Regional Engagement, Communications and Development Lead

PPL - People
- Singapore
- Cathay Pacific
- Application Deadline
03 May 2025

Company Description

Let your passion fly We’re proud to be one of the world’s leading airlines. Our reputation is built on a long track record of success, an ongoing commitment to our home Hong Kong, and on the delivery of customer service that’s straight from the heart. All of this is possible due to our talented people who share our passion for aviation and our commitment to being the best. Our global family can open up a world of opportunities for you. This means that your first role at Cathay Pacific won’t be your last. It could take you anywhere. Join us and discover just how far you can go

Role Introduction

To create an engaged and high performing culture within all functions and countries within the region. This role will proactively partner with line managers to support them to engage, develop and coach their people as well as delivering high quality training and development into the region.

Key Responsibilities

**Line Manager Capability and Leadership Development**
- Proactively provide line manager support to build an engaged and productive team
- Support performance improvement cases and help with formal performance management processes as a Subject Mater Expert and coach
- Utilise central leadership development materials and frameworks to deliver local leadership development activities including training courses, micro training delivery, coaching sessions, drop-in sessions and other initiatives to support line managers’ capability
- Ensure a leadership induction programme for newly promoted supervisors is in place and is delivered in a timely and engaging manner
- Identify innovative ways to deliver line manager coaching and training and support remotely and with use of technology

**People Development**
- Ensure a local induction is in place for new hires (Brushwingers) in a timely and engaging manner
- Ensure regulatory training is completed in accordance to Compliance Regulatory requirements and monitor Brushwingers’ completion for eLearning and other safety or induction related training
- Facilitate the delivery of centrally designed training programmes within the local teams in an effective and engaging way
- Conduct regular Training Needs Analysis for all functions and for each country to support the regional teams to perform better
- Develop and deliver targeted local training for functions - identifying skills gaps and opportunities to improve performance through people development
- Submit the training budget for functional and regulatory training for Regional Heads review in a timely and accurate manner
- Generate reports for training completion to help Country Managers to understand training status as required
- Identify opportunities for local government funding and support for training initiatives in each market and partner with the local people team to secure these opportunities
- Measure effectiveness of training efforts drawing upon central tools and methodology
- Work with Cathay Academy to suggest ideas and best practices and provide feedback on how global initiatives are aligned with the local context

**Requirements**:

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**Engagement**
- Develop and execute a Regional Engagement Plan that suits the business culture and needs including links to global engagement programmes, events and initiatives
- Partner with the global engagement teams and community to suggest ideas and best practices and provide feedback on how global initiatives are fitting into local context
- Contribute to global communication and engagement activities to ensure they are fit for purpose for the market
- Drive Work Well Done campaigns and Betsy nominations across the region
- Develop and implement local recognition programmes to suit the needs of the local teams
- Collaborate with Regional PPL team, Country team and Head Office Cathay Academy & Talent Management team to promote and nurture a Cathay culture with guiding principles to all teams

**Communications**
- Develop and manage internal communication campaigns to support varied communications objectives and our broader company strategy for targeted employee groups
- Develop engagement content with an employee focus, that spans the internal communications channel mix including our digital employee portal (intranet), videos, digital screens, social media and other online and office channels to engage our geographically dispersed workforce
- Proactively manage, monitor and improve upon a range of online and office internal communications channels to ensure they are full-utilised and paired with relevant content
- Provided project support across the business with their communications requirements and ensure communications are of a high standard across our channels
- Support the team’s communication requirements in crisis situations
- Create and manage internal communication reports, analyse data and make recommendations based on actionabl