Performance & Development Lead

About the role

This role focuses on driving professional growth and performance development rather than traditional administrative performance management. You will coach leaders to foster accountability and skill-building, ensuring that every employee has a clear development runway from their first day. The position involves designing learning programmes, defining progression frameworks, and ensuring that performance discussions are substantive and growth-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Build skills for effective feedback and structured check-in conversations across the firm.
• Design and curate professional and technical skills development programmes.
• Coach Partners and Functional Leaders on building evidence for promotion and reward decisions.
• Manage the onboarding and probation experience to ensure early contribution and development.
• Define skills and progression frameworks that align with grading and reward criteria.
• Measure the impact of development initiatives on behaviour and performance outcomes.

Required skills

• People development
• Performance coaching
• L&D
• Instructional design
• Facilitation

About the Company

Unity Advisory is a firm that prioritises genuine ownership and accountability in its approach to performance, moving away from traditional annual review cycles to focus on deliberate growth and development.