People Development Partner - Early Careers

Nottingham - England

About This Opportunity

With a 150-year heritage behind it, Gleeds stands as a forward-thinking and highly regarded name in construction consultancy—combining deep expertise with bold ambition.

We’re now looking for a People Development Partner – Early Careers to join our Nottingham team. This is an opportunity to shape the future of talent at Gleeds: designing and delivering engaging early careers programmes that inspire, develop, and elevate the next generation.

You’ll create experiences that truly resonate, ensuring every early career professional feels supported, challenged, and set up to succeed—while playing a pivotal role in strengthening our long-term talent pipeline and bringing our people strategy to life.

As a People Development Partner - Early Career your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Early Career programme ownership and design:

Act as programme owner for Gleeds early career development portfolio, with accountability for the design, structure and ongoing evolution of early career programmes aligned to business needs
Design, manage and deliver structured early career programmes, including the Construct Graduate Programme, Early Career apprenticeship programmes and professional qualification pathways
Design and deliver soft skills capability within early career programmes including communication, presentation skills, stakeholder management, professional behaviours and effectiveness in client facing environments
Own the design and governance of programme structures including toolkits, templates, internships, placements and rotational experiences

Programme review, evaluation and continuous improvement:

Take overall responsibility for the ongoing review and development of early career programmes, regularly reviewing programme content, structure and learner experience to ensure continued relevance, quality and alignment with business needs
Assess the programme effectiveness through feedback, outcomes and data and drive continuous improvement to strengthen development impact and the early career talent pipeline

Stakeholder collaboration:

Work proactively with Early Careers Talent Acquisition to ensure all early career talent have a high-quality onboarding experience
Work proactively with Early Career Talent Acquisition and the People Development team to ensure the Growth and Skills Levy expenditure is planned and effectively managed
Collaborate with SMEs, technical leads and wider business stakeholders to co-design programme content and support professional qualification and progression pathways
Work collaboratively across the wider people team to shape and deliver the early career offering and support early career assessment and progression
Provide People Development support to early career and graduates support groups, cohorts and networks to enhance the learner experience

Core responsibilities:

Embed key people development frameworks, eg MyCheck-ins, career conversations, FIR principles and Gleeds approach to development consistently across early career programmes
Manage queries related to early career programmes
Work collaboratively with the wider People Development team on development related projects and with the wider People Team on people related projects
Focusing on UK early careers and sharing good practice with other regions to support global people development
This role focuses on the design, delivery and continuous improvement of early career development programmes and experiences. It does not involve line management or day-to-day management of early career employees.

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

Opportunities to develop and grow your career
A contributory pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Our global travel scholarship programme
Flexible working arrangements

Who we’re looking for:

Experience, Knowledge And Key Skills

Proven experience in learning and development
Proven track record in delivering the whole learning cycle – needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation – ideally within Early Careers
Understanding of placement, internship, apprenticeship, graduate and professional accreditation pathways
Experience of working with the Growth and Skills Levy (previously the Apprenticeship Levy)
Ability to create structured development content, toolkits and guidance for use across the business
Strong stakeholder management, collaboration and communication skills
Highly organised, quality focused and able to manage multiple programmes simultaneously
Self-motivated, team player with analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

Degree educated
CIPD Level 5 (or working towards) preferred

About us

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.

Gleeds is committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected and valued. We uphold the principles of Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) and embrace the diversity of our teams. As an equal opportunities employer, we provide support, flexibility and accessibility for all. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact our Talent Team at [email protected]

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