Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The purpose of this role is to work with the Subject Matter Experts and relevant managers and leaders to support the design, delivery, and evaluation of innovative learning opportunities with others in the Capability Development team within 6 months. The outcome is to support the future-focused skills development of the business’ diverse workforce and deliver to the organization's strategic priorities. The role is required to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the business. The role is central to our ambition to create an environment in which people are encouraged to realize their potential. Each role will act as a pool of expertise to support and enable capability-building priorities.

The Capability Development Specialists report into the Global Capability Director. The role will have support provided by the Global Capability Development Analyst & Shared Services as needed (GPSS).

Role accountabilities:

Work collaboratively with internal and external partners, building and maintaining strong, collaborative, working relationships.

Exercise judgment, creative thinking, expertise, and innovative approaches to provide advice and guidance when designing, developing, and executing (including delivering when needed in ViLT) Capability Building solutions supported. Work with internal experts and external partners (as appropriate) to co-create and plan development experiences and learning interventions. Taking the lead on ensuring an excellent learning experience and delivery against expectations (Program / Project Management). Together with the Business, SMEs (subject matter experts), and COE colleagues, design, develop, co-create, and optimize subject matter-specific Capability Building learning journeys and frameworks that can be personalized and accessed in the flow of work. Liaise and work closely with Capability Analyst and/or L&D Shared Services (GPSS) when needed, to appropriately brief and hand over ownership of end-to-end project management and logistics. SPO (Skill Powered Organization) data to determine the needs of the Business.Document and disseminate lessons learned ensuring effective knowledge share to continually enhance future Capability Building initiatives. Actively stay abreast of Capability Building innovation, using a curious mindset to constantly evolve our offering and approach embracing new technologies and diverse delivery approaches. Understand where and how to integrate learning into the wider employee lifecycle/moments that matter as appropriate. Support GBA HRBPs to develop, leverage, and enhance career development experiences to impact people engagement, retention, and career growth. Use analytics to monitor and evaluate impact and provide insights for both the implementation and effectiveness of initiatives. Reporting on progress and ensuring practical application in decision-making.

Key Shared Responsibilities: 

Enable, and facilitate an environment where our people are encouraged and supported (with an appropriate level of challenge) to realise their potential and take control of the direction of their careers. Actively contribute thought leadership to cultivate and deliver best practice capability-building learning and growth approaches Drive continuous improvement to develop and leverage technology to optimize and streamline capability-building processes that enhance the employee experience. Focus on global consistency and collaboration between GBAs and with other Capability Development teams  Maximise full Arcadis development offering and learning platforms to ensure aligned and consistent content (as appropriate) across all specialist areas and GBAs.

Decision Rights: 

Owns:

Analysis of SPO data. Capability Building queries escalated from GPSS

 Influences:

Project management and logistics of solution delivery 

Vetoes:

Requests or expectations that do not align to Global Capability & Workforce Readiness Strategy Misaligned or separate capability-building programs in the GBAs

Qualifications & Experience:

Our ideal candidate will be naturally collaborative, curious, agile, and able to work independently and in conjunction with the wider team. They will have personal experience in supporting and enabling the design, delivery, and execution of innovative, inspiring, and engaging development interventions. The candidate will demonstrate a passion for creating Capability Building learning journeys to enable an exceptional employee experience. They will role model and demonstrate a commitment to a continuous learning culture through ongoing personal development. They will be confident balancing a range of competing and conflicting work. 

Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek individuals with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful leaders at Arcadis will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success, and igniting passion.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

 

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