Do you want to establish word class team development practices to support teams across our business to adapt and role model our mindset and behaviours and accelerate through the energy transition? If so, this is the place for you.

This role will report into the CoE Manager Senior Executive, Team and Leadership Development and provide deep expertise in Team Development.  The OD&L Centre of Expertise (CoE) brings together experts from all our areas of specialism – Global People Insights, Knowledge Management, Learning, OD, Leadership, Team and Senior Executive Development, Continuous Improvement and Causal Learning.  The CoE supports the Shell Organisational Development and Learning community through thought leadership, strategy, standards, methodologies and professional communities of practice. 

Highly effective teams will be pivotal in delivering our strategic ambitions. Teams face significant complexity and challenge as they navigate the energy transition and will increasingly need to become more agile, more integrated and more impactful in how they bring our mindset and behaviours to life in order to deliver our Powering Progress strategy. We therefore need to continuously strengthen our approach to team development to deliver business outcomes. It is key that we enable team development at scale, across our organisation to safeguard strong and diverse teams now and in the future. You will play a leading role in shaping our philosophy, strategy, methodologies; driving innovation and building capability around team development to support current and future business needs.

Where you fit in

To Power Progress, Shell will need to adapt and evolve who we are, how we work and how we are organised. Our business requires leaders and teams who are continuously learning and developing to meet emerging opportunities and challenges to enable our success.

Success in this role will require you to be curious about the challenges and dilemmas facing teams in their various business contexts and to be active externally for insights about best available practices in team development. You will act as an inclusive partner, working closely with colleagues in the CoE, with the OD and Leadership consultants and with Learning Solutions to build and deliver Team Development as part of the overall Leadership Development strategy. Guided by data and insights, you will lead alignment on our needs and best approaches to support Team Development, find new ways to enable our teams to be at their best and raise their collective impact.  

What’s the role?

We’ll entrust you to:

• Use data and insights to deeply understand the needs of our teams, their different business contexts and determine the priority areas of focus within our mindset and behaviours which will drive team effectiveness.

• Bring new thinking on team development into Shell through a strong external network, research and participation in external peer groups, shaping and staying connected to best available offerings and how they may contribute to Team Development in Shell

• Develop and implement a Team Development philosophy and strategy, identify core models and associated tools, and shape a multi-tiered approach which supports teams at all levels in the business

• Design / curate a range of pragmatic, fit for purpose and scalable Team Development interventions based on validated practices and methodology, leading early adopter testing and subsequent roll-out

• Partner with Leadership and OD Consultants to support the delivery of targeted and high impact development of Shell’s most senior teams.

• Partner with ODL Managers and Leadership and OD Consultants to help drive more effective communities of leaders.

• Work in close collaboration with other specialists in the CoE, across OD&L, Talent and more broadly to ensure an integrated approach to Team Development.

• Play a leading role in building the capability for Team Development across the OD, Learning and HR communities through which team development interventions will be delivered

• Develop Shell’s internal and external reputation for best practices in Team Development and engage in the Shell Organisational Development and Learning story externally.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell.

Join us and you’ll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future – whether by investing in oil, gas and renewable energy to meet demand, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently, everyone at Shell does their part.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we are nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.

• We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we’ll take it from there.

• We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.

• We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

• We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.

A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

What we need from you

You will bring deep expertise and experience in team development, leadership development, and/or organisational development preferably with a degree in a subject associated to HR, Learning and Development, psychology/sociology or behavioural sciences. You are:

• A deep expert in Team Development, experienced in shaping a high quality, high impact and integrated approach to Team Development, through a combination of theory and practical solutions.
• Results/outcome oriented, organised with strong project management capability, business value focused, balancing pragmatism with innovation, willing to experiment and try new methodologies.
• Curious about innovations and change in the field of team and leadership development, advances in learning and/or organisational development and have experience in applying new approaches.
• An effective relationship builder, able to communicate at all levels, work with others across the organisation, and ask insightful questions to identify root causes and tease out the biggest opportunities to increase team impact.
• Experienced in building external partnerships, enabling them to bring the best of their expertise to address Shell’s challenges and needs.
• Experienced in supporting team development capability building for others
• Highly self-aware and able to adapt style to fit the needs of the situation and willing to grow your own Learner Mindset.
• Experienced in representing organisations on external steering groups, working groups and thought leader panels to influence change in best practice