Talent Manager

Talent Manager

Full-time, Fixed-Term position: 37.5 hours, 12-month maternity cover

Beeston, Nottingham: £48,535 - £51,090

Farringdon, London: £53,928 -£56,766

Hybrid position: 3 days per week office attendance

We’re looking for an experienced Talent Manager with a background in Learning & Development to implement our talent action plan and agenda on a 12 month fixed term contract.vThis is a key role within the Learning & Organisational Development (L&OD) Team, responsible for identifying, developing, and retaining high performing colleagues, whilst shaping and delivering our early careers and apprenticeship programmes.

You’ll lead the design, delivery and continuous improvement of out talent programmes where colleagues feel supported, inspired, and set up for success, alongside ensuring initiatives are aligned with business needs. You’llutilise talent data and analytics to identify trends and insights to measure the impact of talent initiatives and provide data driven recommendations for enhancements.

You’ll manage and coach our Talent Coordinator and collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to build future ready capability across the business.

Please see the Talent Manager job description for further information on the role and key responsibilities.

Key Skills & Experience:

Proven experience in a similar role - essential
Comprehensive understanding of leadership and management theory, and delivery skills –
essential
Strong understanding of apprenticeship funding and compliance- essential
Confident in both written, spoken, and digital communication with the ability to present to large audiences -
essential
Excellent project management skills and proven experience of delivering large scale projects -
essential
Strong communication skills and an ability to build and manage professional working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders across all levels -
essential
Budget management skills / experience - essential
A good people manager with experience of developing individuals to reach their full potential –
essential
A degree and / or equivalent qualification in this field - desirable
CIPD Level 5 – desirable
Key dates: Interviews planned for Friday 24 October (MS Teams or in-person at our Farringdon office)

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
Cycle2work scheme
Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation
About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

Gender
Ethnicity
LGBTQ+
Disability
Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

For a full breakdown of company benefits, please see the attached Benefits Digital Booklet