About Corndel:
Corndel is a unique, multi award-winning UK management and technology training provider that focuses on delivering the highest quality programmes throughout an employee’s career. We partner with some of the UK’s largest and most exciting businesses to help drive organisational and personal performance through transformational learning.
Our vision is to shape a world where everyone is empowered to be their professional best. We are one of the fastest growing companies in the UK and provide a great platform for proactive and motivated individuals to take the next exciting step in their career. You will be joining an organisation with a fun, entrepreneurial and supportive environment, providing fulfilling work and an open, informal culture.

The Role:

Corndel is seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking individual to lead transformation and improvement across all areas of the business. Maintaining high standards is a key priority for Corndel, as it builds on solid foundations and continues to grow. This is an exciting opportunity to develop and lead continuous improvement and transformation across Corndel, with a particular focus on digital transformation, data strategy and improvement of business processes.

As part of the Corndel’s Leadership Team, you will have a significant role promoting an ethos of continuous improvement and transforming our ways of working, to achieve excellence and efficiency across the organisation.

You will join a company which is breaking new ground and offering a more intelligent, dynamic, and achievable way of developing people through a world class programme of vocational learning. Corndel delivers a range of programmes, including Leadership and Management, Project Management, Fundraising, Data Analytics, DevOps, and Software Development and works with some of the largest and highest profile businesses in the UK, helping them and their employees succeed.

You will evidence a commitment to the values of Corndel and an understanding of the transformational impact of education.

You will:

• Develop and lead the organisation’s transformation strategy, ensuring alignment with the overall business goals
• Support the Board and Executive team to identify and define key transformation priorities and programmes
• Identify opportunities for innovation, efficiency and performance improvement across the organisation
• Lead large scale change initiatives ensuring successful delivery and adoption through engaging and influencing stakeholders ensuring appropriate communications are in place and measuring and reporting on outcomes
• Build and champion a culture of continuous improvement and agility across Corndel. Work collaboratively and in consultation with key stakeholders across the business to embed an ongoing approach to improvement.
• Oversee the planning, execution and governance of transformation projects and implement programme management methodologies to ensure timely and successful delivery
• Drive process optimisation and automation to improve operational effectiveness
• Build Corndel change and project management skills and capability
• Lead digital transformation across the business leveraging technology to enhance business performance
• Support staff with the analysis, planning, design, implementation and communication of new processes, ensuring good use of digital technology and data, and appropriate collaboration across departments
• Manage change across Corndel, including engaging and influencing staff, ensuring appropriate communication plans are in place, and measuring and reporting on outcomes.
• Work with Director of IT to ensure seamless integration of new systems
• Engage and influence key stakeholders at all levels to support transformation initiatives

Personality and Attitude

• A can-do and upbeat attitude to work, colleagues, and clients
• A self-starter and self-manager who can get things done and work systematically and thoroughly
• Excellent communication and people management skills, with an empowering and positive leadership style that inspires staff at all levels of an organisation
• Natural leader with a strong growth mind set
• Ambitious for self, team and the business as a whole
• An inquisitive mind, able to find things out and problem solve. Solutions focussed with detailed attention to both the outcomes and the inputs to secure them
• The ability to prioritise, plan contingencies and adapt to changes at short notice
• Acts with integrity and standards that mirror those of Corndel – where people and success matter

Skills

• Highly organised, able to prioritise well and work at speed and under pressure
• Strong skills in transformation and improvement, with the ability to identify problems and design solutions.
• Ability to influence people at all levels
• A strong communicator with the ability to engage and involve others, and communicate change effectively
• Ability to analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data to inform judgements and recommendations
• Ability to identify issues and problems and take a collaborative approach to designing solutions
• Ability to think strategically to align recommendations and solutions to business priorities

Knowledge and experience

• Proven experience in leading change and transformation at a senior level
• Experience of programme management and managing multiple stakeholders to deliver on projects.
• Experience in digital transformation and technology enabled change
• Understanding of how digital transformation can support Corndel’s operations
• Excellent project and change management skills, evidenced through repeated delivery, with the ability to develop these skills in others.

As part of our commitment to create an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can be their true selves, excel in their roles and progress in their careers, we recognise the importance of embracing the diversity in the working population and making Corndel a fully accessible employer.

As Corndel is a Disability Confident Employer, we make sure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job will be offered an interview. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, when submitting your application, please select the appropriate option to let us know that you have a disability. Please note this does not mean that all disabled people are entitled to an interview, in some recruitment situations such as peak times, we might need to limit the overall numbers of interviews we offer.

If you have a disability that might affect any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments you need before any interview or assessment. We’ll work with you to make sure any appropriate support is in place and make the application process a more positive experience.

Corndel is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment practices, and will undertake pre-employment checks on the successful candidate, including DBS Disclosure Check.