Organisational Capability Lead

Job Description

Location: Sydney, NSW 

Type: 12-month max term contract

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.

We’re an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We’ve been cultivating resilience since 1886, when our founders started a marine insurance company in Townsville, Australia to give early pioneers a safeguard against uncertainty.

Today, we employ more than 11,600 people around the world, and our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation insurance.

The opportunity

QBE Insurance is transforming to build and strengthen the capabilities of our people as we seek to become future-fit for the challenges of tomorrow. In line with this ambition, we are seeking an experienced Organisational Capability Lead to join the team and lead the delivery of key capability plans across our business over the coming 12 months.

In this high-profile role, you will:

• Be a key driver behind driving business transformation by leading the execution of people and leadership capability plans
• Collaborate extensively with internal stakeholders and external vendors to design and deliver key development activities as outlined in the capability plans
• Partner closely with key transformation stakeholders to align and execute against our need to strengthen people capabilities required to deliver on QBE’s ambition
• Work with internal communications teams to support the delivery of capability plans
• Maintain a wide network leveraging latest thinking, best practices, and developments in the future of work and transformation, including a specific focus on capability

Your story so far

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced capability or learning manager to lead a critical program of work across a large and successful organisation. You will demonstrate past expertise in building and designing capability interventions, particularly in relation to leadership capabilities. You will have a strong knowledge of relevant vendors and providers who can support our organisation and can couple this with your understanding of learning principles to deliver engaging programs to our people.

You are comfortable acting at pace and often within ambiguity, harnessing your drive and energy to deliver results within strict timeframes. Importantly, you will demonstrate exceptional relationship management skills and can apply rigour to your subject matter expertise to build credibility and ultimately influence key stakeholders across the organisation to achieve buy in and support.

We are here to support you

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Our ‘Thriving at Our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 12 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Gold Employer status for 2019-2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
• Family Friendly Accredited since 2021

Join us.

Click APPLY to submit your application. Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.

QBE takes a risk and compliance approach to COVID-19 vaccination and strongly encourages our employees to be vaccinated. Some roles require COVID-19 vaccination to perform the role. When relevant we will ask you to share your vaccination status as part of the application process. We won’t be able to progress with applications where candidates choose not to disclose their status for roles that require vaccination in line with our risk and compliance approach.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at recruitment@qbe.com.