Director People & Capability Development

You can create a unique and lasting impact on the people of Transport for NSW through leading a team that delivers development and career solutions, ensuring Transport for NSW has a work ready and capable workforce.
  

In this role:
 
As part of the Communication & Workplaces enabling division, you will report to the Executive Director Culture & Capability and be an integral part of our newly established Branch Leadership Team.

In this critical role you will ensure we build partnerships and relationships with the Deputy Secretary, the Transport Executive cohort and the divisional and agency leadership teams to ensure Transport for NSW has a robust pipeline of work ready and capable people through the implementation of leadership, talent and capability development strategies.
 
You and your team will shape the strategic direction and deliver organisational solutions enterprise wide for talent management, leadership & capability development, performance, career, mobility and professional capabilities.

Areas of strong focus will include:

• Utilising our workforce architecture to build visible career pathways for key workforce segments.

• Leading, refining and delivering the performance framework.

• Manage the Transport Cadets, Graduate and Aboriginal employment programs.

• Identify enterprise wide priority learning and capability needs, and design solutions to meet these needs.

• Uplift management capability through management and frontline leadership development.

• Management of talent review processes and succession planning.

• Leading approach to performance and development through continuous coaching conversations

 
For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description.

About you  
 
You are a tertiary qualified human resources practitioner with a background in leadership development, learning and development, talent management or organisational psychology looking for an opportunity to apply your experiences to contribute to organisational success through the development of people in a large and complex organisation.

To do this you:
 

• Are a strategic thinker and outcomes focused.

• Understand how to get things done in a government setting.

• Bring deep experience in capability development and a leadership development background.

• Strong experience working in talent management and career development.

• Have demonstrated experience in change management and uplifting organisational capability.

• Extensive experience leading large teams, and growing team maturity and capability.

• Will possess strong commercial acumen and have experience designing and implementing business strategies, plans, and programs to drive people transformation.

• Have strong experience dealing with executive stakeholders and the ability to articulate complex concepts and put forward compelling arguments and rationales to all levels and types of audiences.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.   

Join us
 

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days. 

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Monday 3rd February 2025.

For more information about this role, please contact ALEX.BURR@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

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