Job Description : Job Title: Early Careers Learning Programme Manager Role type: Full time, permanent Reports To: Talent Engagement Director - Europe Location: London About Us: With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating About the role: The Early Careers Learning Programme Manager is an integral part of our Europe Talent Engagement organisation, supporting Early Careers programmes across Europe Markets and Global Functions. Early Careers forms a fundamental pillar within our Inclusion & Diversity framework, enabling us to achieve Diageo’s Talent Ambition. The core result of the Early Careers Programme Manager is to implement a transformative Early Career Programme that is structured and robust, enabling Diageo to build the critical skills for the future, through accelerated development of diverse talent whilst creating fulfilling employee experiences. Success in the role will be measured by graduates receiving a world class development programme, which sees them evolving as future leaders with an accelerated development path. You will partner closely with key collaborators in each market, being accountable for the strategy and execution of the early careers programme. This includes ensuring consistency across preboarding, onboarding, Learning & Development, mentorship and Buddy programmes, rotational planning, and the assessment of graduate talent. You will also support graduates transitioning off the graduate programme, providing pastoral care throughout their journey, while assisting HR Business Partners and Line Managers in managing graduates with performance concerns by offering guidance and strategies for improvement. Additionally, you will partner with the market to design and implement effective apprenticeship programmes, fostering a strong pipeline of skilled talent. About you: The Early Careers Learning Programme Manager will have a passion for early careers and have experience in driving a structured talent development programme in close collaboration with multiple partners across complex regions and functions. You will bring thought leadership to how we can create an outstanding Early Career Programme and use external insights to create a culture of excellence. We are looking for an individual with the ability to inspire, collaborate, influence and deliver outcomes which support long term business need. Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings. Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you rom applying Be you with us Worker Type : Regular Primary Location: 1HQ Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2024-12-06