Workplace Enablement Manager

at  CIPD

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for the product vision and roadmap from working with stakeholders (users, customers, business, digital, technology and vendors).
• Ensuring that product design meets the needs of the users and business. This is across the whole of the CIPD including our overseas teams.
• Commissioning user research and business analysis to understand current and future needs and requirements.
• Responsible for the product(s) financials, business case, and understands the value to the organisation.
• Appraising of feature rollout for the products in the portfolio and identifying opportunities for adoption within the organisation.
• Developing strategies to enable people to get the most out of their tools. Improving employee skillset and maximising the return on investment.
• Identifying training needs and lead on providing training solutions where opportunities have been identified to get greater value from our tools. Facilitating onboarding of new joiners to CIPD.
• Overseeing the products such as (but not limited to) – the CIPD intranet, MS Teams and other collaboration tools, MS Planner and other project management tools.

ABOUT US

We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.
There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days’ holiday with an option to buy and sell days, £125 personal development allowance, access to an award winning pension scheme and a commitment to wellbeing including a cashback health scheme.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Workplace Enablement Manager, you will sit at the intersection of technology, business and design – balancing the needs of the customer with business interests and technical viability. You will be responsible for the portfolio of products that CIPD staff use to accomplish their day to-day jobs. This includes every aspect of the products’ success and life cycle and working with the business, digital and technology teams to achieve this.

IF THIS ROLE DESCRIBES YOU AND YOUR CAREER ASPIRATIONS, CLICK APPLY.

CIPD: valuing everyone as an individual! The CIPD define diversity as the differences in colour, ethnicity, abilities, age, gender, beliefs, interests, socioeconomic status(class), marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, geographic, academic/professional backgrounds, opinions, backgrounds, thinking, experiences, and many other personal characteristics. There is a growing body of research that shows that diverse workforce can be beneficial for decision making, innovation and problem solving as people bring a diverse range of skills and lived experiences with them. Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where their talents are fully utilised and organisational and personal goals are met.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion and equality of outcomes in employment through recognising of how differences of age, disability, gender, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, ethnicity, colour, religion, or belief and other protected (by equalities law) and personal characteristics can advantage or disadvantage a person.
Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge you to submit an application as soon as possible