Head - Learning & Development

The Head of Learning & Development will lead the design, delivery, and governance of learning strategies across Aldar Education and is pivotal in supporting the Chief People Officer and Associate Director - Talent in shaping the company s talent strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, and creating a positive employee experience.This role drives a culture of continuous growth, ensuring all employees from school-based educators to corporate leaders have access to impactful learning opportunities that align with organizational values, talent priorities, and long-term business strategy.u>Main Duties/u>Responsible for designing, developing, and delivering the learning & development strategy as part of the wider talent managementstrategy and ensuring alignment with the overall People & Culture strategy and corporate objectives.Drives the design and delivery of leadership development frameworks, succession pipelines, and career pathways.Establishes and supports with the succession planning processes to support the organization having a pipeline of leadership-ready talent.Partners with senior leaders to assess organizational capability gaps and design interventions that build future-ready skills.Leads initiatives that foster a learning culture rooted in the organization s values and strategic priorities.Sets up the L&D budgets and support schools during the budget process in relation to L&D related spend areas.Is data driven and evaluates the effectiveness of spend areas and talent strategies with data analysis and effectively communicating results and findings back to leadership.Contributes to an empowering, learning-focused organizational culture.u>Specific Duties/u>Leads the launch of Aldar Education s schools values across the schools and work with the team to ensure integration into all learning interventions, performance processes, and leadership frameworks.Ensures effective implementation/usage of the Talent Hub (AI-driven learning platform), including content curation, adoption, and impact measurement, ensuring high engagement.Partners with internal and external learning providers, universities, and accreditation bodies to deliver quality, scalable learning experiences.Collaborates with the executive team to align L&D strategies with overall business objectives.Sets up the HQ training calendar based on TNA.Connects training metrics with business success metrics.Conducts training sessions to support effectiveness of performance enablement cycle or other regular governance trainings.Designs and implement leadership development pathways for emerging, middle, and senior leaders across schools and HQ.Develops learning analytics and metrics to measure ROI, engagement, and organizational capability growth.Overseas and continuously enhances the Aldar Education Teacher Graduate Programme, ensuring alignment with UAE teaching standards, school readiness, and long-term teacher retention objectives.Drives change management efforts for new learning technologies and strategic initiatives.Partners with school leadership teams to identify specific development needs and support cluster-level capability plans.Responsible for driving creation of inspiring (Non) Teaching graduate and internship programmes.Supports in leading Leadership Assessments such as 360 in line with direction from CPO/AD - Talent and ensures its follow up through coaching sessions, development plan establishment and KPI set up.Partners with leaders to ensure high-potential development programs are in place.Manages multiple projects simultaneously, working both collaboratively and independently to balance and successfully execute on project objectives and related tasks with internal and external resources as necessary.Creates and enhance policies and processes on the Learning & development function, in consultation with the Associate Director Talent.Provides excellent coaching, consultation, and facilitation skills to quickly establish and build effective communication channels.Ensures that organization-wide talent management initiatives are focused and aligned on improving operational and program efficiencies and effectiveness.Any other duties as reasonably expected.Desired Candidate Profileu>Minimum Qualifications/u>Bachelor s degree in HR, Psychology or Organzational Development.Certified Learning and Development Professional.u>Minimum Experience/u>A minimum 8 10 years of experience in L&D or Talent Development, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.Proven track record in designing and implementing large-scale L&D strategies within a complex, multi-site organization (education sector experience of high advantage).Strong experience with digital learning platforms and data-driven learning analytics.Subject matter expertise with employee assessment tools and practices/programs.u>Job Specific Knowledge & Skills/u>Strong communication skills (verbal and written).Good MS Office and presentation skills.Very good business acumen.Strong organisational and project management skills to meet multiple priorities and deadlines.Strong understanding and experience in evaluating and implementing learning & development systems.Experienced in various assessments, psychometric, behavioral, and personal evaluation tools.Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.Ability to roll up sleeves and get things done through taking calculated risks and experimenting with new solutions.Successful track record in helping build, implement, and sustain key learning & development initiativesEstablish trust by maintaining a high level of credibility, integrity, confidentiality, and skilled communications with all levels of employees.Work in a highly collaborative and effective manner, both independently and in cross- functional teams.Proficiency in HR technologies and data-driven decision-making.Strong analytics and problem-solving skills.Must have outstanding organisational and analytic skills to drive implementation of initiatives and evaluate and report on results.Possess flexibility and has a history of delivering results in a changing and highly ambiguous work environment.Ability to work in a multi-cultural and highly fast paced working environment.