, people and performance, this role is responsible for strengthening leadership capability, workforce development and organisational capability across the business.
The successful candidate will work closely with operational leaders to identify capability gaps, improve leadership effectiveness and embed practical workforce development solutions aligned to operational performance and future workforce needs.
The role also provides oversight of training governance, compliance and capability frameworks across multiple sites, ensuring consistency, visibility and workforce readiness across the organisation.
Key Responsabilites:
Leadership & Workforce Capability
- Design and embed frontline leadership development initiatives
- Improve leadership effectiveness across operational environments
- Support workforce capability, succession and development pathways
- Align capability initiatives to operational and business outcomes
Operational Capability & Business Partnership
- Partner with operational leaders across multiple sites
- Diagnose workforce and leadership capability gaps
- Translate business needs into practical capability solutions
- Build credibility and influence across frontline and leadership teams
Governance Compliance & Capability Partnership
- Strengthen capability governance and consistency across sites
- Oversee competency, compliance and capability reporting frameworks
- Improve visibility and reporting of workforce capability and readiness
- Ensure capability systems support operational performance and risk management
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop a geographically dispersed capability and training team
- Bring structure, consistency and direction to the function
- Balance strategic priorities with operational requirements
About you
You are a practical and commercially minded capability leader who is comfortable operating across both strategic and operational environments.
You bring experience leading workforce capability, leadership development and organisational capability initiatives within complex operational or blue-collar environments.
Importantly, you understand how to move beyond training delivery and connect capability initiatives to leadership effectiveness, workforce readiness and operational performance.
You are someone who:
- Builds credibility quickly with operational leaders
- Is comfortable working across geographically dispersed environments
- Can influence and challenge leaders when required
- Brings structure, consistency and practical solutions
- Operates with both strategic thinking and hands-on pragmatism
Key Experience required:
- Experience leading workforce capability, leadership development or organisational capability initiatives
- Experience within operational, industrial, manufacturing, mining, infrastructure or similarly complex environments
- Experience working across multi-site or geographically dispersed workforces
- Exposure to capability governance, compliance and workforce frameworks
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
- Ability to connect capability initiatives to operational outcomes
- Current Driver License
- Certtificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Learning & Development or related discipline
The Benefits
- Broad, high-impact leadership role
- Opportunity to shape workforce capability across a large operational business
- Strong visibility across leadership and operational teams
- Practical, down-to-earth and non-corporate environment
- Relocation assistance available for interstate candidates
- Flexible working arrangements available
To Apply
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Catherine Lyttle on +61 0400585530, quoting reference JN -032026-42868. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com
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