Early Careers Programme Manager (L&D)

Publicis Groupe UK is a marketing and digital transformation business made up of 5,000 talented and versatile people with expertise in media, creative, influence, technology and data, working across 21 agencies.

Publicis Groupe UK creative agencies include Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Digitas, Leo Burnett and Publicis•Poke. Also, within the stable are PR agencies MSL and Kekst CNC and sustainability consultancy, Salterbaxter. Publicis Media is home to Zenith, Starcom and Spark Foundry as well as specialist practices PMX, Performics, Publicis Sport & Entertainment and Publicis Content, providing expertise across media strategy, investment, data and technology.

Langland, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness and Digitas Health serve clients across health and wellness, science and medicine. They combine expertise across advertising and branding, clinical trial experience, data and analytics, technology, medical strategy and education and public relations and policy.

At the core of Publicis Groupe’s data and technology offering sits Epsilon which provides personalisation at scale through CORE-ID, its proprietary data tech platform.

Publicis Sapient is the business transformation arm of Publicis Groupe, marrying technology, data sciences and business consulting with engineering and creativity, it helps clients transform digitally.

Publicis Groupe UK clients include BT, McDonald’s, ASDA, Tesco, L’Oreal, P&G, Kellogg’s, VW UK, Reckitts Benckiser, Samsung and Disney among others, encompassing six of the UK’s top 10 advertisers.

Annette King is CEO of Publicis Groupe UK. Employees share a common purpose, consistent ways of working and a financial structure that encourages collaboration.

In 2015 Publicis Groupe introduced the Power of One. Simplifying the traditional agency structure, the model removes silos between agencies and disciplines to put clients’ needs at the heart of the structure.

Publicis Groupe UK has offices in Chancery Lane, Television Centre in White City, Turnmills in Farringdon, Windsor, Teddington and Dublin, and people based in Edinburgh. Publicis Groupe has a presence in more than 100 countries and employs nearly 84,000 people worldwide.

The Learning and Development Team (L&D) are at the heart of supporting leadership and the Talent team to bring out the best of their people and ensure strategic business goals are met through training.

We are responsible for delivering and building exciting, thought-provoking content across all levels (junior to leadership), whilst staying ahead of innovation and ensuring that learning is ever-evolving. We are also subject matter experts in behavioural change, coaching, mentoring, and psychometric testing. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is the all-important red thread throughout the content we build and how we facilitate different ways of learning.

Team culture is essential to our L&D team, where everyone feels heard, included, and nurtured in driving success into our programmes and training. Whilst this is a fast-paced environment, we want everyone to have fun whilst doing the day-to-day job – the advantage of being at the centre of the business means that you not only have a tight-knit central team, but the networking and socialising opportunities are vast across the business.

We also support internal subject matter experts in building the right training for our people and business, whilst working with our incredible L&D champions to drive a fun and impactful learning culture in all our agencies.

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Early Careers professional to join Publicis Groupe and take the lead in evolving our Groupe-led Early Careers training initiatives. Our goal is to support the development of early-career employees across our network of agencies. You will be responsible for scaling, growing, and evolving our recently established Groupe-wide programme, “The Pack”, which provides new joiners with an industry-leading experience to jumpstart their careers.

You will also work closely with the Early Careers Talent Acquisition team in expanding our training to support the Early Careers frameworks for Internships, Placements, and Apprenticeships and provide guidance and resources to our agencies to ensure they deliver powerful and meaningful Early Careers training experiences.

You will be joining a Learning and Development Team that is passionate about supporting and upskilling a diverse talent pipeline in their Early Careers to ensure the smooth and successful delivery of The Pack.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for leading and designing the training framework, programme plans and guidance resources to enable our agencies to implement successful apprentice, internship and placement programmes. Partnering with cross functional teams to ensure a seamless experience for Early Career employees from recruitment through to development.

Showcasing the impact of early careers programmes and training in developing early talent across Publicis Groupe, by communicating and tracking key metrics and presenting to key stakeholders.

Requirements:

Ideally, you will have experience and understanding in early careers talent market and designing and implementing programs for early career employees – whether it be a series of training sessions or delivering ad-hoc training. You will have strong project management skills, managing multiple projects simultaneously at a high standard. You will have had management responsibilities, being passionate about people and their development.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our application process.

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