We are Hiring!

About Delve

We are a small organisational development consultancy born in 2015. We provide our clients with leadership development, coaching, talent solutions and team development. You can find out more about what we do here: www.delveod.co.uk

One of our wonderful team is going on maternity leave and we’re looking for someone to support us in the interim. Whilst this is initially a temporary position, dependent on business growth there may be an opportunity to become a permanent member of the team.

Job Purpose

If you are a great communicator with a skill for helping people develop, this could be the role for you! In this facilitation-based role, you’ll be delivering a high standard of learning programmes and organisational development activity across a range of public and private sector organisations. You’ll run our workshop-based programmes, directly helping delegates to grow in their leadership journey. As such, this role is suited to someone who loves getting conversation flowing, using coaching principles to help others develop and enjoys working with people. The salary for this role is: £30k-£33k per annum (FTE)

Our Delve Purpose and Values

At Delve, we believe work communities should be places where people can thrive, where people are bought into the purpose, values and vision and know how they contribute to organisational success. We lead by example, nurturing our people to be the best version of themselves by enabling them to play to their strengths.

Main Responsibilities

If you join our team as our Interim Facilitator, you’ll be responsible for a wide variety of facilitation activities, and we’ve included some examples below to give you a flavour of what you’ll be involved in.

Delivering Development Programmes

You’ll manage a range of programmes, including:

• Leading or co-leading online and in-person development sessions (this will be
  the majority focus for the role)
• Facilitating a broad variety of wider interventions such as focus groups and
  development centres
• Consulting with clients to understand their needs and tailoring our content to
  suit
• You’ll also have the opportunity to design some of the programme content
  too

The Creative Bits

We’d also love to involve you in some of the wider creative aspects of the business,
such as:

• Supporting the development of social media and marketing campaigns
• Supporting the preparation of business proposals and learning materials
• Staying current with latest thinking and trends to help support business growth

Key Experience / Behaviours

As you can see from the above role detail, there are a few key skills that are an absolute essential such as: excellent interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and organisational skills, alongside a love of getting-things-done and helping people to thrive.

In addition, there are a few things that we’d love for you to have which are listed below. This is our wish-list so don’t worry if you don’t meet all the below criteria – we’d still love to hear from you!

• Experience working in an OD/HR/Leadership Development or L&D team
• Outstanding communication skills face-to-face, virtually and in writing
• Experience maintaining positive and effective working relationships internally and externally
• Being outcomes-orientated
• Experience of coaching individuals and/or teams, whether formal or informal
• Comprehensive knowledge of PowerPoint, Zoom and MS Teams
• An ability to prioritise effectively, balancing varying projects and needs
• Passion about developing people and work communities to thrive

What we Offer

• We are happy for the successful post holder to work either full time or part time (ideally a minimum of 22 hours per week)
• You can work from our office in Ashton-under-Lyne (Greater Manchester) or your home (or a combination of the two!). We’re big believers in flexible working and will support to make this work for you
•  Flexible start and finish times to suit you whether you’re a morning person or night owl or to suit your personal circumstances
• We’re huge believers in development and we’ll proactively support you with learning and development opportunities
• There will be the opportunity to develop your facilitation and training skills in areas that you feel are not-as-strong in if you are interested in this (each of us has different strengths that we bring to the table and we help each other to grow)
• You’ll have 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday

What You Need to Do Next

If you are interested and are keen to apply, submit your CV to sayhello@delveod.co.uk. You’re also welcome to submit a cover letter to support your application.

The closing date for applications is 19 May 2023 and if you’d like an informal chat about the role, please email us at sayhello@delveod.co.uk.

In terms of timescales, it is likely that interviews will be taking place at the end of May/early June. We will confirm this with you if you are successful at the shortlisting stage.