Associate, Talent Development

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced, highly dynamic Human Resources team that is constantly innovating and striving to positively impact the people of Ares.

The successful candidate should be collaborative, results-oriented, energetic, creative and passionate. They should thrive in ambiguous situations and enjoy building new processes and programs and enhancing existing approaches. They should demonstrate a high attention to detail and commitment to excellence. They should possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal. They should understand best practices in learning and development and be eager to innovate and contribute to a market leading function.

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Reports to: Principal, Talent Development

Supervises: n/a

Primary functions & responsibilities

The Talent Development Associate will have a unique opportunity to be responsible for a core project as well as staffed across projects to allow project ownership as well as broader exposure to both projects and teams across the organization.

Core project responsibilities would include:

• Firmwide performance management and promotion processes – including systems administration, communications, training, reporting and analytics.

• Online learning programming – including responsibility for Ares’ Learning Management System, external libraries of self-directed resources, annual anti-harassment training, and additional internal training.

Examples of additional supplemental projects could include:

• Learning & development, including customized training – supporting the development, delivery and analysis of efficacy across a variety of training events.

• Talent development operations and marketing – supporting Talent Development’s operations such as budgeting, contracting and invoicing, team email box monitoring and systems administration as well as its outreach across the firm with marketing efforts.

• Employee engagement survey and strategy – supporting the design and delivery as well as the reporting and analysis of results.

• Community engagement – supporting a variety of community engagement events globally.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree required

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant Human Resources experience in a fast-paced environment, ideally in a Talent Development / Learning & Development function

• Prior financial services or professional services industry experience is a plus

General Requirements:

• Demonstrate passion and energy for all things related to Talent Development

• Take a hands-on approach, with the ability to stay organized while managing multiple priorities and competing demands

• Have high accuracy and detail orientation.

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to lead meetings and performance management-related trainings

• Possess strong collaboration and relationship-building skills; be a team player

• Have a strong bias for action, tireless work ethic, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

• Is dependable, has a great attitude and is highly motivated

• Exhibit strong PPT skills and foundational Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, vlookups, etc.)

• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately

• Demonstrate comfort in leveraging data to analyze impact and outcomes

• Stay abreast of best practices in the industry and field of Talent Development / Performance Management

• Be flexible (in terms of hours) to be able to coordinate with team members across various time zones

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Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qua