A current stream of client demand has created an opportunity for a commercially credible Learning & Development Consultant in First-Time Manager for assignments associated with Chengdu and the wider Asian market.

Brief Overview

This scheduled role is suited to a delivery-focused consultant with hands-on First-Time Manager credibility and experience working with people managers, supervisors, and team leads in Chengdu, China, and across Asia. The work centres on practical application, learner confidence, and helping clients build stronger people managers and more effective team leadership.

This brief is designed for professionals who can balance subject-matter depth with applied facilitation. Strong judgement, audience awareness, and the ability to keep training outcome-focused will be important.

Core Responsibilities

• Facilitate discussion, questions, and applied exercises in a way that keeps learning commercially relevant and outcome-focused.
• Deliver structured First-Time Manager training sessions for client teams linked to Chengdu and wider Asia.
• Maintain strong session control, learner engagement, and professional delivery standards across preparation and live facilitation.
• Coordinate effectively with client stakeholders and internal contacts on objectives, timelines, and expected learner outcomes.
• Translate complex ideas into practical guidance, examples, and decision-making frameworks that participants can use in the workplace.

Candidate Background

• Comfort operating in In-Person settings and handling the logistical realities of live corporate delivery.
• A professional background that supports credibility with enterprise, multinational, or client-facing training audiences.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to explain complex material in a clear and applied way.
• Confidence working with client stakeholders and adjusting delivery to different business contexts, sectors, and learner groups.
• Previous experience delivering training, workshops, facilitation, coaching, or advisory work for professional audiences.

Clear subject-matter credibility in First-Time Manager; prior exposure to multinational or enterprise audiences; credible management experience, facilitation maturity, and strong behavioural coaching capability; confident supporting learners with practical examples, tools, and Q&A.

Best suited to professionals with backgrounds in people management, manager capability, team leadership, or change leadership, ideally with experience working with multinational clients or enterprise teams in Asia.

Expression of Interest

The current requirement points to In-Person delivery and should suit someone comfortable supporting Consulting projects.

We welcome interest from credible trainers who can demonstrate strong First-Time Manager delivery capability and a practical approach to corporate learning.