Manager - Early Careers

About the role

ADCB's Human Resources department is looking for an ambitious professional to lead its early careers and career development programmes. The role works alongside colleagues who share the ambition to raise standards in banking, and supports structured development journeys from onboarding through the first three years of employment, aligned with Emiratization priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the design, implementation and continuous enhancement of graduate, trainee, internship, talent and emerging-talent programmes, supporting progression from onboarding through the first three years of employment.
• Manage career development and role-transition programmes for lateral moves, promotions, accelerated development and succession pathways.
• Apply the bank's competency framework across development journeys, readiness assessments and learning interventions.
• Design and maintain competency-based learning pathways for graduates, early-career employees, employees moving to new roles, successors and emerging leaders, combining formal learning, digital learning, coaching, mentoring and workplace learning.
• Set development milestones, readiness criteria and planning frameworks, and coordinate assessments to track progression and development needs.
• Manage rotational assignments, stretch projects, mentoring, coaching and action-learning opportunities.
• Oversee governance, reporting and evaluation of early careers programmes, analysing readiness, progression, mobility, completion, retention and capability data.

Required profile

• At least 6 years of experience in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Organizational Development or Career Development within banking, financial services or large complex organizations.
• Experience designing competency-based development programmes and managing early careers and employee development initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Psychology or a related discipline.

Required skills

• Career development and career pathing
• Early careers programme management
• Competency framework design and application
• Talent development methodologies, internal career mobility and succession development
• Assessment and development methodologies, coaching and mentoring programme design
• Talent analytics and reporting, stakeholder management

What we offer

• Medical insurance, group life and personal accident insurance, paid leave and leave airfare.
• Preferential loan and finance rates, staff discounts and children education assistance (for certain job levels).
• Flexible working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.
• Learning opportunities including instructor-led courses, an e-Learning catalog, on-the-job training and professional development programmes.